Dear Parent/Carer,

After a relaxing October break and our fabulous 1960’s Open Day, the class have now settled back into the school routine and are ready for the new learning and challenges this term will bring.

With preparations being made for both our St Andrews Day showcase and the festive season, term two will be a busy and exciting time for the boys and girls.

Literacy

As in the previous session, the class will be continue to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme to support their learning in spelling, phonics, reading and writing.

The class will continue to explore new sounds and common words each week in class and through our homework programme. The children will work with a range of both fiction and non-fiction texts to build their fluency and comprehension skills. I will be continuing to encourage the children to access eBooks to support their reading in class and at home.

Numeracy

In numeracy, the class will continue to experience a mix of direct teaching, partner/group activities and written tasks to build and consolidate their understanding of concepts.

Over the course of the term, the class will  further explore the theme of addition and subtraction, working with numbers up to and including one hundred. The children will also explore 2D & 3D shape and measure.

RE

In RE, our class will be learning more about our Priest and the Parish community. We will also reflect on November, the month of the faithful departed. In the lead up to Christmas, the class will revisit the theme of Advent in class as well and will be involved in wider school celebrations of the Holy season.

Health & Wellbeing

Whilst the hall timetable may differ slightly to accommodate practises for our Christmas performances, our focus this term will be Dance. The class will also be working regularly with Sports Coaches from Motherwell College to develop their skills in playing a variety of games. Where access to the gym hall is not possible, it is my intention that the class will make use of resources such as Cyber Coach and Go Noodle and other areas within the school including the class and, weather permitting, outdoors.

Social Studies

As part of our interdisciplinary theme for the term, Primary 3 will working to explore the true meaning of Christmas by becoming ‘Undercover Elves’. We will be exploring how we can help people in our community and beyond as they prepare to celebrate Christmas. I am sure that this is something the children will enjoy and be very excited about.

Again, please continue to communicate any queries or concerns using the homework diary.

Many thanks

E Burns

Class Teacher