Term 4 in Primary 3 Blue.

Primary three blue have had a very busy start to the new term.

On Tuesday mornings we have been enjoying our swimming lessons at ASV.

In mental maths we have been revising our times tables. We have all been learning the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables. We have been introduced to the 6 times table. We have also been exploring the links between multiplication and division.

This week we were learning about the signs for greater than > and less than <. We have been making number sentences to show our knowledge of how to use the signs.

In maths we have been learning about division. We have been learning that we divide by splitting numbers into equal groups. We have been also learning about remainders in division calculations.

Next week we are going to start learning about Fractions. We will start learning about fractions of shapes before progressing to fractions of numbers.

In phonics we have been learning about the “y” letter making the “i” sound. We came up with lots of interesting words that contain the sound.
Next week we will be learning the “gn” sound, as in “gnome” or “sign”.

We have been enjoying the “Funny Bones” stories and have been busy writing our own “Funny Bones” story which we will be making into books to share with the younger children.

Our new project for this term is “Our amazing body“. This week we have been learning about the structure and function of the skeleton. We had a great time in our groups sorting bones out to make life-size skeletons.

This term we will be learning about our muscles, heart and lungs. We will also be learning about how to keep our bodies healthy through the food that we eat. We will be learning about how to keep our bodies safe in a variety of situations. We will also learn about how to keep our minds healthy.

In the children’s homework jotters this week they received the log in details for access to a wide range of ebooks on the Oxford Owl website. The children enjoyed looking through the books in class and especially liked the “audio” feature which read the book to them. This is a fantastic resource which you can use to support your child’s reading at home.
www.oxfordowl.co.uk

We were all very proud of our class representatives at the school talent show.

Thank you
Miss MacDonald