2. To be prepared for school each day, your child
should bring:
•A sharp pencil.
•Reading book and homework diary.
•A snack and water bottle with your child’s name
on it.
•A P.E kit - Gym shoes, black shorts and a white T-
shirt. Term 1: Tuesday and Wednesday.
•Plain black indoor shoes with your child’s name
What does your child need?
3. How you can help
• Please ensure your child is organised for their day at
school. Full school uniform should be worn at all
times.
• In order to maintain a positive partnership between
parents and school, we would ask that you give your
child the support that they need to complete school
tasks in the allocated time and to the best of their ability.
• When you are completely satisfied with the content and
standard of your child’s work, please sign their
homework
• Please remind your children to share letters and
correspondence from school regularly
4. How you can help- supporting at home
Reading
• Ask questions to check understanding
• Ask the child to summarise what they have just
read in their own words
• Make flash cards of any words the child is
struggling to read and practise those daily
• Use of reading videos
5. Maths
• Regular practise of number bonds
and looking for maths in real life
contexts. Encourage use of Sumdog
and Purple Mash- logins are in
homework jotters.
6. SpellingSpelling
• Practise their spelling words daily
• Test them on the words
• Make sure the child understands the
meaning
• Encourage the use of a dictionary
and thesaurus
• Make flash cards
• Looking for the spelling pattern in
other texts, out and about etc.
7. Celebrating Success
• Class Dojo- top scorers
• Sharing work
• Living the values certificates
• i-Achieve
• Celebration Assembly
• School blog
8. Free time Friday
• 30 minutes of free time at the end of
each week which links to our School
Behaviour policy.
• Warning given, 5 minutes loss of Free
Time Friday, time out in class, time out
in another class, senior management.
• Record kept and children reflect on
what they can do to improve their
behaviour. Record sheet sent home for
parents to sign.
9. • Building our class community and
getting to know each other
• Mini topic on our school aim-
celebrating achievements and
developing skills
• Communty Contract– Class
Expectations
• Begun our Dinosaurs IDL context
• Started to form routines and
So far...
10. A typical day in P3
The weekly timetable is designed so that children
experience aspects of different areas of the curriculum
each day.
11. 1. Admin and quick start
2. Writing
3. Reading
4. Granny Nothing
Break
5. Health and Wellbeing- PE
6. Number talks
Lunch
7. JLT groups
8. IDL- Dinosaurs
12. Homework
Spelling – Spelling homework is set on a Monday and should be
handed in by Friday each week. Your child should copy out their spelling
words 3 times in their homework jotter then pick a spelling task to
complete from the spelling menu. Children are tested on spelling words
on Friday.
13. Homework
Reading –– Reading homework will be given on a Monday and
Wednesday and should be completed by the Friday of that week. The
children will have opportunities to read in class and explore their book
through discussion and reading activities.
Maths – Maths homework will be given on a Monday and should be
handed in by the Friday each week.
Other homework relating to IDL and other curricular areas may be given
throughout the year where appropriate.
If you have any questions or comments about your child’s homework
please do not hesitate to write a note in their homework jotter or contact
me directly to discuss.
14. A Curriculum for Excellence
At Mid Calder, we fully embrace Curriculum
for Excellence. The purpose of Curriculum
for Excellence is to enable each young
person to become Successful Learners,
Confident Individuals, Responsible Citizens
and Effective Contributors. The experiences
and outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence
are achievable at five level. Primary 3 will be
usually be working at first level- levels are in
the pupil’s jotters.
15. MATHEMATICS AND
NUMERACY
Term 1 focus
•Numeracy: a range of
strategies to explore number
including SEAL number
strategies.
•Mathematics: Data handling
through our IDL context of
Dinosaurs.
16.
17. LITERACY AND LANGUAGES
Term 1 focus
•Writing: Letters, advertisement
posters, fact files, imaginative story
and character descriptions.
•Grammar- adjectives and
punctuation.
•Reading- Skimming and scanning a
text.
18.
19. Interdisciplinary learning
Term 1 focus: Dinosaurs
•Science: Classification, habitats
and food chains.
•Maths- Data handling.
•Drama- Taking on the role of
an explorer,
reseapalaeontologist and
museum curator.
20. Thank you for showing your support by
coming along tonight.
Any questions?
Editor's Notes
Writing: We are learning to write a letter of acceptance
I can include the key features of a letter including:
Address and date
Appropriate greeting
Indent
Paragraphs
Sign off
Reading: We are learning to scan a piece of text.
I can state what the term 'scanning' means in reading.
I can show that I understand how to scan a piece of text.
I can scan a piece of text to find key words.
Follow up from yesterday using non-fiction texts. Discussing the key features of non fiction texts as we scan.
IDL- Dinosaurs: We are learning how to work as an effective team
I can create a catchy team name
I can design an eye catching team logo
I can state what makes a quality group
Children to finish off their dino discovery team posters.
Technologies:
Dino Designers- We are learning to design our own dinosaur
Prehistoric Planners- We are learning to plan an enclosure for a dinosaur
Ravenous Researchers- We are learning to research facts about dinosaurs
Colossal Creators- We are learning to create our own dinosaur
