P7A Podcast: Recent Episodes
Ross Anderson
- [ ] P4 23/24 Episode 33. Maths - measuring weight, units of measurement (grams, kilograms and tonnes), light and heavy items and familiarising ourselves with scales. Literacy - story mountains, writing our creative stories on paper and typing up our creative stories. Science - 3D printers & science as a profession. STEM - Lego Spike. RSHP - How human life begins, pregnancy and birth.
- [ ] P4 23/24 Episode 32. Maths - measuring weight, units of measurement (grams, kilograms and tonnes), light and heavy items and familiarising ourselves with scales. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading and story mountains (creative writing planning). PE - swimming and sports day practice. STEM - Lego Spike. SPORTS DAY
Maths - measuring weight, units of measurement (grams, kilograms and tonnes), light and heavy items and familiarising ourselves with scales. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading, metaphors and similes and creative writing planning: physical appearance and settings. STEM - origami and Lego. PE - swimming and sports day practice.
Maths - measuring volume, estimating volume, reading scales, converting litres & millilitres. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading and creative writing planning: settings. Technologies - LightBot coding. Spanish - family and Language Nut. Gaelic - greetings. PE - volleyball. Science - planting tomatoes.
Maths - measuring volume, reading scales, converting litres & millilitres. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading and creative writing planning: characterisation. Technologies - Lightbot coding. HWB - gender equality. PE - Volleyball.
P4 23/24 Episode 28. Maths - area, perimeter, fractions & decimals and introduction to capacity & volume. Literacy - handwriting, spelling, reading, word of the week, class book characterisation and inverted commas in dialogue. Social Studies - Fair Trade actriviries. IDL - shared learning activities. Technologies - coding.
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.
Transition activities, place value, acrostic poems, Jackson Pollock art, Rights of a child and more.
P4 Blog 25 (Weight, antonyms, comprehension, types of rock, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and sports day)
P4 Blog 22 (standardised assessments, homophones, volume, RSHP, planting tomatoes and Dear Zoo)
P4 Blog 21 (purposes of text, measure - capacity, Spanish translation, RSHP & Pablo Picasso)
P4 Blog 20 (digital literacy, measure - perimeter and area, Picasso swimming and Cinco de Mayo)
P4 Blog 19 (creative writing, measure - length, Spanish comparison study and Earth Day)
P4 Blog 18 (money assessment, story mountain, creative writing, genetics, Ramadan & Easter)
P4 Blog 18 (Money: change, characterisation & setting, Ferninand the Bill IDL, rugby festival)
P4 Blog 14 (Time, Robert Burns focus, Scottish landscape artwork and singing Caledonia)
P4 Blog (multiplication & division word problems, diary writing, St. Andrews Day and technologies)