Summary of Term 1 in Primary 3 Red

Literacy

Our phonemes last term were:
Week 1 – /ue/, /aw/, /oi/
Week 2 – /au/, /ew/, /ow/
Week 3 – /ou/, /igh/, /y/
Week 4 – /i-e/, /o-e/, /e-e/
Week 5 -/a-e/, /u-e/, /ea/
Week 6 – /tch/
Week 7 – Consolidation

Each week we were learning four or five common words.

Our Common words for the term are:
Week 1 – which, what, bring, long
Week 2 – three, again, these, people
Week 3 – too, school, some, never,
Week 4 – know, yellow, father, mother
Week 5 – each, year, away, always
Week 6 – another, watch, time, windy
Week 7 – Consolidation

At the beginning of the term we were watching “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. It helped us describe what makes a good friend.

Numeracy

Last term we were looking at numbers- ordering, sequencing, adding and subtracting. In mental maths we were looking at strategies such as bridging through ten, partitioning, counting on and counting back.

Topic

At school we were looking at ‘Our Democratic World’ and how all of us play a very important part in it. As part of our topic we took part in democratic elections for a Prefect and our Eco Representative.

Our votes went to:

 P3R Prefect

P3R Eco Representative

Health and Wellbeing

In class we were discussing the importance of staying healthy and safe. We prepared role plays with our partners to demonstrate how to react in emergency situations. We were using the SHANNARI wheel to guide our learning.

Trips and other exciting events that happened last term

Bikability

Library trip

Macmillan Coffee Morning

The Red Cross visitor