We had another lovely day in the Dean Park. We went to visit the animals, had some races, played with our friends and learned how to make daisy chains.
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CURRICULAR UPDATE PRIMARY 3 – TERM 4
Primary 3 – Curricular Overview
Welcome back to Primary 3’s Learning Blog. Here is an update of what the children in primary 3 will be working on and what our learning expectations will be until the summer holidays.
Numeracy
Recap – In class we have been learning about Place Value with up to 3 digit numbers. We have practised partitioning numbers into hundreds, tens and units and rounding numbers to the nearest 10 or 100. We have also talked about if a number is odd or even and how we can recognise this.
We have been learning how to add and subtract 2 digit numbers with borrowing and exchanging. We introduced different Number Talk strategies that we could use to help us to add and subtract. Pupils are becoming more confident using their ‘Thinking it Through’ jotters to help them to solve calculations.
In term 4 we are now working hard to learn our times tables. We are also going to look at how multiplication and division are inverse operations. This term we will have a big focus on learning how to multiply a number and then linking this with division. We will look at this when finding the fractions a half and a quarter.
In beyond number we will be learning about measurement. We will continue to build on our mental maths strategies and revisit skills we have previously learned.
Please make sure your child spends 20 minutes on Sumdog to improve their mental maths. We also encourage some games on topmarks and YouTube times table songs.
Literacy
Spelling –
This term pupils will continue to have a different phoneme focus each week. They will also learn common words that we use frequently in our writing (for example words like: friend, because, cousin etc.). They will learn different spelling words related to the phoneme focus and take part in activities in class to help reinforce these words. At home they are expected to practise these words for homework and take part in a spelling test on a Friday. Pupils are being introduced to using ELKONIN boxes, when spelling words with joined phonemes.
Reading –
Pupils are currently reading different books in class using the core resource Bug Club. They work in different reading groups and complete comprehension tasks related to the texts. They are encouraged to read, discuss and answer different types of questions. Pupils are expected to spend at least 20 minutes a week reading at home. Books are assigned to their Bug Club accounts along with comprehension questions. I can see lots of pupils are doing this, so keep up the good work!
Writing –
This term we will continue with our weekly writing lessons. Pupils continue to write personal recounts in their news jotter. Pupils will write stories using a range of different genres we have just finished learning about instructions and will now focus on imaginative writing. We will continue to build on our use of punctuation. Also considering connectives, openers and vocabulary to help expand our writing. Children will be encouraged to write neatly, with finger spaces, full stops and capital letters. They are encouraged to use strategies when writing such as sounding out their words, using their personal dictionary and school dictionary. Pupils are also encouraged to start to use commas, exclamation marks and question marks when possible.
ICT
Most pupils are now able to confidently log into the school computers. They are able to log into websites such as Glow, Sumdog and Bugclub. We will continue to build on these skills. Pupils are starting to learn how to create their own PowerPoints related to our class learning.
Interdisciplinary Learning
We are currently working on our class history topic ‘The Romans in Scotland’. We are looking at reasons that the Romans would want to invade Scotland and what life was like back then.
Religious Education
In R.E. we are learning about Mary, Mother of God. We are learning about some of the Joyful Mysteries and revising the prayer Hail Mary. We will then be working on God’s Loving Plan and looking at bible stories more closely such as the Good Samaritan.
Health and Wellbeing
Primary 3 loved taking part in Health week. A big thank you to Mrs McGowan and primary 5 for organising! In P.E. this term pupils have been taking part in basketball lessons. We will now be moving onto athletics. Our P.E. days are normally a Monday or Friday. However, these can change dependant on the weather outside.
In Health pupils will continue taking part in PATHS lessons, Pupils enjoy being Pupil of the Day and giving each other compliments. In Paths we continue to identify emotions, strategies we can use to solve problems and recognising how to a be a good friend and transferring this in the playground and in the classroom.
We look forward to a fun term 4 in primary 3 and are excited for fun school activities such as World of Work Day and another walk to the Dean Park with our friends!
Primary 3 – Dean Park
Primary 3 had fantastic fun at the Dean Park today. They spotted some frog spawn, went on a fairy trail, found signs of spring and had lots of fun playing with their friends in the play park!
Primary 3 – work 15.1.21
Hello Primary 3,
I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend! Here is your work for tomorrow.
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I have been sent lots of emails with your wonderful work and i cannot wait to read them all and see what you have been getting up to today. Keep up the great work!
Mrs Strachan
Primary 3 – Class work Thursday 14th January
Here is the class work that should be completed tomorrow (Thursday 14th January)
It has been fantastic to receive so many photos of the hard work that is being completed with your children at home. Also great to see so many logging onto the different websites like Bug Club! Keep up the wonderful work!
Take care,
Mrs Strachan
Primary 3 – Home Learning 13.1.21
This is the work for primary 3. It will also be uploaded onto the Teams page.
To listen to the audio instructions please make sure you put the Powerpoint onto presentation mode.
Thanks,
Mrs Strachan
Primary 3 – Learning Grid
Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a lovely relaxing Christmas break and that Santa was good to you all! I can’t wait to hear all of your news and stories. Attached is the learning grid for Monday and Tuesday. From Wednesday onwards your class work will be uploaded on to TEAMS which is accessible through Glow.
Over the upcoming weeks we will be using the websites Bug Club, Sumdog and Glow to access learning resources. So please let us know if your child is unable to log on to any of these learning platforms.
I can be contacted through aisling.strachan@eastayrshire,org.uk if you have any questions.
Take care and stay safe,
Mrs Strachan x
Festive Fun 🎄🎅🏼☃️
On Friday primary 3 enjoyed Christmas Jumper Day and our surprise visit from Santa! Today we loved our walk to Crossgates Care Home, we showed the residents some of our sign language songs that we have learned and posted some of our fabulous letters and handmade cards.
P3 Christmas 🎄☃️❄️
Thank you to Fr. Martin for coming to our class and teaching us about Jesus and Christmas. Also to our lovely dinner ladies for making our delicious Christmas lunch! ☃️❄️🎄
Primary 3 – Hallowe’en Fun 👻🎃
Thank you to everyone that helped to organise the Hallowe’en woods walk, we had fantastic fun! 🎃👻
Primary 3 – Term 2
Primary 3 Blog Update – Term 2
I hope you all had a lovely October week. Pupils have been working hard in term 1 and these are our learning intentions for term 2.
Literacy
Reading
In term 1 we completed our book study ‘The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. We enjoyed learning about Plop and how he overcame his fear of the Dark. We are now working in our reading groups and reading a mixture of fiction and non-fiction texts (also some plays). We have been looking at the key features of fiction and non-fiction texts such as contents and index pages. Pupils will continue working on Bug Club books with a focus on making predictions of what we think will happen in the text or what we think the story will be about from looking at the front cover. We are also working on developing our tone and reading with expression.
Writing
In term 1 we have focussed on writing from personal experience. We have been linking our sentences to make sure our stories make sense. In term 2 we will continue to develop this further and now expand our writing by writing imaginative stories. We will make sure our stories include the 5ws (who, where, when, what and why). We will continue to work on the formation of our letters making sure our handwriting is well formed and attractive. Thinking about our ascenders and descenders. We will continue to reinforce capital letters, fingers spaces and full stops and starting to build on our knowledge of punctuation such as: commas, question marks and exclamation marks.
Spelling
Each week we work in our spelling groups and have a
different joined phoneme focus. We use say, make/break, blend, read and write to aid our understanding of how words are made. We are also continuing to build on our knowledge of common words and using our personal dictionary/word book to add words that we need in our writing.
We are all looking forward to receiving our two new storybooks as part of the Scottish Read, Write and Count! The book Wow! Animals: A Book of Extraordinary Animal Facts will be fantastic in helping us with our new Science topic.
Numeracy
In Numeracy, we have been practising our numbers to 100. We have been practising skip counting in 2, 5 and 10s and starting to link this to our timestables. We have also been looking at odd and even numbers. We have been partitioning numbers into ten and units. We will now start to look at addition and subtraction strategies. We will be learning different Number Talk strategies. In beyond number we will continue to work on 2D and 3D shapes with Mrs McIntyre.
Health and Wellbeing
As part of our PATHS lessons, we have been selecting a Pupil of the Day and writing a compliments list to explain why they are a special member of our class. We have also been discussing diff
erent emotions and recognising that every emotion is ok. We talk about if we feel comfortable (yellow) or uncomfortable (blue). When discussing an emotion for example Scared or Safe we discuss times we have felt this emotion and what they look/feel like. We also try to recognise what signs our face show to indicate these emotions and how we could identify how others are feeling. We are now moving onto learning about Self Control.
P.E.
In P.E. we will continue to go outside every Tuesday and Thursday and play games and we will work on our Ball Skills. Please make sure your child has appropriate clothes for going outdoors. Especially in the cold/wet weather.
R.E.
In R.E. we have been practising our prayers and are currently practising our Hail Mary and moving onto the Act of Sorrow. We have spoken about different Bible Stories such as the Story of Creation and Noah’s Ark. We will move onto learn about different Saints such as Saint Andrew and then move onto learn about Advent in preparation for Christmas.
Topic
Our topic this term will be Science based Living Things – Classifying Vertebrates. We will be learning about Living and Non Living things. We will be looking at animals that have vertebrates (backbones) and animals that are invertebrates (no back bone). In doing this we will also look at food chains and how animals depend on one another.
We are looking forward to working hard and another busy term 2 ahead. We are very excited for our next fun Fridays for Halloween and Children in Need.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Strachan
Primary 3 🍏🍎
Thank you to our fantastic dinner ladies that helped turn the apples that we picked from our school orchard, into a delicious apple crumble! 🍎👩🍳😁
Primary 3 – Term 1
Welcome back to all of our Primary 3 children! It is fantastic to be back at Mount Carmel and we are all delighted to see our friends and are really looking forward to learning lots of new things this term!
Literacy
Our class novel this term is ‘The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. We are really enjoying reading this chapter book and finding out how Plop overcomes his fear of the dark. We are completing comprehension tasks related to the text and enjoying cross-curricular links such as Outdoor Education. 
We are also working in our reading groups and continuing to complete tasks linked to our Bug Club books. In doing this, we are making predictions before reading. We are also looking at the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts.
Writing
In writing, we are writing personal accounts and focussing on including capital letters, full stops, fingers spaces and ensuring that our letters are formed correctly. We are leaning how to write independently, using appropriate punctuation and ordering our sentences to make sure our writing is structured and makes sense.
Spelling
We are continuing to use the Active Literacy spelling programme. We are revising our known phonemes (such as sh, th, wh) and 
introducing a different phoneme and spelling words each week. We are also practising our common words (words that appear frequently in our writing such as friend, that). We will use say, make/break, read and write to aid understanding of how words are made. Also we are beginning to use our knowledge of the alphabet to use a dictionary to locate words.
Numeracy
In numeracy we have been revising our numbers to 100. We are consolidating our number bonds to 20 using both addition and subtraction strategies. We are also looking for patterns in the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and moving onto link this with division. We have been practising skip counting and are starting to transfer these skills to our times tables. On a Thursday we will work with Mrs McIntrye on Beyond Number concepts such as 3D shapes and information handling.
Health and Wellbeing
As part of our PATHS lessons we have revisited the characters Twiggle, Henrietta, Duke and Daphne. In doing this we hav
e discussed how to be a good friend and read some of the PATHS story books. We have also made our own class charter with a Lego theme and discussed our rights and responsibilities. During PATHS lessons we have spoken about the importance of rules and that we have rules to keep us safe. We have started to introduce our Pupil of the Day and look forward to giving compliments to our classmates and making them feel special. We will continue to learn more about different emotions and strategies that we can use to calm down.
Primary 3 look forward to working hard and sharing their learning with you!
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Strachan 🙂
Primary 3 – Mrs Strachan 💙
Hello to the new primary 3 class! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
My name is Mrs Strachan. 👩🏻🏫 This year i have taught primary four. I am very excited to be your new class teacher and I cannot wait to meet you all in August! Mrs Dunsmore has told me all about the fabulous hard work you do and has said that you are all SUPERSTARS! 🌟
Here is a little video and some photos of your new Primary 3 classroom. I can’t wait to decorate it with you. 🥰🌈 I’d love you to send me some ideas of how we should create our new classroom door display to welcome everyone to our room. I’d also like to know what you would like our new class charter to look like? Last year our class had a Lego theme.
I hope you have a lovely summer!
Take care,
Mrs Strachan xo 😘
Primary 4 – Home Learning Grids 22.6.20
Good afternoon fours,
I hope you are all keeping well! This is now your last week in primary 4 before the summer holidays start! Then when you return in August you will be in primary 5. It has been a strange few months, however you have all been wonderful and i know you will continue to be amazing in primary 5! 
These are your last learning grids before the summer holidays begin! If you need anything at all this week just let me know.
Love from,
Mrs Strachan x
Numeracy
Rectangles – adding 3 digit numbers
triangles – adding and subtracting
Literacy
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IDL
Unit 3 – Lesson 12- Cut and Stick Home Activity
Unit 5 Lesson 18 Angry Abigail 2(1)
P4 Home Learning 15.6.20
Good afternoon fours and happy Friday!
I hope you have enjoyed our virtual health week! I have loved seeing your videos and photos of you getting up to lots of fun activities from relaxing in your back garden to trampoline flips! You are AMAZING!!! I am so proud of all your hard work!
Only two more weeks left of primary 4, so keep up the great attitude to your learning! These are your learning tasks for next week.
Take care,
Mrs Strachan x
Numeracy
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Literacy
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IDL
Primary 4 – Health Week 8.6.20
Good morning primary four, 
I hope you are all keeping well! You have been superstars again this week! Sending through some marvelous work. I really appreciate all that you are doing. As i know home learning can be difficult at times, so just do what you can do.
Next week is Health Week, so the learning grids have activities related to this. I can’t wait to see what you all get up to! As i know lots of you have different athletic talents and skills from cartwheels to keepy uppies! Here are your learning grids and worksheets for next week.
Take care,
Mrs Strachan x 
Numeracy
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Literacy
Healthy Inside and Out with Unique the Unicorn Poem
Help Rarity the Rabbit Stay Healthy Inside and Out Activity Sheet
I Am Healthy Inside and Out with Unique the Unicorn Activity Sheet
IDL
Suggested daily timetable
| 8.00am | Wake up and get dressed and have some breakfast. |
| 9.00am | Take part in some exercise Cosmic Yoga or Joe Wicks |
| 10.00am | Numeracy – Log into Sumdog and answer some questions or complete a numeracy activity on your grid for example fractions. |
| 11.00am | Snack time and quick brain break |
| 11.30am | Literacy – Read a Bug Club book or some of the new Ickabog book online. Complete a literacy task from your grid. |
| 12.30pm | Help to make a healthy lunch |
| 1.30pm | Complete an IDL health task |
| 3.00pm | Finish your leaning for the day and do what you would like to do! |
Primary 4 – Home Learning 1.6.20
Good afternoon primary four!
I hope you are all getting the chance to go outside and enjoy the beautiful warm weather! Remember to stay hydrated by drinking lots of water and wearing sun cream and a hat and sun glasses if you have them too! Perfect weather for the paddling pool, a BBQ or a water fight!
Thanks again for all of the work that you have been doing online, you are all doing a wonderful job and i am very proud of you. Remember just to do what you can and making sure that you are happy, that is the main thing just now. Enjoy your weekend with your families!
Stay safe,
Mrs Strachan x
Numeracy
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Literacy
Rainforests Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity
Character Description – Option 5
IDL
Primary 4 – Learning Grids 25.5.20
Good afternoon primary four,
I hope you have all had another fantastic week and made the most of the sunshine. I can see that you have all been super busy again this week, which is amazing! I am so proud of you! You are all SUPERSTARS!
I know this weekend is a strange one as a lot of you would of been looking forward to making your Communion, some of you will be feeling a bit disappointed and that’s OK. When the day does come, we’ll make sure it is incredibly special and we will keep you in our thoughts and prayers this weekend.
Take care and enjoy the long weekend!
Love from,
Mrs Strachan x
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| Suggested Timetable | |
| 8:00am | Wake up and have breakfast |
| 9:00am | Some exercise Joe Wicks or Cosmic Yoga |
| 10:00am | Complete a math activity or practice your times tables |
| 11.00am | Have a break/snack |
| 11.30am | Complete a literacy activity or read a book |
| 12.30pm | Help make some lunch and go outside |
| 1.30pm | Finish the day with an IDL task |
Primary 4 – Home Learning 18.5.20
Good morning primary 4,
Another fantastic week of home learning. I really appreciate all of the hard work that you are doing at home. I love receiving your emails on Glow with all your fantastic work, photos and updates of how you are getting on. Keep doing what you can do and if you need anything send me a message and i’ll help as best as i can!
These are the learning grids for Monday 18.5.20
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Take care,
Mrs Strachan x
Primary 4 – Learning Grids 11.5.20
Good morning Primary 4,
I hope you have all had a lovely week! As it is May Day tomorrow, we are uploading your learning grids for next week today. Again lots of fabulous learning taking place and i love receiving photos of you having fun outside – especially in the good weather!
Today is also the day that our fabulous janitor Mr. McMillan retires after working at Mount Carmel for 20 years! So i would love if you could say a little prayer wishing him a happy and healthy retirement.
Take care,
Mrs Strachan x
Home Learning Numeracy – P4 WB 11.5.20
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Primary 4 – Learning Tasks 4.5.20
Well done Primary 4!
Another week of lots of fantastic learning! Lots of brilliant Superheros created and I loved seeing your Dream Jars! Keep up the hard work next week and please let me know if i can help with anything! Now switch off your laptops and have a relaxing weekend with your family and do something that you enjoy.
These are your tasks for next week:
Literacy Home Learning – P4 WB 4.5.20
Numeracy Home Learning – P4 WB 4.5.20
Addition and Subtraction Facts to 50 100 1000 Question Speed Test Activity Sheet
Primary 4 – Learning Tasks 27.4.20
Good Afternoon Primary 4,
Here are the new Learning Grids for next week. I am delighted to see so many of you have been managing to get online and working hard reading your Bug Club books and completing your Sumdog Assessments. I have also loved receiving your updates on how you are getting on at home and the beautiful photographs you have sent of all your amazing work! Keep up the brilliant work!
Here is a suggested timetable that you could follow next week:
9.00am- Some exercise with Joe Wicks, Cosmic Yoga or Just Dance
10.00am – Numeracy pick a task from the grid that you would like to complete. Show off your Number Talk Strategies, do some Mental Maths or Play a Problem Solving Game on Active Hienemann
11.00am – Have a break, some exercise and a snack (remember to drink lots of water)
11:30am – Literacy pick a task to complete or read a book that you are enjoying
12:30pm – Lunchtime help to make something nice to eat
1.30pm – Finish your day with a Health & Wellbeing Task from the grid
3:00pm Finish your learning for the day and do something that you enjoy!
I hope you are all safe and happy! Enjoy the sunshine this weekend with your families!
Take care, 
Mrs Strachan x
Primary 4 Home Learning Tasks wb Monday 20th April
Please find below the Home Learning Tasks for Monday 20th April.
Remember to try to complete the core tasks and some of the additional tasks.
Mrs Strachan x 🙂
Crazy Hair Day
Enjoying spending time with our lovely friends!
Congratulation Annalise in Primary 4
Congratulations to Annalise in Primary 4, She brought in her gymnastic trophy and medals to share with the class. She came 1st place in her solo and group routine. We are all very proud of her!
P4 – Spectacular Science Centre
Our amazing Science Centre experience! Here are some photos of us at the Glasgow Science Centre. We had a brilliant day! Our favourite activity was the Planetarium. We learned lots of cool facts about the planets like most of the planets are named after Roman Gods. We also loved learning that all the stars make up pictures in the sky and these are called constellations.
P4 – World Book Day!
Well done Primary 4! Everyone dressed up in fantastic costumes for World Book Day!
Primary 4 Homework
Primary 4 Homework
Maths – Log onto Sumdog and complete 1000 maths questions as part of East Ayrshire Competition (some time will also be given at school).
Literacy – Reading taking part in the First Ministers Reading Challenge. Please read a book with your child and complete a review in their Reading Passport. Also complete ‘Share a Story’ tasks.
World Book Day – Thursday dress up as a character from a book of your choice, bring the book if possible to share with the class.
Optional homework – decorate a potato as a book character of your choice and bring to class on Thursday.
Our P.E. days will be on Tuesday and Friday this week.
Thank you,
Mrs Strachan
Happy Valentines Day!
