Primary 3 have enjoyed ‘testing’ their new playground equipment. They have decided on a set of rules to make sure the equipment is looked after properly, they have selected some monitors to look after the equipment and they have made a checklist to make sure all the class equipment comes back!
They look forward to taking it out at breaks and lunchtimes from next week!
In weeks 1 and 2, we have been learning about putting, chipping and pitching with James and Ryan from the Dumfries & County Golf Club. We have been learning how to hold the club correctly, what clubs to use and how to aim at our target.
We look forward to learning more over the next few weeks!
“In French, we have been learning how to talk about homes.” -Arthur
“We have been playing ‘Oui est Wally?’ in French.” – Emily
“In Maths, we have been learning how to tell the time on digital and analogue clocks.” – Janayah
“In Maths, we have been learning how to add and take-away.” – Pippa
“We have been learning how to do chimney sums.” – Poppy
“In Art, we made winter paintings of the moon using white and blue paint. We added houses and trees in black.” – Lauryn
“We have been learning all about Robert Burns. He had 12 children. He was famous for writing poems and songs.” – Summer
“In P.E, we have been working on our fitness by doing circuits.” – Abi
“We’ve been learning about Internet Safety. You don’t talk to strangers online.” – Harrison
“If someone you don’t know tries to add you on a game, you reject them.” – Hali
“We are looking forward to learning how to play golf with James.” – Janayah
“We have been been practicing our spelling by using chalk outside, letter tiles, playing spelling games on the computer and using our new spelling mats.” – Jack G
We have been reading ‘The Enchanted Wood’ as a class, it’s great! – Fraser
We made our own slippery slips using things from the loose parts shed – Jack H
We have been learning how to write descriptions.
In Maths, we have been counting and rounding in 10’s – Lauryn
In Maths, we have been working with Hundreds, Tens and Units – Jack G
We have been doing challenges on Sumdog – Janayah
In P.E we have been learning how to pass in Hockey – Jessica
We have been learning how to keep control of the ball in basketball – Lawrence
We have been learning the days of the week and months of the year in French – Lawrence
We have been learning to count to 31 in French – Harrison
In Art, we have been mixing colours that are next to each other on the colour chart. We used chalk pastels to make a leaf picture – Arthur
In Art, we have been learning about the primary and secondary colours – Armaan
We have been learning about body parts – Lucy
We have been learning about the Skeleton. Your skull protects your brain – Danny
We have been learning about the heart. Your heart has 2 sides – Armaan
Your ribs protects your lungs and heart – Pippa
Your heart is a muscle – Oscar
The heart pumps blood around the body – Harleigh
The heart delivers good things around your body – Armaan
In Literacy we have been doing lots of interesting work such as, imaginative story writing, describing a character using similes, metaphors and personifications, taking notes about the festivals of light then putting them into a descriptive paragraph and lastly lots of grammar.
We have been writing imaginative stories :they could be about anything. We had to add adjectives, similes, metaphors and personification. Personification is describing objects like you would describe a human, e.g his cloak hung LAZILY over his shoulders.
We have been learning about 2 of the festivals of light: Diwali and Hanukkah. Diwali is a festival that Hindus and also some Sikhs celebrate. Hindus and Sikhs from all over the world celebrate this occasion. The story is about a prince called Rama and his love, Sita. They get sent of to the forest to live with Rama’s brother, Lakshmana. An Evil demon king also lives in the forest called Ravana. Ravana has 20 arms and hands and 10 heads! Ravana kidnapped Sita but she left a trail of her jewelry that lead to the monkey king : Hanuman. Hanuman promised to help Rama find Sita and he told all the monkeys all around the world to help. They eventually found Sita trapped on an island and they built a bridge out of stones. Rama then defeated Ravana using a magic arrow. People lit lamps to help them find their way home.
Now people light little lamps called Diya lamps to remember Rama and Sita. People leave their doors open and create Rangoli patterns to guide the goddess of Wealth and Fortune, Lakshmi, into their homes.
Hanukkah is celebrated in the Jewish calendar. The story is about an evil king called Antiochus who didn’t like people with different beliefs to him so he started a war and anyone who didn’t go to his side would be harshly suffered. Everyone went over to Antiochus’s side. A group of people called the Maccabees never and they went to war and won. Then they looked for oil to help them, it was only meant to last for a short while but god was on their side and it lasted 8 days and 8 nights. Now people light 8 candles in memory of the Maccabees.
In Maths we have been doing symmetry work with Mrs Sim. We worked on our Diwali project whilst doing this. We made symmetrical Rangoli patterns out of paper and we drew and coloured our own. Here are some examples.
“I really enjoyed doing this.” Tyler.
“They were very fun.” Poppy.
“I really like them because they are bright and colourful.” Abbie.
“I really enjoyed doing these because they were symmetrical and really fun to make.” Carrie.
“I liked doing it because it was really colourful.” Callum.
“Learning about Diwali was really fun and I loved how we incorporated it into our maths symmetry. I learned lots of interesting facts I didn’t know. It was really fun to do all the research and it was genius to add it into our maths, art and Diwali.” Scarlett B.
With Mrs Clanachan, we have been learning about Percentages and we calculate percentages from 100. For example, if you had 37 out of 100 it would be 37%. Somehow we managed to incorporate our fractions into this : 37% would then become 0.37 or 37 over 100. After that we did some games like fractions bingo, loop cards and decimal pairs which was really fun.
We have just started revising time and finding the difference between time intervals. E.g. John got on a train at Fullham and was on
In this section of our blog we will be showing you what we have been learning during Term 1. It has been great to be back at school and we will love sharing our learning with you.
I have really been enjoying reading an extremely fascinating book about WW2 called Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo. I find it has good language and really good detail. I always get engrossed when I am reading I feel like my eyes are glued to the book. By Chloe.
In Maths we have been learning about fractions, we have been learning how to simplify and turn fractions in to mixed numbers. We always try our hardest and work at our own stage. In the morning we start off with a little mental maths carousel, every day each group is either at Number Talks, Sumdog or Mental Agility By Lily B.
I have enjoyed Maths because we have been doing mental agility, sumdog, simplifying fractions and many other things you could name. I enjoy maths mostly because it helps you think more and get stuff in to your head and it helps us prepare for future jobs. By Alicia
In Maths I really enjoyed maths week Scotland which had a Sumdog challenge for schools all over Scotland to take part in. You are given 1000 questions on a Monday and you have until the Thursday to complete them. One of the pupils at Heathhall came in 22nd place out of the whole of Scotland. I really enjoyed taking part in this because it pushed a lot of our class to their limit and I enjoyed playing the games and answering the questions. By Scarlett B.
In HWB we have been learning how to resolve conflicts. We have also been learning how to keep ourselves safe online. We have been taking part in the Couch to 5K and we have been paired with running partners and we try to encourage each other not to stop running. By Elijyah.
In PE with Mrs Sim we play fun games like Cross the Golden River and with Mrs Clanachan we do more fitness like run the daily mile. We also do team relay games to improve our speed and stamina. By Alex
I have enjoyed PE because we have been running the Couch to 5k with Mrs Clanachan it has been lots of fun and it has got lots more people to get fit/healthier. I enjoy this because we get to go outside and also because I am a good runner. By Tyler.
We drew our dojo characters and pinned them up on the wall. We think they look really good and we enjoyed doing it because it was our last day with Mrs Clanachan. so we got to choose what we did and we did dojo characters and outside games. By Beth
Hi! We are Primary 6 and this is our class blog. In this blog we will be showing you photos and telling you what we have been learning about. We have two fantastic teachers, Mrs Clanachan who teaches on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. We also have Mrs Sim who teaches us on a Thursday, Friday and Wednesday morning. In our class we have 33 magnificent, hardworking pupils who always strive to go FAR! By Chloe and Scarlett B.
