Welcome to Primary 3/4/5

Caroline Eunson

-Curriculum for Excellence-

Maths and NumeracyLiteracyTopicScience and technologyHealth and WellbeingRMEICTExpressive Arts

Maths and Numeracy

• Maths games• Textbook, worksheets • Active learning• Problem solving• Paired/ Group work• Interactive- Education City• Real-life situations- money, time

Literacy- ReadingReading 2/ 3 times with class teacher or learning assistant.

Focus on digraphs.

Reading comprehension activities

ERIC- Everyone reading in class

Book reviews

Character cops

Non-Fiction, Thesaurus,Dictionary, Poetry, Newspapers

Literacy- Reading

• Class novels• Listening and talking• Prediction• Writing alternative

endings• Designing front cover• Book reviews

Literacy- writing• Newspapers, Storyboards• Poems, Story writing• Personal accounts• Persuasive writing• Letters, Posters• Instructions,• Spelling and punctuation

Topic

TOPICThe children are responsible for the direction the learning takes. We discuss the things that we would like to learn about...

‘I wonder what Romans did for

fun’MB ‘I wonder what

clothes the Romans wore’

CT

‘I wonder what animals the

Gladiators fought’DT

Science

• Next term we will be looking at solids, liquids and gases.

• We will be doing lots of experiments.

Health and wellbeing

Food Groups- carbohydrates, protein, dairy, fruit and vegetables, fats and sugar

Keeping Healthy

Looking after teeth

R.M.E.

Christianity and other world religions.JudaismIslam Buddhism

Harvest festival next week.

I.C.T

• Nintendo DS• Powerpoint• Word• Maths games• Education City• Internet Safety

P.E.

• Mrs Tait takes the class for PE every Monday afternoon.

• They have a football coach on a Tuesday.

Music

The children have music every Friday morning.

Mrs Shireff uses drama and music to inspire the class.

Art

Miss Goodwin, our art specialist, comes into our class every Friday.

She often uses our topic as a stimulus.

Rewards

• Star of the week• Table Points• Class Points• Blue Dots

• Class Goals

Being Green

Primary 3/4/5 are learning about caring for the environment.

The children are aware of the impact that we have on the planet.

REDUCE>REUSE>RECYCLE

Homework!

• Spelling- given out on a Monday • to be handed in on Wednesday.• Maths- given out on Wednesday, • to be handed in on Friday.• Reading- read aloud and discuss with

an adult at home.• Daily Times Tables Practice• **** Please sign your child’s homework

• Any questions?