St Mary’s
Primary School
Primary Three
September 2016
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)
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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
General Information
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Dinners – Currently £2.30 per day, £11.50 per week (in
envelopes on Friday only)
Breakfast Club – £1.00 per morning
Uniform
Full uniform should be worn at all times.
PE – Wednesday (another PE day will be selected in
term 2 & 3 and you will be informed) – wear PE
uniform into school
Learning Areas
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Literacy
Numeracy
The World Around Us
(Geography/History/Science)
The Arts (Music/Art/Drama)
Physical Education
Personal Development and Mutual
Understanding
Religion
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
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Assessment for Learning
 Sharing
Learning Intentions
(WALT and WILF)
 Peer and Self Assessment
PDMU
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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
Reading
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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
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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
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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
Religion
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Alive O 3 Programme
Teaching of Jesus
Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter
Importance of Blessing yourself
Class Assembly
Visit to church
Mass
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
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Reporting to Parents/Assessment
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Parent/Teacher meeting December 2nd
Reports in June
Primary 7 newsletters
Assessment
 Term 3 –English and Maths Standardised Tests
Other Information
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Fundraising
Car Parking
School Bus
Free School Meals
Contacts and Mobile phone number
Child Protection
Primary Three
September 2016
Thank you