Well done to Primary 3/2 for a brilliant week. We are working so hard and enjoying our learning.

This week we have….

• worked on making fact families in Numeracy. This involves adding and subtracting and understanding how these numbers are linked. We are looking at the different patterns of subtraction.

For example, if we know 7 – 3 = 4 then we know 17 – 3 = 14.

Or if we know 30 – 10 = 20 then we know 35 – 10 = 25.

• learned new phonemes in literacy. The apples have been learning the phoneme ‘oi’. The bananas have been learning the phoneme ‘ph’ as in (f). The pears have been learning the phoneme ‘ss’.
•  been reading very well. The children are enjoying their new books and are successfully able to complete sequence tasks, sentence sorting and questions using their books for support.

We are going to have a go at writing a poem today. We’ll share these with you next week.

 

We have also started our new topic on transport. The children came up with lots of ideas for the initial brainstorm. We have started at the beginning, looking at how animals were used for transporting things before we had any other means of transport. Then we looked at the invention of the wheel and things that we wouldn’t have now if there were no wheels! It’s a long list!

In Health and Wellbeing, we have been focussing on what makes us special and unique. Lots of children brought things from home to help us learn more about them and what makes them unique. We looked at similarities too, and talked about how boys and girls are able to do all the same things as each other. We’re working on removing sexist stereotypes as much as possible so all children are free and confident to be who they want to be. We have learned about internet safety and the importance of not sharing photos and personal information online. The p3’s are doing a block of ICT work with Miss Steedman on a Wednesday and are learning how to use their email accounts on GLOW.

Lots of great fun and learning happening in our wonderful class!

Have a great weeked!

(Remember next week, wear red/white/blue on Wednesday for some special Jubilee Activties :-))

Mrs Miller