Dear Parents/Carers, please open the link to see Primary 3b learning targets for this term. As the class are hard working and industrious, our work programme is well underway and the children delight me everyday with their enthusiasm for teaching and learning. Please keep looking at the blog as I will share the lovely learning ongoing. With kindest regards, Miss Barrett.
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P3a Termly Targets
Dear Parents/Carers, please open the link to see Primary 3a learning targets for this term. As the class are hard working and industrious, our work programme is well underway and the children delight me everyday with their enthusiasm for teaching and learning. Please keep looking at the blog as I will share the lovely learning ongoing. With kindest regards, Miss McClure.
P3a-Class-Targets-Aug-December-2020
Primary 7 – Term 1 Targets
Literacy
Reading
Pupils will read two novels this term and apply the six reading comprehension strategies (prior knowledge, metalinguistics, visualisation, inference, main idea and summary). We are currently reading The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne and then will move on to Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian.
Media Block
After reading both of the above novels, pupils will complete a Media Block which involves developing literacy skills using moving image text. Pupils will analyse and discuss how the film maker uses various ‘Tools of Film’ (such as camera, sound/music, lighting/colour etc) to tell a visual story. A letter will be sent home prior to this.
Writing
Narrative writing – focusing on describing a setting, characterisation and incorporating a range of figurative language (hyperbole, personification, metaphors, similes etc). We will also be looking at techniques used to build suspense in story writing.
As part of our WW2 topic, we will be writing newspaper reports and biographies.
Pupils will continue to develop their tools for writing and applying this consistently across all writing.
Listening and Talking
In November, Primary 7 will deliver their Rosemary Thomson speeches. Letters will be sent home with more information.
Numeracy and Maths
Addition and Subtraction
- Add and subtract 4 digits and beyond
- Add and subtract negative numbers applying this to real life contexts.
- Add and subtract decimals of varying places e.g. 2 – 1.06
Multiplication and Division
- Multiply 4 digit whole numbers by single and 2 digit whole numbers
- Use a variety of strategies to multiply and divide by common multiples of 10, 100, 1000.
- Division by a single digit and interpret answers to division problems
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Show where any fraction, decimal fraction or percent lies on a number line
- Convert between simple fractions, decimal fractions and percentages
- Find fractions of amounts
Measure
P7 have already covered a block of learning on perimeter and area. They focused on perimeter and area of composite shapes.
I.D.L
This term our topic is World War 2. We will be learning about war on the home front: The Blitz, evacuation, rationing etc. After the October holidays we will look at war in Germany, with a focus on the Holocaust.
Health and Wellbeing
Primary 7 will be learning about substance misuse and the effects this has on them physically and mentally. We will also be looking at Growth and Fixed Mindsets and through our IDL topic the children will look at equality and relationships, using the Story of Anne Frank.
Primary 3 Term 1 Targets
Primary 3 Term 1 Learning Targets
Literacy
This term the children in P3 will continue to work on Active literacy spelling. This includes phonemes and tricky words.
Each week the children will continue to receive a new reading book that will be read at home. The children will do a variety of comprehension strategies with the book, this will include Find It, Prove It, Talk About It. They will work with a partner to answer a variety of questions to challenge their understanding of the text.
For grammar the children will be working on using capital letters and full stops in all of their work. They will also be learning about nouns, proper nouns, verbs, adjectives and verbs.
Our writing focus this term will be imaginative and instructional writing.
Numeracy
The children are focusing on place value of numbers and are using a variety to concrete materials to make different number. This will lead to addition and subtraction.
We will be using number talks to support our mental maths strategies.
Towards the end of the term we will look at money and we will look at coins and notes. We will also be using money to add and subtract.
Health and Wellbeing
Primary 3 have been taking part in the Massage in Schools programme and will continue this throughout the term.
We will also be looking at Medicine and how it can help us.
In P.E. we have been learning to work as part of a team in a variety of different games.
Children will be learning about large ball skills, including different passes and games that can be played with a large ball.
As Christmas draws near we will learn some new dances for our Christmas parties.
Science
We are looking at science this term. This will include Magnets and Our Senses.
The children are taking part in different experiments during both of these topics. They are also making a magnetic game they will share with Primary 2 to share their learning.
For Our Senses, we will explore each sense and find out why they are so important and what makes them all unique.
