Term 3 Letter (Primary 6)

 

I hope you all had a lovely and relaxing Christmas and New Year. We are now re-energised for 2019 and the start of Term 3 within Primary 6. The children have worked incredibly hard throughout Term 2 and are enthusiastic for the term ahead. We have lots of exciting things to look forward to. This overview briefly explains what your children will be covering in Term 3.

 

Literacy

The children will continue with the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme for Spelling, Reading, Writing and Talking & Listening in Term 3. They will be covering 2 fiction novels this term. These will include ‘War Horse’, ‘Seekers: The Quest Begins’, ‘The Last Wolf’, ‘Charlotte’s Web and a range of Rapid Reader books. We will be continuing with the same comprehension strategies, gaining confidence in these as the term progresses. We will also be continuing with the Big Writing programme, implementing these techniques to help improve the standard of the children’s story writing. The children will receive new spelling words weekly and will complete active tasks within the class and at home.

 

Numeracy

In Term 3 we will be looking at; Time, Multiplication and Division, 2D & 3D shape, Fractions, Decimals & Percentages, Decimal Fractions and Patterns and Relationships. Again, we will be using the Active Heinemann along with the Teejay Programme. The children’s arithmetic and times tables will be practised mentally each day. I would encourage that all children keep practising their timetables at home as these are crucial in the topics that we are covering this term. I have introduced the ‘Daily Rigour’ online task to develop the children’s problem-solving skills, challenging them in a different way. Furthermore, the children will take part in the Number Talks programme stating their thinking of mental strategies and learning from others.

 

Health and Wellbeing

During Health and Wellbeing this term the children will be continuing with Growth Mindset. Through this they will learn how to change their mindset to a more positive way of thinking. During P.E. the children will be covering central net and wall games, with a focus on tennis, badminton and volleyball. Could you please ensure that your child brings in their full P.E. kit every Monday to remain in school until the end of the week. Our PE days are a Monday and Thursday.

 

Interdisciplinary Learning

Our IDL theme for Term 3 is ‘Britain’s Cultural Diversity’. It will have a particular focus on Social Studies, Expressive Arts and Technologies. The children will be exploring three religions in Britain and their festivals and customs. In science, we will be doing a mini topic this term ‘Space’.

 

R.E.

Term 3 is a very important term with Confirmation taking the main focus. Most of our R.E lessons will be in preparation for this this and the children will be practising in the church as the date approaches. This is an exciting time for the children as they prepare to become full members of God’s church. Through the “This is Our Faith” programme the children will explore Christian Unity Week, Saints and Lent.

 

If you have any queries don’t hesitate to use your child’s diary as a means of contact with myself.

 

Thank you again for all of your support this year.

 

Many Thanks,

 

Miss Mitchell