P3 and Mrs Latto | Mountfleurie Primary School

Block Two (January – April 2026)

Primary 3

Hello and welcome to our Primary 3 page. We are looking forward to another great term in Primary 3. As a reminder, Mrs Latto will be taking the class on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday after break and Friday, and Mrs Ritchie will be taking the class all day on a Wednesday and a Thursday morning.

Our gym day is a Thursday so please come in gym kit!

Topic

Our topic this block is The Titanic. We will be looking at the Titanic using a storyline approach, considering the whole journey of the passengers and the workings of the ship. This will incorporate STEM, Social Studies, Technologies, Expressive Arts, Literacy and Numeracy.

Numeracy and Maths

This block we will be focusing on: Four Operations, Fractions, Time and Money. We will also continue to work on our word problems using all of our numeracy skills.

We will continue to revise all that we have learnt in numeracy and build on our number skills.

Literacy

Our class novel is The Titanic Detective Agency Based on real passengers and events, it follows the RMS titanic with a Scottish twist! We will be using our topic for some of our literacy focus including diary entries. We will be continuing to work on our Descriptive writing this term too.

We will also be using Literacy circles to work on our understanding of texts as well as doing spelling and handwriting weekly.

In talking and listening, children will be asked to learn and recite a poem for our annual Burns’ Day Competition.

HWB: RSHP

In this block we will be covering Feelings and Safety as well as starting Similarity, Diversity and Respect. We also started the year thinking about our own goals and targets, and we will have a focus on growth mindset this term.

During this block we will be focusing on Hockey and Football. We will also regularly take part in the daily mile.

Homework

Homework will go out every Friday and should be completed by the following Wednesday. The homework will consist of a reading book and a reading record for you to sign each week. Pupils who are reading books from our Oxford Reading Tree scheme (ORT) will also be provided with a word wall of common words for them to practise. Please can you ensure that your child brings their homework folder to school every day as we will need access to their reading book during class time to practise.

If you would like to further your learning at home here are some suggested websites you could use:

Literacy

Spelling and blending

https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/firstphonics/

https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/speller/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/phonics/balloon-phonics-cvc-game

https://www.abcya.com/games/dolch-sight-word-bingo

https://www.abcya.com/games/alphabet_bubble_letter_match

https://www.abcya.com/games/alphabats_rhyming

Handwriting

https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/firstphonics/

Maths