September 2019

 

Dear Parent/Guardian,

 

I hope everyone had a lovey summer break. I was delighted to welcome the children back to the new school year in August and I look forward to the exciting year ahead. This is a brief outline of the work which we will be undertaking within the class during Term 1.

Literacy

The children will continue to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme in spelling and phonics. They will learn a new sound and a different set of common words every week and this will be consolidated through class work and homework. The ‘Buzz’ spelling group will consolidate a variety of phonemes this term and the ‘Woody’ spelling group will cover ‘qu’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘ch’, ‘ng’, ‘wh’, and ‘ph’. As part of the reading programme the children will read one or two books per week with associated writing tasks in class to develop their comprehension skills. It is important that the children bring their books into school daily to ensure they are able to use them to carry out their tasks. Within Big Writing the children will be writing narrative pieces and information reports.

 

Numeracy

In Primary 3 we are developing their understanding of place value, investigating how whole numbers are constructed, can understand the importance of zero within the number system and can use their knowledge to explain the link between a digit, its place and its value. We will be learning about the purpose and usefulness of estimating and rounding of numbers. The children will take part in a variety of written and active activities to consolidate their learning.

Religious Education

During the first term the children will be learning about the Bible being the inspired Word of God and that they should treat it with reverence. Through God’s Beautiful Creation the children will explore God’s natural world and begin to see the wonder and awe in the world around them. We will be learning about the community of the Church and some symbols and rituals in worship.

 

Health and Wellbeing

In P.E. the learning will be focused on Possession, central net and wall games.. The children will be learning to listen to and follow instructions in a range of different games, perform a variety of roles within a team and they will learn to choose the correct movement within a game. Children will also be learning about Growth Mind-set.

 

Social Subjects

Primary 3 will be learning about ‘The Victorians’ this term. The children will explore the daily lives of people who lived during the Victorian era. They will also learn about what school and work life was like for these people as well as what toys children played with at that time. Children will compare what they have learned to their lives now.

Thank you in advance for your support this term. I am looking forward to working with you and your child. Please use your child’s homework diary to communicate any concerns/comments.

 

Kind Regards,

Miss Paterson

Class Teacher Primary 3