Term 3 Overview

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you find the following information useful. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Learning focus this term:

This term the children will continue to develop their learning about Enterprise and Fundraising by:

  • working cooperatively to plan and run a fundraising event
  • considering their rights and responsibilities
  • investigating profit and loss
  • working to time scales.

In a series of science lessons, the children will be learning about the water cycle and the processes of a plant. Through these lessons pupils will learn to/about:

  • Fertilisers and the benefits and risks to society.
  • How to conduct a fair experiment and undertake practical activities.
  • Identify how plants benefit society.

The children will also learn about Living and Growing through a series of Health and Wellbeing lessons. They will learn about:

  • Describe and explain the function of the main body parts.
  • Explain ways to keep the body clean and healthy and why.
  • Identify changes that will take place as we mature.

Core Literacy:

We will conduct an in depth study of our class novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyle. We will also be taking part in Scots Language week and a literacy focus week.

Throughout this term we will be learning about/to:

  • Identify the author’s style, applying prediction and inference skills and identifying various forms of rhetoric.
  • Developing our knowledge and understanding of different authors, creative writing, spoken word, poetry and our own talking and listening skills.
  • Pupils will read various texts in Scots language. We will be using our class novel and Scots week as stimuli for developing our creative writing.
  • We will continue to use VCOP strategies to develop our writing.
  • We will develop our creative writing skills, including quality descriptions, various forms of rhetoric and correct structure.
  • Children will be given opportunities to develop their listening and talking skills through a variety of class based activities, including cooperative group work.
  • The children will read a novel during class reading lessons and will use Blooms Buttons and Book Detective strategies to check their comprehension.

Core Numeracy:

  • Pupils will consolidate their multiplication, division, fractions and decimal skills – practice of times tables at home would be greatly appreciated.
  • Pupils will be using mental and written strategies to solve mathematical problems
  • Problem solving- pupils will apply their knowledge of multiplication, division, decimals and fractions to solve problems.

General Information:

Our PE days will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

We will continue to have Art, Music and Spanish on a three week cycle.

Homework will be issued on a Monday and should be returned on Friday morning.

Reading homework will be issued on a Monday and should be completed for the following Monday.

Many thanks,

Mrs Brown

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