Dear Parent/Carer, please find a summary of our Term 3 learning, as well as information about our learning in Term 4:

Topic

Last term, we were learning about life at the time of the Romans, how and why they invaded Britain and the lasting changes they made to society.  Our school trip is now planned and has a Roman focus.  You will receive information about this nearer the time.

This term we are going to be learning about our hometown of Alloa.  We’ve decided to transform ourselves into Alloa experts and will be creating mini Travel Agent/Tourist Information type businesses with company names, logo, uniform designs, etc.  We will investigate the historical importance of Alloa and will think of ways to encourage more visitors.  We will also consider the distance and cost of visiting well known landmarks in close proximity to Alloa.

Maths/Numeracy

In term 3, we completed our unit on Time which involved telling the time in 12 hour clock and 24 hour clock, calculating time durations, reading timetables and calendars.  We were also learning about Fractions and Decimals.  We learned about proper and improper fractions, how to calculate the fraction of a number, place value headings for decimal fractions and how to convert between fractions and decimals.

This term we will be learning about Measure.  We have already started to estimate and measure using rulers, metre sticks and a trundle wheel.  We are also learning to convert between mm, cm, m and km.  We are also learning to calculate Area and Perimeter and will be learning about Weight, Volume and Angle as the term progresses.

Literacy

We continued to read our class novel, Wonder, during Term 3 and are keen to get this finished in Term 4. We used this as a stimulus for our extended writing.

We have started another novel this term which will become a focus for lots of our Literacy lessons.  The book is called The Wild Robot and we have already been exploring the author’s writing style and predicting what might happen next within our own writing.  In doing this, we have explored the use of descriptive language and layout in the first few chapters.

The children will be preparing and writing individual talks this term, so please check homework jotters and bags for additional information about this.

General Information

Our PE days will remain the same this term – Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.