St Marys Primary School Primary Three September 2017

St Mary’s Primary School Primary Three September 2017

Aims Welcome to St Mary’s! n This document will help: ü to outline the Curriculum that your child will be following in P 3. ü to provide an overview of some of the topics and activities that your child will be participating in this year (Learning Plan) n

General Information Morning § 8 – 8. 45 Breakfast Club § 9 am – Children can come into school playground § 9. 15 – Bell for beginning of classes §After 9. 15 am – marked late Afternoon §Finish 2 pm. From Jan 3 pm except Friday 2 pm

General Information n ü ü Dinners – Currently £ 2. 60 per day, £ 13. 00 per week (in envelopes on Friday only) Breakfast Club – £ 1. 00 per morning Uniform Full uniform should be worn at all times. PE – Thursday (another PE day will be selected in term 2 & 3 and you will be informed) – wear PE uniform into school.

Learning Areas Literacy n Numeracy n The World Around Us (Geography/History/Science) n The Arts (Music/Art/Drama) n Physical Education n Personal Development and Mutual Understanding n Religion n

Skills and Capabilities Thinking Skills – Managing Information, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Being Creative Personal Skills and Capabilities – Self Management, Working with Others ü Through all curriculum areas n In classroom n

Assessment for Learning n Sharing Learning Intentions (WALT and WILF) n Peer and Self Assessment

PDMU Newest learning area in Revised Curriculum n Concentrates on developing children’s knowledge, attitudes, skills, relationships, behaviour, TSPC, emotional awareness, values and life skills. n Living Learning Together Box n

Reading n ü n n ü ü n n Shared Reading Big Books Guided Reading Running Records Book Banding Scheme Develop comprehension skills and answering in full sentences. Easy Reads Library Books – change once a week Silent Reading Important to develop a child’s interest in reading.

Literacy n ü ü ü Variety of forms studied Story settings/Characters in books Traditional Stories Poetry Author Study Punctuation-Capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas in lists, speech marks Phonics-Initial letter sounds, medial letters, blends, Linguistic Phonics Approach

Maths n ü ü ü ü Number to 100 Place Value –introduction of tens and unit Addition and subtraction of tens and units – no carrying Money to 99 p Addition and Subtraction within 20 Odd and even numbers Introduction to Multiplication Measures – Area, weight and capacity Handling Data Shape and Space Problem Solving Lots of Practical Activity Talk to Me Box Activities – in class

Religion n n n Grow in Love Programme Teaching of Jesus Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter Importance of Blessing yourself Class Assembly Visit to church Mass

Homework Aim ü To consolidate and reinforce the learning skills and knowledge that has gone on in school. n Spellings, Reading, Maths, English, other activities related to class work n 15 -20 mins n Important to check and sign homework n

n n n Reporting to Parents/Assessment Parent/Teacher meeting December 21 st Reports in June Primary 7 newsletters Assessment § Term 3 –English and Maths Standardised Tests

Other Information n n n Fundraising Car Parking School Bus Free School Meals Contacts and Mobile phone number Child Protection

Primary Three September 2017 Thank you