St Josephs Primary School Primary Three Curriculum Information

St Joseph’s Primary School Primary Three Curriculum Information Miss Clarke and Mrs Gould September 2020

Aims n n n Purpose of meeting General information To give an overview of the Curriculum that your child will be following in P 3. To provide an overview of the topics and activities that your child will be experiencing and learning about this year (Learning Plan)

General Information n n n n Morning: enter through Mrs Gould’s P 3 door between 8. 45 -9. 05 School finishes at 1. 50 pm Miss Clarke – top of the lane, Mrs Gould – back car park School bags are not essential. Children can bring a school bag to school if they wish. Homework will be assigned online through Seesaw. No homework books should be brought back into school. Reading Books will be sent home on a Monday and should be returned on a Thursday and placed in the box at Mrs Gould’s door (to allow for 72 hours quarantine) Dinners = £ 2. 60 and should be booked online through the school money system (including free meals) Regular washing of hands/ hand sanitising in school. Tissues and hand sanitiser can be sent in with your child and left in school.

Our Topics All About Me/The Senses Toys Weather Materials Animals

Reading n n n • n n Striving to develop a child’s interest in reading. Shared Reading - big books, e-books Guided Reading – ORT, Simple Novels, Fire Flies Independent Reading – Variety of genre Dictionary Work – important to develop children’s vocabulary Developing comprehension skills and answering in full sentences. Punctuation and Grammar related to topics.

Writing n • • n n Variety of forms studied – Cross Curricular Procedural – write a procedure Report – a factual piece on a given subject Narrative – a creative story. Explanation – explaining how something works or Recount – writing about an event that has happened. Exposition – persuasive content like a letter or argument. Poetry Free Writing Punctuation Handwriting - on lines Spelling - Complete Spelling Programme , definitions

Numeracy n ü ü § ü ü Lots of practical activity and use of IWB (cubes, counters, shapes etc) More emphasis on building up visual knowledge of 30 array, 50 array, 100 square e. g. add 10 and multiples of 10, number before and after etc Ability to make connections and discuss different ways of solving calculations Number Consolidate of Number Stories to 20 Place Value to 100 Addition and Subtraction within 100 using partitioning Money – finding the total and giving change within £ 1

Numeracy (Continued) n Multiplication in Term 3 (2, 5 and 10 times tables and explore the link with division) n Measures, Handling Data, Shape and Space n Problem Solving and Investigations – developing the language of maths (applying knowledge)

Word Problems n Faced with the problem, ‘There are 26 sheep and 10 goats on a boat, how old is the captain? ’ almost 75% of children aged 7 -9 performed an arithmetical operation and gave answers such as 36 without expressing any doubt! (Puchalska and Semademi 1987)

R READ the question carefully. What is the important information? U UNDERSTAND the question. C CHOOSE the right operation and method of calculation? SOLVE the problem. Make sure you follow all the steps. ANSWER the question. Have you found out what you were supposed to find out? CHECK the answer. If possible, use the inverse to check your working out. S A C What do you have to find out?

Mental Maths n n n Focus on using a wide range of 5 minute warm up activities, e. g. counting stick, show me cards, squashy boxes, follow me cards, bingo, IWB games etc. 7 mental arithmetic strategies (5 for P 3) • Counting on and back • Rounding and adjusting • Partitioning • Re-ordering • Inverse Operations Mental Maths homework sent home every week

ICT n n n n n Cross Curricular skills UICT Integrated into all Curriculum areas. 5 E’s - Explore, Express, Exchange, Evaluate, Exhibit Pupils complete CCEA ICT tasks. i. Pads Laptops/computers Coding - Mine. Craft, Bee. Bots Fronter - Online Collaboration (Exchange) Internet Safety – see school website See. Saw

Religion n • • n n n Grow in Love 10 Themes plus Seasonal Unit. Online resources – videos , music, stories, worksheets Books sent home occasionally for Homework. First Confession date to be arranged (St Patrick’s Church) P 3 Commitment Service date to be arranged (school) Learn prayers in preparation Visit the Church, go to Mass

Pastoral Care n Contact class teacher immediately through the office if there any issues or concerns. Your child’s teacher will return your call or arrange an appointment. n We want your children to feel safe and happy at all times.

Homework n n n n n Aim - Consolidate and reinforce the learning skills and knowledge that has gone on in school. Weekly – the same as P 2 Tasks are assigned through a Virtual Classroom in Seesaw Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, WAU, Religion Photos of work can be uploaded to Seesaw for marking/comments. No Homework books are to be brought into school. Reading Book – sent home on a Monday and returned on a Thursday (your child will have a different book for Guided Reading in school) Nightly spellings Weekly mental maths focus Spelling test/mental maths test every Friday

Assessment for Learning/ Reporting to Parents n n § § § Marking for Improvement PTE, PTM (NFER) administered in May (diagnostic) Verbal reporting to parents in February Written Reports in June Weekly mental maths and spelling assessments. Eight weekly class assessments Friday Note News-sheet Website Twitter @stjosephlisburn

P. E Day n Mrs Gould: Wednesday n Miss Clarke: Thursday Children should wear their PE gear to school on their allocated days.

Class Rewards n Dojo Points – Individual prizes/Homework Pass n Note Home n Spot Prizes