Another busy week in Primary 3! This week we have been revisiting addition and subtraction. We have been using different strategies to add and subtract numbers. We are getting quite fast at this! Ask us to show you at home. Today was the Primary 7 Funday, we all had a fantastic time.  Our favourite part was the bouncy castle and face paints.

This afternoon we are carrying out more research on Ancient Egypt. Here are some pictures of us in action! We are going to share our findings with the rest of the class.

There is an Online Sumdog challenge set for homework. Please check it out!

We have enjoyed DYW week so far. We have been learning more about money and we have been calculating different amounts of change. Here are some of the things we have enjoyed this week.

Jessica – I liked writing about what I want to be when I grow up. I liked hearing what everyone else would like to be and why.

Eva – I liked writing questions for people with different jobs. I am excited to hear what they say.

Elise – I have enjoyed working with money. It was fun taking part in the group challenge.

Romy – I am looking forward to drama this afternoon. We are going to play drama games.

Isla – I liked hearing about the diferent roles and responsibilities of Ancient Egyptians.

Werner – I enjoyed designing the Egyptian necklace.

Alicia – I liked the necklace task.

Today Menstrie Primary are wearing yellow and raising money for Strathcarron hospice. Here is a picture of us this morning!

Today we were learning about fractions. In pairs we used hula hoops to draw circles in the playground.  We drew four each and used chalk to colour in different fractions of each circle. We then had to swap with another pair and write the fraction underneath the  circle. Afterwards we were given a series of problem solving questions from Miss Aitken about the pupils in the class.  We had to organise ourselves into groups of 3, 4, 6 and 8 and some of the questions were quite silly/funny!

We are going to be playing a fraction game outside this afternoon using different coloured cones. We will post pictures!

We have been learning about Ancient Egypt and have been having a lot of fun making Tutankamun masks. Your homework is to carry out some research into Anicent Egypt. You can look at any aspect such as Houses, Food and Drink, Building the Pyramids, Clothing, Jewellery etc. You will then present this information to the class. You can use a Powerpoint, posters, books, pictures and any other props you wish to use.  Your talk should last between 3-5 minutes. Remember to work on using the correct volume, pace and tone of voice when you are practising your talk at home.

After your interesting and  successful Under the Sea talks I am excited to hear your presentations Primary 3!

Miss Aitken

Friday already! Another jam packed week in Primary 3. Here are our views/ thoughts about this week.

Jessica – I enjoyed learning new topic words about Ancient Egypt.

Ben – I enjoyed drawing the details on the death mask.

Romy – I liked making our death masks because you got to create your own design.

Lucy H – I liked solving division problems with playdough. It was fun!

Isla – I liked PE because we have been increasing our speed when running.

Alicia – I enjoyed learning more about Ancient Egypt.

Olivia – I enjoyed watching the clip all about Ancient Egypt.

Elise – I enjoyed PE because we are doing really fun stuff. We have been learning new games which involve jumping.

Sophie – I enjoyed writing my imaginative story this week. It was fun to write.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone. I am going to busy finding this week’s homework award winners!

We have been learning about 3D shapes and their properties this week. We had fun playing games and learning songs about them! We looked at 3D shapes within our environment and discussed their properties. Ask us about them at home!

We have been reading “George’s Marvellous Medicine” in class and this week we used our imaginative writing skills to write our own marvellous medicine stories. We used VCOP to uplevel our sentences, with a particular focus on vocabulary.

In French we have been learning Days of the Week, Numbers up to 50 and name of clothing. We have enjoyed playing loto this week!