Block Two (January – April 2026)
In Primary 3/4 we have a busy term ahead of us with lots of learning and exciting activities.
We are continuing 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 “The Unsinkable Ship: R.M.S. Titanic” and there are lots of things we want to learn about. We will be going through the story of the Titanic learning about different aspects of the ship and its journey.
Maths and Numeracy:
This block, we will be covering multiplication, division, money, time and fractions. These will be learned through a combination of hands-on activities and written work.
We will also be continuing to revise place value and the four operations each week.
Literacy:
Our current class novel is “The Titanic Detective Agency” by Lindsay Littleson. 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.
In writing, we will be continuing to work on descriptions using VCOP strategies to help us uplevel our sentences. 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 “Feelings and Safety” (P3s) and “How Human Life Begins, Pregnancy and Birth” (P4s). We will also begin to look at “Similarity, Diversity and Respect” as a whole class. 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 hockey, football and tennis. Our P.E. day is a Monday 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…”.
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.
