Curriculum overview Term 3

Primary 3 are ready to begin their final term this year before moving onto Primary 4 in August. There is a lot to cover in the term ahead but also lots of fun to be had! Here is an update on the upcoming term.

Literacy

Our reading focus this term will focus on the skill of comprehension and how the children can understand, analyse and evaluate fiction and non-fiction texts. This is a skill that we have looked at in previous terms; however, we will be using our knowledge of our find it, prove it and talk about it strategies to investigate our texts. Our class novel began before the Easter holidays and will continue for some time. It is a book by Julia Donaldson called ‘The Giants and the Joneses’. This will be our main focus for literacy tasks this term and out bug club will continue as normal for our personal reading and homework texts. Our big writing sessions will focus on persuasive writing as well as the skill of note taking. This will also incorporate Listening and Talking through debate on opinions within the class.

Numeracy

The class will be continuing with learning their times tables and will implement this knowledge through multiplication and division problems. There will be a continued focus on problem solving, in particular, word problems as the children develop their ability to deal with these calculations effectively. Our beyond number topic within numeracy this term is measurement which incorporates area, volume, length and mass or weight.

Health and Wellbeing

The whole school will be taking part in health week this term which is a week-long focus on all aspects of health. During this week, the class will be learning about food health, internet safety, substance misuse and social wellbeing. Most of these topics will be covered further in the class. We will also be looking at our relationship and sexual health through our God’s Loving Plan program of work. If you require more information on this please contact the school directly. Our P.E focus for the term will be striking/field games and athletics which will allow us to practise for sports day at the end of term. Mr Bertoncini will also be taking the class for outdoor games and orienteering.

Interdisciplinary Topic

Our topic this term is Farming in Scotland. Much of our work will be incorporated into this topic which focuses on the different types of food that is produced on our Scottish farms, as well as how our climate and landscape impact on this production of food. We will look at the journey that food takes from farm to fork.

R.E

Well Done to all the children who made their sacrament of reconcilliation last term, and a big thank you to the children who did not make their sacrament, but who supported their friends through their faith journey. This term will focus on God’s Loving plan, The Easter Story and Our Lady, Mary. R.E time will continue to be a time of reflectiveness, peace and tranquillity for all of the children within Primary 3.

Science

We will continue to work on our science topic of vertebrates and the characteristics that make them so different.

Expressive Arts

Art – Our focus this term will be on the use of textiles within art. We will link this into our topic whilst looking at wool from the sheep of Scottish farms.

Music – Primary 3 will continue to work on our understanding of the dynamics of music (for example crescendo/diminuendo – loud/soft) as well as allowing the children to listen to and experience different music genres.

Drama will be covered through our class assembly which takes place in May.

I.C.T

As we explore the different ways that computers and the internet help us in our day to day lives, we will also have a focus on how we can keep ourselves safe whilst using the internet. Many of our children are regularly accessing sites like Youtube or games like Roblox and whilst for the main part these sites are safe, our children do run the risk of finding themselves in a situation that they are uncomfortable with. We will look at what to do in these situations and who we can talk to for help. Towards the end of the term, the children will also be taking part in a coding challenge in which they will have to code a sphero robot and give it commands to follow.

 

As always, I would like to thank you for your on-going support. A gentle reminder that our P.E days are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and that the children are required to bring their reading book to school with them each day. – Mrs McCreadie