P2 and P3 have been investigating shadows. We went out in the playground in the morning and drew round our shadows. When we went back out after lunch our shadows had changed place and were shorter.

P3 have used different sized balls to show how the moon orbits planet Earth as the Earth orbits the sun.

Primary 3 will keep parents and carers up to date with their learning through use of our blog page.

I am sure we will all have a busy year and we look forward to sharing our learning with you.

Wishing p3/4 and their families a great holiday. Thank you for reading our blog throughout the session. Thanks also for all the lovely gifts.

Best wishes

Mrs Butterly

The children wanted a chance to write the blog themselves this week to let you know about some of the things they have been learning recently.

I wrote a report on the bike accident.     Kyle

We painted a seascape picture of light reflecting on the water.   Bailey

We wrote an imaginative story   about  our   shadows.      Bethany

We painted cherry blossom trees.          Kaidey

We shone a torch on every material to see if it would work.    Nicole

We painted cherry blossom trees.   Keiran

We are learning about light and sound.         Skye

We have found out about  sound in videos.    Joel

We have been doing a bush telegraph.    Max

We are making a poster about quiet sounds and loud noises. Sam

We are doing light and sound and we can do experiments.

Keenan

We made shadow puppets and we made a show.              Sienna

We wrote instructions on how to do an experiment to see if light shines through every material.           Kian

We have being doing art with paint.                 Maddison

 At art we have  made paint patterns.     Eryn

In art I  made a picture of a boat  on a sea scape.      Kaiden

We have been shining light through different materials.   Marley

We  printed a house.  Connor

We went outside and drew around our shadows.  Blair

We went around the playground to listen to different sounds.    Tyler

We got crocodile clips, a light bulb in a holder and a battery. In our groups our challenge was to find a way to make the bulb light up.  We tried different ways. We discovered that we had to connect  one end of the crocodile clip to the metal part of the bulb holder. The other end had to be connected to the battery.We had to do the same with another crocodile clip. We had made a circuit.

We drew pictures of clowns and used the bulbs to give them a shiny nose.

Weather permitting the school sports will be held on 27th May for both the P3 children in the morning and the P4 children in the afternoon.  There will be no swimming on that day unless it rains and the event has to be cancelled. The children should bring their PE and swimming kits to school with them on Wednesday. Thank you.

In music today, with our visiting specialist Mrs Norman, we really enjoyed the opportunity to play the xylophones.  We were working on our eye/hand co-ordination and learning to use two beaters. Mrs Butterly enjoyed our performance at the end of the lesson.

In our groups we did an experiment to see if light gets through all materials.    Sienna

We sorted our materials into three piles.     Connor

 We predicted which materials would let light through easily, which ones would let some light through and which ones would not.     Kaidey and Bailey

 We then shone the torch through the materials.     Nicole

We matched the materials with the headings.    Kian

We recorded our results.

Kyle, Keiran and Marley made a poster during Literacy to show what we  had done.

It has been another busy week in P3/4. The children are enjoying their swimming lessons. If any family members are free to join us in the pool we would be very grateful for your help. As some of the children are still seven years old we need helpers in the pool.

We have also been practising for our sports day and we are hoping for good weather on  27th May.

In writing we produced information posters about keeping safe in the sun. In context work the children had been learning about the dangers of the sun and some ways we can stay healthy. We used what we had learned to make bright, colourful posters giving lots of information on the subject.

In Music we were learning to play the xylophone with Mrs Norman.