Welcome back! I hope that you all had a peaceful break over the Easter holidays. It is lovely to be back with the children as we start our final term of Primary 3. Here is an update on what we will be doing in term 4.

Literacy

We will be looking at a range of texts this term. We will start the term with story ‘The Trouble with Dragons’, which we will use as a whole class text to develop our prediction, summarising and ‘Find it, prove it’ comprehension strategies. We will also access Bug Club readers as we continue to work on decoding and fluency skills.

Spelling will take the form of active spelling activities and the children will experience phonemes and blends at their working level.

During writing, we will be focusing on persuasive and responsive writing. We will engage with a range of texts of each of these genres and will develop our note taking skills as well as the use of persuasive language. During all our writing activities, we will continue to have a focus on using our phonemes, and spelling strategies as well as the use of accurate punctuation.

Numeracy & Maths

We will build on our knowledge of division from last term as we explore fractions and develop our understanding of equal sharing. We will look at the notation and vocabulary associated with fractions and investigate where simple fractions lie on a number line.  The children will participate in a daily number talk activity as we develop our confidence in the use of mathematical language to explain our thinking.

In beyond number, we will look at a range of methods of collecting, sorting and presenting data with Mrs Strachan.

Health and Wellbeing

This term we will continue with the PATHS programme, reflecting and discussing a range of emotions and what these might look and feel like.

At the beginning of our first term, we explored the UNCRC Rights of the Child, and together created a meaningful Class Charter to ensure that our classroom is a place where we feel safe and where we can learn and grow together. As we continue into term 4 we will refer back to this ensuring our Class Charter is relevant and ‘felt’ within our classroom. As a school community, we will focus on the following articles;

May – Mental Health Awareness Week – Article 24

June – World Day against Child Labour Articles 32 & 35

June – World Refugee Day – Articles 10 & 22

 

PE is on a Monday and Friday. This term we will be covering athletics and striking and fielding games.

Children will require PE kit and shoes each PE day.  Please make sure your child is not wearing jewellery on these days as they will be unable to participate in the lesson for health and safety reasons. If your child cannot take part for any reason, please contact the school.

Religious Education

This term we will be continuing to learn a range of well-known prayers and will have opportunities each day for quiet prayer and reflection time.

We will reflect on the Easter Story, and in particular, we will focus on the story of ‘The Empty Tomb’ from the Gospel of Matthew, reflecting on the astonishment of the friends of Jesus when they heard that He has risen from the dead.  As we move into the month of May, we will have a focus on Mary, we will create a May altar in our classroom and will reflect on Mary’s “yes” to God.

French

Through a range of songs, activities and games we will continue to develop confidence in counting and greetings, we will also look the similarities and differences between school here and in France.

 IDL

We really enjoyed our farming topic last term, we will continue with some aspects of this topic; we have planted a range of fruit, vegetables and flowers which we will continue look after. We have been enjoying this first-hand experience of growing our own crops and we are hoping we will have some vegetables and fruit to harvest before the end of term!

This term, we will also take a closer look at our local community – in particular the groups and activities that take place around us.

 

Homework will be distributed on a Monday to be completed, and returned by Friday.

Keep an eye on the School App and your child’s Learning Journal profile for a snapshot of some of our wonderful learning!

Thank you as always for your support; I’m looking forward to another great term with our fantastic P3 children.

Mrs. MacKinnon.