Welcome to Primary 3/4R!  We have had a very busy term and we are enjoying meeting lots of new friends in the class. Take a look at our blog and see what we have been learning about so far.

Timetable

Take a look at some of the curricular areas outside of the classroom to know when an art apron, PE kit or library book is needed.

Monday – Singing with Miss Hamilton, Class PE with Mrs Russell and P4T

Tuesday – Art with Mrs Brew

Wednesday – PE with Miss Mair, Library

Thursday – PE with Miss Mair

Friday – Golden Time

 

Literacy

We have been reading ‘The World’s Worst Children’ by David Walliams in class and have thoroughly enjoyed all of the stories!  All of the stories are humorous but have also taught us lots of about the different characters and how they resolve problems along the way.

In writing, we have been creating our own stories and focussing on how we can build a detailed description to interest the reader.  We have learned lots of synonyms to make our vocabulary more exciting and thinking about interesting story openers.  The V.C.O.P superheroes (Violet Vocab, Captain Connective, Incredible Openers and Doctor Punctuation) have been used to help us think about how to uplevel our writing.

Numeracy

In maths we have been focussing on whole number and measure for the term.  We have been taking part in investigations in class and exploring the capacity of containers and the weight of objects.  Some pupils have been learning more about perimeter, different units of measure that can be used and estimating of measurement.

As part of Big Maths this year, we will be continuing to focus on our number bonds and times tables to help with our mental maths speed and accuracy.  For term 1 and 2 please see below the main ‘learn its’ that pupils should know confidently.  Please practise these at home!

Primary 3                                          Primary 4

3 + 8                                      Revision of all P3 learn its

3 + 9                                       x3 table

4 + 7

4 + 8

4 + 9

x10 table

 

Topic

This term we have learned lots about the Romans.  Take a look at some of the photographs from our newspaper toga creations, biscuit colosseums and Roman chariot junk modelling.

Here are some of the main points that pupils learned from the topic;

We learned about what the Romans wore.  (Katie)

We have learned about Roman food.  (Ciaran)

We learned how the Roman army was organised.  (George)

I have enjoyed making powerpoints for our topic.  (Hope)

I have enjoyed building the colosseum from biscuits.  (Evie B)

I have enjoyed using Roman numerals.  (Theo)

I have enjoyed everything! (Immanuel and Owen)

I have enjoyed going on the school trip the Arts Centre.  (Elizabeth)

 

 

Health and Wellbeing

For PE this term with Mrs Russell and P4T we have been focussing on developing our hockey skills and have had the opportunity to take part in a mini tournament.  With Miss Mair, the class have been building the stamina and fitness and are now participating in team game activities.

Science

Our main focus for science this term has been investigating micro-organisms and the different harmful and useful microbes there are around us.  We now know the symptoms of some common diseases caused by germs and we can explain how they are spread and discuss some methods of preventing them through good hygiene.  We also learned how yeast is a living micro-organism and found out that yeast can grow when it has the same features we need to live and grow such as water, food, air and heat.