P3C & Mrs Cuthbert

Welcome to P3C

Teacher - Mrs Emma Cuthbert

RCCT Teacher- Miss Caroline Ferguson Tuesday pm

Gym days - Monday and Tuesday

Outdoor Learning - Wednesday morning with Miss

Westmorland

January 2026

Happy New Year to all our parents and carers. I hope you all had a wonderful festive period and had some much needed family time. Just a quick thank you to everyone who gave me a very thoughtful Christmas gift. It was very kind and much appreciated.

We have come back and have started our annual 'Scots' Focus. Here are some of the things we have been learning about...

Scots Poem

The Poem we have been focusing on this year is 'The Sair Finger' by Walter Wingate. In class we have been practising this and putting actions to it as well as doing some craft. We will have our poetry competition where 3 children will be chosen to go forward to the final where a class winner will be chosen.

Thinking Reader

The Tobermory Cat

Over the first couple of weeks back we had a book focus on the book 'The Tobermory Cat' by Debi Gliori. The book was used as a literacy focus looking at different literacy skills such as 'prediction', 'metalinguistics', 'main ideas', visualisation', 'questioning', 'making connections' and 'summerising'

Prediction

Lucy's Prediction: Two cats wander around the village and become friends. They go fishing together.

Making Connections

When we looked at the front cover we asked ourselves the question 'Does the front cover remind you of anything you have seen, heard or read before?

'It reminds me of the reading book 'Tab the Cat' Kelsie

'The background reminds me of a time that we went to a lighthouse' Flynn

Metalinguistics

We had different working groups in the class who focused on different words to skim and scan. This group was looking for the different punctuation throughout the story.

Main Ideas

For the main ideas of the text we completed a variety of different activities. We did sequencing tasks with pictures and text, read and draw and true and false statements.

Visualisation

In our class we love a 'How to draw' video. We used a 'How to draw' video to draw a cat.

Summarising

Digital Skills

This term we have continued to work with P5W. The P5s have been teaching the P3s how to add an image to a google document. The P3/P5 pairings have been working very well.

Digital Skills

Now that we know how to add an image to a google document we have been adding text to the image. All these new skills will helps us create some google slides later on in the term.

Maths: Money

This term we have started to recap what we already know about money. We are focusing on the specific coins that make small amounts such as 6p, 7p, 8p and 9p. This will help us when laying out coins for amounts upto £1.

Maths: Money

We have used online games and activities to revise and consolidate our learning.

Blank Number Lines

At the start of this term we revised blank numbers. We had been learning about them just before the holidays. This term we looked at 2 digits +/- 2 digits.

The children are becoming very confident in explaining their strategies and working.

Skip Counting in 3s and 4s

We have made a good start to multiplication sums. Skip counting in 3s and 4s has helped us understand our tables.

Times Tables

Using our knowledge of skip counting and drawing arrays we are able to solve multiplication sums.

Word Problems

Extending our knowledge of 3 and 4 times tables we have been solving word problems linked to these times tables.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Our focus Scots Artist this term is Charles Rennie Mackintosh. We have learned a little bit about his life and talked about the landmarks that he designed around central Scotland, Scotland Street School, Glasgow Art School, The Hill House to name a few.

CRM Lettering

The children used the same lettering that Charles Rennie Mackintosh used to write their names on a name display. I think you'll agree they look great!

The CRM Rose

January 2026

Term 3 - Learning Targets

Literacy

This term we will continue to progress with our Phonics/Spelling and Reading programmes, however for the first couple of weeks we will be doing a book study .

We will be learning to:

Reading

We are learning to:

read an increasing number of common/high frequency words, key reading words, core topic words and words of personal significance
use of punctuation such as question / exclamation marks and layout to help learners read with understanding and expression

Writing

We are learning to:

use the Talk for Writing process to create an information leaflet about Stirling
use persuasive writing
use appropriate spelling and punctuation
use appropriate images
present our writing in a neat and legible way

Listening and Talking

We are learning to:

listen and talk during discussions through IDL links
takes turns and contribute at the appropriate time when engaging with others in a variety of contexts
select and share ideas/information using appropriate vocabulary
recite Scots poem in a clear and audible voice
demonstrate actions to accompany Scots poem

Numeracy

Our focus in Numeracy during this term will be multiplication and division as well as money and time.

We are learning to:

revise and extend learning to use a blank number line
skip count in 3s and 4s
multiplication: link skip counting to 3 and 4 times tables
revise repeated addition and use for multiplication problems
division: solve division problems using sharing and grouping
time: revising o'clock and half past timings and extending our knowledge to quarter to and quarter past timings
time: reading 5 minute intervals
money: how much money I have up to £10
money: add amounts up to £1
money: working out change within £1

Heath and Wellbeing

PE Focus this term will be:

Gymnastics and Ball Games

In Gymnastics we are learning to:

travel in a variety of different ways
use a variety of different balances independently and in pairs and groups.
demonstrate different rolls
create a simple sequence incorporating the different aspects of the skills we have learned.

Through ball games we are learning to:

send and receive an object/ball
demonstrate a variety of different passing techniques
demonstrating hand-eye co-ordination and accuracy
demonstrate early teamwork and communication
demonstrate all skills through a variety of different ball games.

I.D.L.

IDL Topic – Scotland

We are learning to:

use grid references to identify key features of a map
listen and respond to a variety of Scots texts.
identify the different local landmarks around Stirling.
investigate the Scottish Artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh and participate in creating CRM inspired artwork.
explore the variety of foods produced in Scotland, and to discuss the importance of different types of agriculture in the production of these foods.

December 2025

Tis' the season to be jolly! We may not have had a full month, but we have sure squeezed a lot in. Here is a little snapshot of what has been going on...

Christmas Party 2025

This week we had our Christmas Party with Primary 3H. Mr Henderson and myself were very impressed with how everyone behaved throughout the afternoon. Our party was held over 3 rooms. We had a 'Just Dance' room, a short film and snack room and a games room. We took part in pass the parcel, pin the nose on the snowman and Christmas Corners. Thank you to our parent council for their donations of sweets for the afternoon.

Pass the Parcel

Pin the nose on the snowman

Just Dance

Knock Knock Nativity

I am sure you will agree that everyone did an amazing job with our Nativity. The children gave 5 performances in all and staff couldn't be more proud of how they have got on. The readers were confident and clear when speaking, everyone sang their hearts out and did the actions with enthusiasm and the musicians did us proud. Well Done Everybody. Until next year...

Christmas Writing

We have worked so hard this term planning, innovating and editing our writing. Everyone has produced a great piece of Christmas Writing. By now you should have had the opportunity to spend time with your child for them to share and read to you their story. I think you will agree that what they have produced is amazing.

PE: Gymnastics

Over the last few weeks we have managed to get back into the hall for proper PE lessons. We have spent time revising different kinds of travelling, jumping, balancing and rolling.

PE: Gymnastics

We loved getting the large apparatus out and playing on it. Using this helps us with our risk assessment. How high do we feel comfortable going? Am I able to safely come down from here? How do I safely climb up here?

PE: Gymnastics

Using balance beams to support our balances

large apparatus

travelling, jump and roll station.

cheese edge to support backwards rolls

balancing and rolling station

Whisper Reading

In class we have been using the whole class strategy of whisper reading. Everyone chooses a whisper reading pet to read to. The whole class are reading at the same time out loud but only as a whisper. Reading like this encourages confidence as everyone is reading together and no-one is feeling listened too or feels the spot light is on them. Children can also read at a pace that is comfortable for them.

Numeracy

In Numeracy we have been adding and subtracting in multiples of 10. Eg, 34 + 50 = Daily counting and number activities have helped us become confident learners.

Blank Number Lines

The strategy we have been focusing on in Maths is using a blank numberline to help us add and subrtact. Whilst initially this was tricky we are starting to get the hang of it now.

Co-ordinates

We have been learning to read and plot co-ordinates in a variety of different tasks. We used an online game, completed a co-ordinate picture task and used a simple map to help us locate specific animals.

Christmas Crafts

In our last week of term we made Christmas cards using strips of green and silver paper. Im sure you'll agree they look very effective

Christmas Crafts

To accompany our Christmas Writing we made snow globes. This was great fun. We hope you like them and our little pictures.

Christmas baking

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some chocolate coconut truffles. We had lots of fun making the truffle mixture and then creating our truffles.

Truffles

crushing the biscuits to make the truffle crumb.

Truffles

measuring out the butter 75g.

Truffles

rolling the truffles and then coating them in coconut.

Truffles

Mixing all our dry ingredients together.

Truffles

crushing the biscuits to make the truffle crumb.

November 2025

I cannot believe that we are at this time of year. Term 2 has whizzed by and here we are ready for Christmas. This term has mostly been Nativity and Christmas Writing with a bit of Maths.

Knock Knock Nativity

What can I say. We have been working really hard at our narration parts, learning the songs and learning to play instruments to accompany our songs. So looking forward to showing you all our hard work. We hope you have bought your tickets for our performances!

T4W Christmas Writing

The children have loved doing their Christmas Writing. They are excited about their books coming together and love to redraft their work. It has been great to see them become more confident in their writing and more independent. We look forward to sharing these with you over the holidays.

We will send home a feedback form to accompany your child's work. If this could be returned to school this would be great. Gives us feedback to improve our next piece of writing.

Numeracy

Primary 3 have been busy exploring right angles this month with a fun and active classroom hunt. Pupils searched high and low for examples of right angles in everyday objects, using their angle checkers to test what they found. This hands-on activity helped them deepen their understanding of shapes and angles while enjoying a lively and engaging maths lesson.

investigating right angles

Numeracy: numbers to 1000

This month we have been revising and consolidating ordering of numbers within 1000. We have been doing this in different ways- worksheets, interactive games and activities. We can do this from smallest to largest and largest to smallest.

We have been looking at the Hundreds digits to help us and where needed the Tens digit. We can now do this confidently.

Numeracy: numbers to 1000

We are revising the strategy of crossing out whilst we order the numbers. This helps us to identify which numbers we have used and which numbers we still have to order.

Outdoor Learning

This term in Outdoor Learning, the children have been exploring the book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. We began by reading the story together and talking about the different events and characters. The children then took part in a variety of hands-on activities inspired by key themes and scenes from the book.

Outdoor Learning

These included making wands from natural materials, camouflaging their own woodland animals, and designing imaginative creatures that could help scare off the dragon in the story. We have thoroughly enjoyed bringing the book to life outdoors!

Outdoor Learning

We have thoroughly enjoyed bringing the book to life outdoors!

October 2025

It's been a busy start to term 2, but as usual the children have risen to the challenge. We are well underway with our Christmas Writing, have chosen our Nativity with rehearsals to start this week coming and Numeracy and Maths is conitnuing to progress with all groups. I know we have only been back a week, but here is a little snippet of what we have been up to:

Talk 4 Writing

T4W process is a 3 step process we use to help the children with their listening and talking as well as their reading and writing. The 3 stages are as follows: Imitation, Innovation and Invention.

We have made a very positive start to our Writing project this term. We learned the story of 'Little Jack'. To do this we put actions to the story to help us learn it and then retell it. After this step we used the actions to help us retell the story by creating a story map. These are brilliant and the children all worked very hard to complete them to a high standard. They will definitely be able to use them to support the invention stgae of T4W.

Talk 4 Writing

We are just about to start the invention stage and we are very excited about this. We look forward to welcoming you in when our books have been published and are ready to share. In the meantime ho ho ho!

Handwriting

Just this week we started to learn about joined up handwriting. We are LOVING this. Yes it is a little tricky but we are making very good progress. We have so far joined 'i, t, p and n' What do you think?

Christmas Crafts

A couple of us have been making salt dough decorations as part of our Christmas writing and Christmas crafts. We worked with Mrs MacDougall to make our own salt dough and then using different cookie cutters we made our own decorations. Next week we are going to paint them and decorate them.

making the salt dough

ready to roll it out

cutting our designs

ready to bake

Angles, Transformation and Symmetry

This week have been learning about clockwise and anti-clockwise turns. We are all pretty secure in this. We have extended this learning by investigating different types of turns: quarter turns, half turns, full turns.

Linked to this learning we have been using beebots to programme, to get them to move from one place to the next. We love using these in the classroom.

Counting in 10s and 100s

We have been revising counting in 10s from any number up to 100 and then we extended this learning to numbers to 1000. Mrs Cuthbert was very pleased with how we did and then we moved onto counting in 100s from any number. Everyone did very well. Ask us at home, "What is 100 more than 356? or what is 200 less than 781?

October 2025

Term 2 - Learning Targets

September 2025

Literacy

This term we will continue to progress with our Phonics/Spelling and Reading programmes, however our focus will be on our Christmas Writing.

We will be learning to:

Reading

We are learning to:

read and understand texts about the Nativity story or Christmas traditions
read an increasing number of common/high frequency words, key reading words, core topic words and words of personal significance
use of punctuation such as question / exclamation marks and layout to help learners read with understanding and expression

Writing

We are learning to:

use the Talk for Writing process to create a Christmas story
use adjectives
use nouns
use pronouns
present our writing in a neat and legible way

Listening and Talking

We are learning to:

listen and talk during discussions or performances.
takes turns and contribute at the appropriate time when engaging with others in a variety of contexts
select and share ideas/information using appropriate vocabulary

Numeracy

Our focus in Numeracy during this term will be numbers to 100 or numbers to 1000.

We are learning to:

count forwards and backwards in 2s, 5s, 10s, 100s
partition 3 digit numbers
order numbers up to 1,000
describe the order of things up to 30th
doubles and near doubles to add mentally
use number patterns and known facts to add and subtract
add and subtract multiples of 10 from 2-digit numbers
add and subtract 2-digit numbers
Mental Maths (daily focus)
Problem Solving (weekly focus)

Our Maths focus this term is Angles, Symmetry and Transformation

We are learning to:

make full, half and quarter turns using the terms clockwise and anti-clockwise
find right angles
use grid references to locate objects and places
recognise symmetry

Health and Wellbeing

PE Focusses will be Scottish Country Dancing and Gymnastics

We will be learning about:

Scottish Country Dance

Coordination and Balance
Musicality and Rhythm
Spatial Awareness
Teamwork and Cooperation
Cultural Heritage

Gymnastics

Balancing
Rolls
Travelling
Jumping
Creating sequenced movements

I.D.L.

IDL Topic – Christmas and the Nativity

We will be learning about:

performing, acting, and using voice and movement in a Nativity play
creating art, crafts, and decorations
expanding vocabulary related to religion, celebration, and emotions.
writing Christmas Stories
understanding the Christian story of the Nativity and its meaning.
understanding historical and cultural aspects of the Nativity story.
exploring values such as kindness, giving, love, and community.

Phonics and Spelling

We have got off to a flying start with our phonics and spelling programmes. Some children have now started Nelson Spelling and are making good progress. The rest of us are working through our RWI set 3 sounds and also making good progress. Hopefully by Christmas there will be another group of children ready to start Nelson Spelling. Excellent job everyone, keep it up!

Spelling Strategies

Now that we are in Primary 3 we have started to learn about different spelling strategies to help us learn our spelling words. So far we have looked at colourful words, rainbow words and blue vowels. We have enjoyed learning in a different way.

Matilda and Writing

Matilda by Roald Dahl has been our class novel this term. We chose this as our IDL Topic is learning about Rights and Responsibilities and UNCRC charter.

We have also based our writing on the novel and have written character descriptions on Matilda and Mr Wormwood and from now till the end of term will write a couple of diary entries from Matilda's point of view. Taking into account whether her rights have been met and how she has been feeling.

We have had quite a number of star writers so far and I am sure there will be many more as the year goes on.

2/3D Shape

This term we have been revising 2/3D shapes and their properties. This is one of our Numeracy/Maths targets this term. We are well on our way to achieving these and are showing a good level of understanding.

Currently we are learning about tessellation/tiling using 2 shapes. We have enjoyed investigating and making different patterns.

Rounding to the nearest 10

To start off our learning this term we learned about rounding a 2 digit number to the nearest 10. First of all we used a number line to help us, but now we are able to round a number without the use of a numberline. We have learned the rule 'if the ones digit is 1,2,3 or 4 you round down and if 5,6,7,8 or 9 you round up'

Numbers to 100/1000

In numeracy we have been extending the range of whole numbers we can work with by explaining the link between a digit, its place and its value. We have done this through a range of different activities and games.

We have enjoyed using chromebooks to consolidate and reinforce our concepts. We have played some topmarks games, ICTgames and Wordwall games. We have also played place value bingo, TO/HTO activities as well as SMARTboard and jotter work.

tessellation

making 3D shapes

Religious and Moral Education

This term we have been learning about Christianity with Miss Ferguson. The main focus has been investigating Christian symbols and Christian artifacts.

Aswell as learning about symbols and artifacts Miss Ferguson has been doing draw with me videos online to help us create very detailed drawings. Mrs Cuthbert was very impressed with everyones attempts.

Community Visit

To consolidate our learning and to show what we have learned we visited St Ninians Old Parish Church and the Rev Gary McIntyre. He was great, showed us around and let us tell him what we had learned. He was very impressed with our knowledge. We were allowed to go up into the pulpit, sit in the pews, investigate the gallery and look at the hymn books and bibles.

We had a brilliant time, thank you Rev McIntyre.

Religious and Moral Education

Through RME as well as Christianity we have also been learning about Islam. We had the opportunity to visit Stirling Islamic Centre to find out more.

What an afternoon we had. First we got the bus into town- this was so exciting! We knew when we arrived at the Mosque we would have to take our shoes off as a mark of respect. We placed our shoes into the little cubbyholes and then went into the community space. Shahid spoke to us about what the room was used for and a little bit about his religion. After this we were shown around the Mosque. Our first stop was the washroom where we learned about how Muslims wash before praying. If we wanted we could have a go. We loved this! After this we were so lucky and privileged to be able to sit at the back of the prayer room and watch during a prayer session. Mrs Cuthbert was so impressed at how respectful we all were. To finish our visit we wen back to the community space and were ale to ask any questions that we had. Thank you Stirling Islamic Centre we had a great time!

Science: Inheritence

This term we have been learning about plant and animal classification. We were pretty confident with categorising animals, but plant groupings were a little bit more tricky.

From this we then moved on to inheritance, looking at traits and characteristics from our parents.

Reebops

To further investigate and learn more about genetic inheritance we invited some S6 pupils from Stirling High School to come and work with us. We learned more about chromosomes and the combinations that go together and what they produce. We made a reebop baby based on the chromosome patterns from a mum and dad. Mr Henderson and I were blown away with their understanding and carried out this activity twice, once with the S6s and then again the week after. This was a great experience and we look forward to working with S6 pupils again.

chromosome genotypes and finished reebop

Identifying Chromosome genotypes

Using genotypes to create our reebop with specific traits and characteristics

reebop

We have had a very busy start to our first term back. Everyone has settled in well and are confident at carrying out our classroom routines. There has been a positive start to our learning and I am looking forward what we get up to before the October holidays...

August 2025

Term 1 - Learning Targets

Literacy

This term in literacy we will be focusing on our spelling and our phonics. We have already made a good start and are building upon what we had learnt last session. As the children are now in P3 we have started into introduce different spelling strategies to aid them with spelling.

This term we have started with Colourful Semantics. This is something we have all done last year and has helped us revise sentence structure.

As this term continues we will be writing character descriptions and diary entries. These will be based around our class novel of Matilda.

We continue we work on our comprehension through bug club and our reading books. This is a favourite in class with everyone.

Our class novel has already given us opportunities for listening and talking. We enjoy discussing the characters and the story plots.

Numeracy

This term in numeracy we will be revising numbers to 100 and extending this to numbers to 1000. We have already made a positive start to this learning through games and activities.

Place Value dove tails very well with our number work. Understanding the value of the digits and position of where the digit sits within the number is important and will help with new concepts in learning.

We are continuing with strengthening our mental maths through a variety of different ways. Daily 10 is an interactive game which covers lots of different concepts and we will start 'New Wave' Mental Maths. This is an everyday programme.

Our beyond number topic is 2D/3D shapes and their properties.

We will also revise estimating and rounding.

Health and Wellbeing

To start our new session we have created a class charter. Our charter reflects the rules we want in our classroom for everyone to be 'Ready, Respectful and Safe'.

We are continuing to develop our emotional literacy through the Emotion Works Cogs.

We are also looking at individuality and that it is okay to be different. This will be done through stories and drama.

Our IDL topic links very well with our HWB experiences and outcomes for this term. Using the UNCRC Rights of the Child legislation, the children will develop their understanding of their rights and what responsibilities come with these rights.

In PE this term we will be focusing on physical literacy skills and fitness.

We will be learning about safety and expectations, revising different ways to travel, sending and receiving objects as well as object control.

Through games and activities we will be working co-operatively.

During fitness we will be investigating the effects of fitness on the body and mind.

I.D.L.

Our IDL topic this term is 'Rights and Responsibilities'

Using the UNCRC Rights of the Child legislation, the children will develop their understanding of their rights and what responsibilities come with these rights.

Our learning will take place using our class novel, Matilda, and the characters in the book, through active learning experiences and comparisons between different places. Real life contexts will also support our learning.

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