Mr. Anderson's Podcast

Maths - Measure (length), measuring with rulers & metre sticks, converting units mm/cm/m/km. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading, word of the week, characterisation and inverted commas. Social Studies - World Earth Day. RSHP - diversity. PE - volleyball. Shared Learning Projects.

Maths - rounding and estimating numbers (tens, hundreds, thousands & decimals) Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading, word of the week, VCOP activities and cold piece writing next steps. Art - non chronological report animals. Science - journey of a river and its properties. Digital Literacy and Social Studies - Amazon fact file.

Maths - multiplication frenzy, multiplication and division word problems and Sumdog. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading, comprehension and VCOP activities. Technologies - becoming familiar with logging on to laptops, typing non chronological reports on Microsoft Word. HWB - neurodiversity week. Science - Down Syndrome Day and chromosomes. PE - Danish Longball and rugby.

Maths - data handling (pictographs , bar graphs and Venn diagrams). Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading, non chronological reports and St. Patrick's comprehension. Science - water cycle. RME - Islam & Ramadan PE - basketball. SNSA's - reading and numeracy assessments.

Maths - division facts and data handling. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading, Word of the Week, VCOP activities, non chronological reports and cloze procedure on climate change. Art - Eric Liddell poster. Science - animal classifications (vertebrates and invertebrates). Social Studies - rainforest plants. RME - Christianity and bible stories. Music - ukulele. PE - basketball.

Maths - multiplication frenzy, multiplication triangles, inverse, division facts and active maths games. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading, Word of the Week, VCOP activities, Eric Liddell comprehension and non chronological reports. Art - shoebox rainforests, flower art and Eric Liddell Poster. Science - food chains. Social Studies - comparing climates. Music - ukulele. PE - basketball.

Maths - multiplication frenzy, introduction to division, division focus on 2, 5 & 10. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading and non chronological reports. Art- shoe box rainforests. Music - ukulele. PE - Basketball. RME - Chinese New Year. Science - habitats.

Maths - Multiplication frenzy, multiplication games and word problems. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading, Word of the Week, VCOP activities and creative writing. IDL - comparing Scottish and rainforest living things. RME - Christianity. Music - ukulele. Spanish - farm animals.

- [ ] P4 23/24 Episode 19. Maths - Multiplication frenzy, multiplication games and Sumdog. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, Word of the Week, VCOP activities, comprehension and our new classroom book (The Explorer). Science - living things. Spanish - translating animals. Art - rainforest animals. Scots Assembly - Steven Brown artwork and Scots poem recitals.

Multiplication frenzy, 7, 8 and 9 times tables. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, Word of the Week, VCOP activities, Robert Burns video comprehension, To a Mouse translation activity and Scots poem recital. IDL - rainforest art work and definitions of their layers. HWB - basketball.

Maths - multiplication frenzy, 3, 4 and 6 times tables. Literacy- handwriting, spelling and final draft of a newspaper article. Art - Scott Brown Highland Coos and rainforest layers artwork. IDL - introduction to our rainforest topic and continents of the world. HWB - PE and diving lesson courtesy of Edinburgh Leisure.

Maths - multiplication strategies, 2,5 &10 times tables. Literacy - handwriting, spelling and first draft of a newspaper article. HWB - New Years Resolutions and PE.

Maths - fractions of an amount, equal & basic simplified fractions and fractions, decimals & percentages. Literacy - spelling, word of the week and newspaper writing. Music - Christmas Show (drumming & singing). Art - Christmas card and winter windows. Shared Learning Project. Sumdog visit. Scottish Book Trust and Vivian French visit.

Maths - fractions. Literacy - spelling, word of the week, reading, newspaper writing and Viking comprehension. RME - St. Andrews Day. IDL - projects for parents/carers learning morning.

coordinate grids, compass directions and angles. Literacy - spelling, word of the week, Viking comprehension and newspaper writing. RME - Hinduism. IDL - Norse Gods. Art - MP Christmas card. PE - bench ball. Music - Christmas rehearsals.

Maths - Sumdog, nets, venn diagrams and calculating averages. Literacy - spelling, word of the week, Kenning poems & comprehension. HWB - friendship week. RME - Diwali. PE - benchball Music: drumming and Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner.

Maths - 2D & 3D shape. Literacy - spelling, P7 comprehension project and Kenning poems. PE - benchball. IDL - longships and Viking gods.

- [ ] P4 23/24 Episode 9. Time - end of topic consolidation. Literacy - spelling and comprehension activities. PE - benchball. ICT - miniature Viking boats. Science - forces. Drumming. RME- Judaism.

Time - 24 hr clocks and train timetables. Literacy - classroom novel comprehension and acrostic poem. Zones of Regulation. Art - Viking boats. Spanish - wild animals. Halloween activities. PE.

Time - AM/PM and 24hr clock. Green Pencil Award Writing. Spanish - counting in decades. Judaism and Sukkot. Black History Month - Ruby Bridges.

Time. Similes and metaphors. Green Pencil planning. Ex Arts - Longship building. European Day of Languages. Outdoor Learning - sawing. PE.

Time. Sonnet poems. Viking introduction and creating invasion maps. Museum visit. STEM - importance of clean hands.

Counting back in units, tens and hundreds. Subtraction using an ENL. Rhyming stories and activities. Limerick poems. Spanish - colours and country names. Drumming. Outdoor learning. PE.

Addition using ENL, handwriting and spelling, Haiku poems, Rugby World Cup - Country profiles and more.

Addition using empty number lines, Haiku poems, outdoor learning, Spanish conversations, Christmas cards and more.