Block One (August – December 2025)
In Primary 3/4 we have a busy couple of terms ahead of us with lots of learning and exciting activities.
We began this year learning about how to demonstrate our school values and the responsibilities we have in the classroom, school and wider community. Here’s what we have planned for the rest of the block…
Topic:
Our topic this term is “Rainforests” and we have so many questions about animals, weather and plants. We will learn about this topic through ICT, literacy, STEM, expressive arts and social studies.
Maths and Numeracy:
This block, we will be covering place value, the four operations, shape, angle, symmetry, transformation and measurement. These will be learned through a combination of hands on activities and written work.
We will also be completing weekly problem solving lessons so we can use our numeracy knowledge in a different context.
Literacy:
Our current class novel is “The House at the Edge of Magic” by Amy Sparkes. We enjoy listening to this after break each day and will be using it to complete the literacy circle jobs – summariser, predictor, question master, illustrator and word wizard.
We will be working to uplevel our sentences in writing using VCOP – vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation. We will also be completing writing pieces linked to our topic. We will also have regular spelling and grammar lessons which can help with our writing too.
We have reading groups every week and visit the library so we can choose a book to read for enjoyment.
Health and Wellbeing
This term we are doing a bit of work on emotions. We will also cover “My Family / All Families are Different” (P3s) and “Safe and Happy Online” (P4s). More information on the specifics of these lessons can be found on the RSHP website – https://rshp.scot/first-level/
In P.E. we will be learning the skills associated with netball, gymnastics and dance. Our P.E. day is a Wednesday so children can come in P.E. kit on this day. This should not include football strips or crop tops.
Homework
Reading homework will be handed out on a Friday and is due back the following Wednesday. Please ensure this is back in by the Wednesday to give us a chance to complete the reading record before handing it back out.
Once you have read with your child at home and practised their tricky words (if applicable), please sign their reading record under “read at…”.
More Information
We will be baking this block for Macmillan.
Our sharing assembly and Harvest assembly will be this block and further details will come out about these on the school app.
We will also be making crafts for the school fayre and learning songs for the Christmas concert after the October holidays.
Further Links
If you would like to do any further learning / revision at home with your child, please find some links to support you below.
Maths
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Hit the Button is great for practising times tables, number bonds, doubling, halving and multiples.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts
This interactive chart helps children make numbers using place value.
https://mathsbot.com/starters/multiplicationGrids
This is good for getting children to think about multiples and times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
This place value game practises up to 3-digit numbers using place value.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
10 quick questions to practise a range of numeracy topics.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/carroll-diagrams/2d-shapes
This game asks children to sort 2D shapes in a Carroll diagram.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/shapes/2d-shape-reveal
This game is all about trying to beat the clock to identify the 2D shape before it is revealed.
Literacy
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/phonics/balloon-phonics-cvc-game
If your child needs to work on hearing sounds in words, this is good to help with this.
https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/
Doorway has a range of games which can be used for spelling or handwriting.
This has great prompts for a bit of writing practice.
The National Literacy Trust has some great supports for parents.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Bitesize is great for all curricular areas including literacy.
