St. Brendan's Primary School and Nursery

Primary 3/2 have been working hard this term and we would like to share some of the work we have been doing with you.

Literacy

We practice sounds and common words daily and learn new sounds and common words weekly. We have been working on our letter formation in upper- and lower-case letters. We read our books almost every day in class with our teacher. We complete jotter tasks to practice our spelling and show our understanding of our reading books. We enjoy practicing our sounds and common words during play and learn activities and using technology

Mathematics

We practice counting daily in class and we are getting more confident with the times tables. We revise topics we have learned to keep them fresh in our heads. Recently we have been learning how to tell the time in class. We have discussed the importance of using both analogue and digital clocks in school and at home. We enjoy playing and learning activities as well as using technology to reinforce our learning.

I.D.L.

This term our I.D.L. topic is Summer Enterprise. We have been learning about the Rights of the Child and needs and wants. We have been learned about a Scottish charity, S.C.I.A.F. and we can work within a budget. We have participated in playing and learning activities during this topic and we are excited to hold our Summer Shop later this month.

School Summer Show

Primary 3/2 have been working hard, singing and dancing in preparation for our show Annie. A lot of work has gone into preparing for the show as we have had to learn how to sing a song, add dance moves and learn about getting on and off the stage. We are excited to perform for our family and friends next week!

May has been a busy and very special month for our school community, particularly as we prepared for the Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation.

We are in the final Term of Primary 1, what a quick year that has been! Term 3 was a busy term and Term 4 is already just as busy as we prepare for our summer show.

Literacy

The children have been very busy learning their phonemes, sounds and words and completing new and challenging activities during Literacy time. We have been working hard on sentence writing and practising using capital letters and full stops correctly.

Numeracy

In Term 3 we learned about adding and subtracting and we loved taking part in new activities
and games and using our knowledge of number. We are currently learning all about money and we love having a little shop in our role play corner to consolidate our learning.

IDL

Last term was all about ‘Our Community.’ We went on a lovely community walk to see our surroundings. We observed our local area and made lovely drawings of the towers, the shops and our homes. We loved learning all about google maps and using this to find familiar places from our community! We used a map of the classroom to complete a scavenger hunt and even made our very own classroom maps.

In Term 3 we have had lots of sports opportunities. We had a Tae Kwon-Do taster session, which we loved! We also had our Health Day, where we had the chance to take part in lots of fun, active              activities.

School Show

Show practice is well underway in St Brendan’s. Primary 1 have been working hard with their singing and learning the words to their songs for our show. We love being on the stage and can’t wait for you to see what we have been working on!