🌟 Primary 3/4 Weekly Round-Up – Term 4, Week Three
✏️ Literacy
This week we continued our exciting Magical Door writing theme. When the children came into the classroom, they discovered that Mrs Teale’s spoon had turned into a giant spoon, leading us to imagine that the world behind the magical door was a giant world! It wasn’t so good for eating her lunch!!
This sparked lots of creativity, and the children wrote about the dangers they might face in a giant world, thinking carefully about how everyday objects might become challenges. They then wrote a diary entry titled “My First Day in Giant World,” describing their experiences and feelings as they explored this new and unusual place.
In grammar, we focused on pronouns, taking part in fun games to help us identify and use them correctly in our writing.
🔤 Spelling
Our spelling focus this week was the ‘au’ sound. Everyone is enjoying using Sumdog Spelling to consolidate their new words. Who’s been having a go at home?
🔢 Maths
At the start of the week, we continued our work on fractions, building on our understanding of parts of a whole.
We then moved on to a new topic of money, where the children explored coins and notes, looking at what they look like, how they feel, and how much they are worth. We discussed how values work (for example, 100p = £1) and took part in hands-on activities to support understanding.
The children also used Sumdog to consolidate their learning through interactive activities focused on coin recognition.
💻 ICT / Languages
This week we had fun combining movement and language through a French yoga session, helping the children practise their French in an active and engaging way.
🌍 Topic – Building a Business
As part of our Building a Business topic, we focused on the skills and qualities we each have that could help us in our café.
We discussed different job roles within a café and how our personal skills could match these roles. The children began thinking about how they might apply for a job in the café and what they would need to do to be successful in that role.
🥣 Health & Wellbeing (RSHP)
We began our RSHP learning, focusing on important life skills. This included:
- Recognising and understanding feelings
- Learning about healthy behaviours
- Exploring friendships and relationships
- Knowing how to seek help and stay safe
🌱 Wider Learning
We were very lucky to enjoy a visit from the Shetland Folk Festival, where the children experienced a live concert. It was a fantastic opportunity to enjoy music and culture together.
We have also begun visiting the polytunnel, where small groups of children will take part in planting over the coming weeks. Our first group went this week and had lots of fun helping with planting and learning about how things grow. We are looking forward to everyone getting a turn!
With the lovely weather this week, we also made the most of outdoor play, enjoying time outside and staying active.
🎨 Play Provision
Our play provision this week has been very hands-on and engaging. The children explored a tinkering table using tools and an old till to investigate how things work, developing problem-solving and practical skills.
We also set up a shop role-play area, where the children used money to practise their maths skills in a real-life context. This supported their understanding of money while encouraging collaboration, communication and imaginative play.
It has been another busy and creative week, with lots of excitement and enthusiasm across all areas of learning!
