Welcome to Primary Seven. Our teachers are Mrs Vandevyver and Mr George 

During Term One our learning focuses on: 

Numeracy: 

Place Value (Numbers to 1 million, including decimal numbers up to two decimal places), 

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division and using our understanding of these operations in problem solving scenarios,

Area and Perimeter

Volume

Literacy: 

In term one we explore punctuation and grammar and apply what we've learned to our writing.

We are thoroughly enjoying reading "The Iron Man" by Ted Hughes together as a class.  It's amazing how the discussions based upon on what we've read each day book can end up on almost any topic!

The World Around Us:

Through science, technology, geography, history, music, art and drama we are exploring the topic of "Northern Ireland" this term.

We've looked at the geology of Northern Ireland, famous landmarks, famous sporting figures and inventors and have made our own landscape paintings inspired by the famous work of the English painter David Hockney.

During Term Two our learning focuses on: 

Numeracy:

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.

Literacy: 

During term two, we unpack the literary genre of narrative writing by looking at the wide variety of writing styles that fall under the category of ‘narrative’. 

We look at narrative poetry (poetry that tells a story), folk tales, fairy tales, fables and playscripts. 

We write our own stories and enjoy sharing them with younger pupils in school. 

Inspired by Roald Dahl’s “Revolting Rhymes”, we have great fun changing the endings of traditional tales to make our own version of some of the classics. 

Throughout our activities we are exploring the writing techniques which make stories interesting and appealing and have looked at personification, similes and metaphors, onomatopoeia and a variety of different ways to hook the reader's interest.  It is our aim to use all these techniques in our own writing.