Dear Parent/Guardian,

We hope you had a wonderful Easter holiday. It was lovely to see all of you at parents evening and we are grateful for your continued support. The following is a brief overview of the learning which will take place in Primary 4/3 this term.

Literacy

We will continue to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme to support learning in spelling, phonics, reading and writing.  Children will develop fluency and comprehension skills whilst exploring their novel and will complete a range of associated written tasks to deepen their understanding of the text.

Monkeys

Children will continue to work on the Stage 4 Active Literacy Programme; exploring units 7 and 8 which will include phoneme representations ‘ow’ and ‘oi’.  Furthermore, they will continue to apply a range of spelling strategies and rules to support their spelling of taught and unfamiliar words.

Penguins

Children will continue to develop their phonological knowledge and spelling whilst focusing on the phonemes ‘u, gn, t, dge, o, ch and ti’ and their weekly common words.

Writing

Children will focus on narrative, explanation and persuasive genres and will utilise their learning across the curriculum in their written pieces.

 

Maths

In numeracy, children will continue to develop their mental agility through Number Talks and will extend their knowledge of division and patterns and relationships.  Furthermore, they will explore measure, angles and symmetry.

 

R.M.E.

This will be a very special term for the boys and girls in Primary 4 preparing for and celebrating their First Holy Communion.  The children will also learn about Mary and deepen their understanding of the word of God and how to celebrate fully in the celebration of Mass.

 

Health & Wellbeing

In Term 4, the children will develop their striking, fielding and athletics skills in preparation for Sports Day.  In addition, children will develop an understanding of the human body and of daily personal hygiene routines.

A reminder that our P.E. days are Mondays and Thursdays and we would appreciate if children could bring their full P.E. kit into school on a Monday and take it home on Friday.  Furthermore, we would be grateful if children could refrain from wearing jewellery on P.E days.

 

Social Studies

This term our interdisciplinary learning will have an Enterprise theme and children will explore different types of jobs involved in running a business. The children will be encouraged to participate fully in the decision making process and to listen and share their views during discussions.  They will utilise their knowledge of money to budget and consider different ways in which they can make a profit for charity.  They will work collaboratively to ensure the success of their enterprise project.

 

Many thanks for your continued support.  Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Bridge/Miss Peattie