P3/4 Weekly News

Teacher Voice

We have had a very short week this week but lots of great learning!

Literacy

We have been learning about a new writing genre this week called ‘explanation texts’. We have been learning about the structure of an explanation text and the important language features. We have planned our writing for next week using research to help us. We will be writing about ‘What does the Captain of a ship do?’.

Numeracy

We have continued to develop our understanding of multiplication using arrays and repeated addition.

Some of us were learning to multiplying a 3 digit number by 1 digit using tower sums. This was quite challenging, however we used our prior knowledge of multiplying a 2 digit number by 1 digit to help us.

IDL

We have been learning about Fairtrade in preparation for ‘Fairtrade Fortnight’. We will be joining P4 class to attend the ‘Fairtrade’ cluster assembly to share our learning with other schools. We worked in groups to research obscure Fairtrade foods and present the information in an exciting way.

Health and Wellbeing

This week we have been talking about some difficult feelings that we might have experienced e.g. sad, scared, angry. We discussed different coping strategies that can help us to deal with these feelings and make us feel more positive. We created coping strategy wheels to display in our class so we can use these if we experience any difficult emotions in class.

Pupil Voice

“I liked PE this week doing gymnastic routines.” – Yasmin

“I liked PE too because we got to create our own routines and share them with the class.” – Brooke

“I enjoyed working with a group to prepare for the cluster Fairtrade assembly next week. We had to find the most unusual fairtrade foods.” – Klaudia

“I enjoyed doing Lent stained glass windows for art this week.” – Lucy

“I enjoyed multiplying 3 digit numbers by 1 digit in numeracy.” – Ephraim

“I liked preparing for my First Holy Communion this week.” James

“I liked doing art this week too.” – Amber

“I liked learning about Fairtrade this week and drawing strange Fairtrade foods.” – Dexter

“I enjoyed learning about explanation texts and doing my plan for my writing next week which is about what the captain of a ship does.” – Dawid

“I enjoyed using the spinning wheel to choose children to answer questions in the class.” – Jarred

“I enjoyed learning about explanation texts in PM writing this  week.” – Kerr

“We were talking about coping strategies in Health and Wellbeing. I enjoyed giving children in the class hand massages.” – Kyle

Home Learning

Literacy – Can you create sentences using conjunctions so, but, because, and, although?

Numeracy -P4 – Can you teach someone in your family how to multiply a 3 digit number by 1 digit using a tower sum?

P3 – Can you use something at home to create arrays? (cheerios, beads, pebbles etc)

IDL – Can you look in your cupboards at home to see if you have any fairtrade products. You will know it is fairtrade when you see the fairtrade logo.

Health and Wellbeing – Share some of the coping strategies that work for you with a friend or family member.  Ask them what coping strategies help them when they are experiencing difficult emotions.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs Wassell and P3/4