Primary 7
Welcome to our Primary 7 class page!
A warm welcome to our Primary 7 class page. This page will be updated termly to reflect the learning happening within the class and will also include any available dates for your diaries. Primary 7 is such a busy year in terms of learning, extra activities/responsibilities, and transition but we can already tell that the class are ready to rise to the challenge and ready to make themselves, their families and Milton proud.
The boys and girls have already made a fabulous start as role models to their Primary 1 buddies. They have helped the newest members of our school family settle to the rules and routines of the playground and the canteen. Primary 7, we are very proud of you all.
Mrs Bunten and Mrs Fox
This year our Primary 7 children will work with both myself (Mrs Bunten) and Mrs Fox. The normal and expected pattern for the teaching split will be Mrs Bunten in class all day on a Monday, Tuesday and a Wednesday with Mrs Fox in class for the full day on a Thursday. On a Friday, the class will work with Mrs Fox until lunch and Mrs Bunten will take over in the afternoon. We are both excited to be working with Primary 7!
Term 2 – Mrs Bunten
Literacy
This term we will be investigating how to write explanations. We will be investigating the key features of this text type alongside learning a 4-part structure that will fit any form of explanation writing. This will likely carry through into the beginning of term 3 to fully investigate this type of writing. Seasonal festivities and arrangements take precedent throughout December.
We will also be reading Alfred Noyes’ poem ‘The Highwayman’, identifying similes, metaphors and onomatopoeia and exploring the effect that these can have on the reader. Our regular spelling blocks will continue.
Numeracy
In Numeracy, we will revise the written methods for multiplying and dividing, including a written approach to long multiplication (e.g. 34 x 56) and long division (e.g. 898 divided by 43). The learning of times tables is crucial for this so our Number talks and mental maths skills will involve developing the accuracy and speed of recall of these.
We will also learn how to use four quadrant grids to plot points on a grid and to also translate shapes across grids.
Other Curricular Areas
This term sees the beginning of the ‘Journey to Lesmahagow High’ transition programme. Between now and the February holiday, the children will be visited by staff from different subject areas so that they can learn a bit more about some of the subjects they will experience in S1, including maths and science. This is always exciting for our pupils and makes the transition seem even more real (sorry parents/carers).
We will be finishing our learning focus on the uniqueness of Brazil and the Amazonian rainforest. We will also begin investigating biodiversity and inheritance, in science, looking at genes and inherited characteristics.
We will train to be Paired Reading buddies to the younger children and learn the technology involved in planning, producing and delivering Radio Raindrop shows – oh, and the small matter of Christmas!
As always, another busy term but plenty of fun to be had!
Mrs Bunten 19/11/25
