1. St Mary’s Primary School
Primary Three
September 2017

2. Aims Welcome to St Mary’s! This document will help:
to outline the Curriculum that your child will be following in P3.
to provide an overview of some of the topics and activities that your child will be participating in this year (Learning Plan)

3. General Information Morning 8 – 8.45 Breakfast Club
9am – Children can come into school playground
9.15 – Bell for beginning of classes
After 9.15 am – marked late
Afternoon
Finish 2pm. From Jan 3pm except Friday-2pm

4. General Information
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.

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

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

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

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

9. Reading 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.

10. Literacy 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

11. Maths Number Number to 100 Place Value –introduction of tens and unit
Addition and subtraction of tens and units – no carrying
Money to 99p
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

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

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

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

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

16. Primary Three September 2017
Thank you