Dear Parent/Guardian,

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break. After the excitement of Christmas we have now settled back into our working routine. This is a brief outline of the work that we will be undertaking within the class during the third term.

Literacy

We will be continuing to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme in phonics and common words. This term we will be using the 5 A Day computer program in class to support the learning of phonics and common words. The children will continue to read one or two books per week with associated writing tasks in class to develop their comprehension skills. It is important that the children continue to bring their books into school daily to ensure they are able to use them to carry out their tasks. In Big Writing this term the children will be given opportunities to write narrative, information and persuasive pieces of writing.

Numeracy

In Primary 3 we will be learning Multiplication and Division (by 2, 5 and 10), Data Analysis (Tally’s, Tables and Pictograms) and Fractions, Decimals and Percentages (1/2, 1/3, 1/4 and 1/5). Within numeracy the concepts are taught and the children are given opportunities to learn as a whole class, with a partner and participating in active maths activities where the children will be given opportunities to put their knowledge into practice.

Religious Education

Our focus in term 3 will be on the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The children will receive a booklet to guide them on their journey up to the Sacrament, this will require some support at home as well as in school. Nearing the end of the third term the children will be learning about New Birth/Baptism and Lent. The teaching and learning will take the structure of a prayer service/circle time, Bible readings and written tasks.

Health and Wellbeing

In P.E. the learning will be focused on Possession, Central Net and Wall Games. The children will practice and improve their skills to develop control and flow. They will learn to follow and understand the rules and procedures of a variety of games. Please ensure your child continues to bring their P.E. kit to school on a Monday and take it home on a Friday.

Interdisciplinary Learning

This term our interdisciplinary learning will be based on the story ‘Fly, Pigeon, Fly!’ by Julia Donaldson. As part of this learning the children will be finding out about our closest city, in particular, the history of the famous Clyde Shipyards. We will also explore the theme of friendship using the story as our stimulus.

Thank you for your continued support, please use your child’s homework diary to communicate any concerns/comments.

Kind Regards,

Mrs O’Donnell

Class Teacher Primary 3