P3 Newsletter
Term 4
Welcome back and I hope that you all have had a lovely, relaxing Spring holiday. Our first week in class was fantastic, the children shared what they had been doing during the holidays and it all sounded like so much fun. We even managed to fit in a school trip to Almond Valley! The following information will give you a breakdown of the learning children will be engaging with in Term 4.
In Numeracy, we will continue to develop measuring skills by looking at volume and mass. We will be learning about fractions, including fractions of objects and numbers. Other areas within maths that we will be studying will be money and probability. The pupils will also be consolidating skills linked to the four operations through Number Talks, where we discuss a variety of different strategies together as a class. Please encourage your child to access Sumdog at home for extra numeracy practice.
In Literacy we will be continuing with our Jolly Phonics reading programme. Some pupils will be reading Story Sparks or Literacy World. The children will get a reading book home once a week. Please keep their reading book in their school bag as we will practice reading daily. Please try and visit the local library with your child to engage with a wider selection of books. We will continue to work on grammar through the Jolly Grammar scheme. This term our writing focus will be on report writing, recount and narrative (short story writing). We will be continuing to develop our literacy circles and reading strategies. Any opportunities you can give for your child to write at home, such as writing a diary, creative stories and recipes would be a great experience for them.
Our context of learning this term is ‘The Human Body’. Pupils will be able to showcase some of what they have learned in our class Assembly on May 9th , which you are all invited to come and see. More information will follow.
Gym Sessions
Our gym sessions this term remain Tuesday and Wednesday. Please can children wear their gym clothes to school on these days. On a Tuesday this will be outdoors and therefore the children should have appropriate clothing. Our focus this term will be athletics and racquet sports. No jewellery should be worn on gym days, including small earrings. Long hair should be tied back.
As we are focusing on keeping our bodies in peak condition through our COL, we will look at Food and Healthy Eating this term. The children will learn about the Eatwell plate and the different types of food we eat. We will also be looking at the Zones of Regulation to give pupils the essential skills needed to manage their emotions effectively.
Homework will continue to be uploaded weekly on Seesaw which is the learning app that we are using throughout the school. This will also be a means of communicating what we are doing in school with you at home and vice versa. Please encourage your child to use the app to post any work completed at home. We will have a weekly spelling quiz every Friday. Spelling words will be shared to Seesaw every Monday for children to practise at home. Please try some of the spelling strategies that will be shared to Seesaw. I will also provide reading books and numeracy homework will be uploaded.
The children will be developing some dance and drama skills through our Assembly and be carrying out artistic tasks linked to the Human Body topic.
Every Tuesday Mrs Saeed will be teaching coding and French.
We will be taking some of our learning outside, whatever the weather, so come prepared!
Family engagement
There are many opportunities for you to get involved with your children’s learning. Why not pop along
to Family Gardening Club on Friday afternoons with Miss Murdoch.
I would like to thank you for your on-going support and as ever, if you have any concerns about your child, please contact us via the school office or the Seesaw app.
Mr Walsh ?
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