Hello everyone and welcome to a new year of the primary 2/3 blog. This year brings a new group of children into the class along with some familiar faces and a new teacher, Mr Robertson.

2011/12 looks set to be an exciting one in the classroom and we’ll be posting regularly to keep everyone updated.

Please visit us again soon to find out what is happening.

Here are some games for the Primary 3 pupils to practise their times tables. Have fun!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/multiplication/index.shtml

http://www.mad4maths.com/multiplication_table_math_games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/game.shtml

http://www.what2learn.com/home/examgames/maths/subtraction

http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/maths1.html
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-calculation.html#Quiz-Times-Tables

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/testtest.html

http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/en/index2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/mental/flash2.shtml

A little more advanced

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/tabletrees.html

http://resources.oswego.org/games/SumSense/summulti.html

This week, the children working with Mrs Bradbury during Maths will learn to read o’clock times on both digital and analogue clocks.

Here are some internet games you can play to practise reading time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/time-1.htm

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=matchingpairstimev3

http://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/pages/interactiveElearning.asp?elearning=wolf

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthecR.html

Have fun!

Last term, we learned so much through active learning. While we were playing at the writing table, we learned how to write a list of things we would need for our journey. We wrote letters to our friends while on a journey to another planet. We wrote stories about robots and aliens. We had to design and build rockets while learning with our peers. We had to discuss how we would do it and we had to agree. After our trip to Sensation, we decided to build a planetarium. We  take off the different planets of our Solar System and try to put them back in the correct order. We learned how rockets were lauched and learned about energy and force. At the sand tray, we had ‘Moon sand’. We used used sieves to find the smallest stones and scales to compare the weight of the sand, gravel, stones….

On this page, you will be able to see the work we have been doing in school. We will keep it up to date regularly to show you our progress. We hope you enjoy our blog as much as we enjoy our time at Dens Road Primary!