🌟 Primary 3/4 Weekly Round-Up – Term 3, Week Seven
🔢 Maths
This week we became Angle Detectives! As trainee detectives, the children completed three case files, each exploring angles in a different way. They investigated angles hidden within letters, linked angles to their knowledge of compass points, and identified angles on a clock face. The class showed excellent reasoning skills and attention to detail while solving their cases.
We also continued developing our mental maths skills through our One Minute Whizzers and introduced a new Speedy Multiplication booklet. The children timed themselves completing times tables questions, aiming to improve both their accuracy and speed, and showing great determination to beat their previous scores.
We also created place value monsters, using different digits to build and represent numbers, helping us to continue strengthening our understanding of place value and how the position of a digit changes its value.
✏️ Literacy & Spelling
Our spelling sound this week was ‘ze’.
We began a new focus on punctuation, reading The Full Stop That Got Away. This helped us think carefully about the importance of full stops and capital letters in making our writing clear and meaningful. The children then wrote imaginative pieces exploring what would happen if all the full stops disappeared, leading to some wonderfully creative ideas.
As part of our IDL learning, we enjoyed a fun pancake-themed afternoon. The children absolutely loved the imaginative role play, wearing chef hats and aprons as they created their own recipes. They worked collaboratively to design, discuss, and write clear instructional recipes, developing important writing, sequencing, and organisational skills.
We also read a story about a pancake thief who stole Mrs Teale’s pancakes. The children created detailed Wanted posters and designed digital images of the thief using Paint software. It was fantastic to see their creativity and engagement throughout the afternoon.
💻 ICT
This week we began learning to code using Code.org. The children worked through a series of modules, starting with an Angry Birds coding challenge.
Through this, they developed skills in:
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Sequencing instructions
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Logical thinking
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Problem-solving
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Debugging (finding and correcting mistakes)
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Perseverance when tasks became more challenging
They showed great resilience and focus as they worked through each stage.
🏊 Wider Learning
Swimming started this week, and the children were very excited about their journey to the pool. They also enjoyed visiting Sandwick Library, showing responsibility and maturity while out in the community.
🌍 Topic – Vikings
We concluded our Vikings topic this week. The children learned about Viking gods and created their own imaginative Viking god characters. We also explored Viking settlement maps, helping us understand where Vikings travelled and lived.
It has been wonderful to see the creativity and depth of understanding the class has developed throughout this topic.
🧘 PE – Teacher Led
In PE this week, we played games such as Traffic Lights, Corners, and Islands. These activities developed listening skills, quick reactions, spatial awareness, cooperation, and teamwork, all while keeping the children active and engaged.
🎨 Play Provision – Pancake Day Focus
Our play provision this week centred around Pancake Day. The children explored:
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A pancake role-play station with flour, fake eggs, measuring spoons, scales, aprons, and chef hats
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A pancake shape station, adding shapes they have been learning about as creative “toppings”
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A rice weighing challenge, comparing and measuring weights using scales
These activities supported learning in measurement, shape recognition, comparison, collaboration, communication, and imaginative play, while reinforcing literacy and maths skills in a hands-on way.
