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Visit to Heathhall Garden Centre
Primary 3/4 had a fantastic visit to Heathhall Garden Centre as part of our learning about Plants.
We loved exploring the Garden Centre to find the plants in our Scavenger Hunt and then had fun creating our own clues for a partner. We learned the names of lots of new plants and how to look after them. We used our skills of observation to sketch a variety of plants found at the Garden Centre, looking carefully at the different parts of each plant. We sketched healthy plants and discussed the different needs of the plants. Everyone enjoyed refreshments in the tearoom before continuing our learning tasks.
Colin, the plant manager was very impressed with the questions we asked to learn more about looking after plants. We bought broad beans to carry out our own investigations back in school to determine all the different factors that affect the growth of a plant. We also bought Nasturtium and Sweet Pea seeds in order to grow our own plants back in school.
Thank you very much to Mr Barr and all the staff at Heathhall Garden Centre for their hospitality, making us feel welcome and their help and support in making this a fantastic class visit!
Viking Day
A fantastic visit from the Vikings, Cathbad and Bjorn!
Primary 3/4 had lots of fun learning more about life in Viking times. We enjoyed dressing up, making a shield wall with our own decorated Viking shields, listening to Viking stories, playing the exciting Settlers game and sharing our learning.
Thank you Bjorn and Cathbad!
P3/4 Newsletter – Term 4
P3/4 Viking Longhouses
We have been learning about the daily life of the Vikings. We researched what their houses were like and created models.
We worked together, shared ideas, chose our own materials to use, created, problem-solved and then gave a guided tour of each model.
Some us chose to apply our digital technology skills by creating our models using Lego Builder online.
We hope you enjoy watching our clips and learning what the Viking homes were like.
P3/4 Enterprise
Primary 3/4 pupils developed a range of skills for learning, life and work while running their own Enterprise. They shared ideas, listened and responded to others, reached agreements, used their creativity, planned, designed, evaluated, improved, problem-solved, worked independently and with others. They created persuasive posters, took responsibility for collecting and recording money received and were excited to deliver the Tartan Friends to their new homes. Fantastic skills everyone!
P3/4 Phases of the Moon animations
Primary 3/4 pupils shared their learning about the Phases of the Moon by creating their own stop-motion animations. Pupils worked collaboratively and used their creativity to create informative animations. Fantastic work everyone!
P3/4 Outdoor Learning- Measuring length
Primary 3/4 pupils applied their measuring skills during Outdoor Learning tasks linked to our IDL theme – Earth, Sun and Moon. Pupils used trundle wheels to mark distances when making their scale model of the Earth and Sun. They measured accurately with metre sticks to record the length of their shadows when making their own human sundials.
P3/4 Visits
We have enjoyed visits to our local library and our local forest. Briony from Sustrans led outdoor learning tasks in the forest, where pupils spotted signs of Autumn and looked at leaf classification.
P3/4 Creating Magnetic Maze Games
Primary 3/4 applied their knowledge and skills to create their own magnetic maze games as part of Skills Academy. Pupils planned, designed, created, evaluated and improved their games as needed. Pupils demonstrated great communication skills, collaborative working, problem-solving and creativity. Well done everyone! Younger pupils enjoyed playing a selection of our magnetic maze games, commenting on how much fun they were!
