P3 Newsletter term 2

P5/6 had a very busy first term. A lot of our time was spent out side doing a range of activities.

Den building

We worked in groups of 8 to build our own dens in the playground. It was quite challenging to keep them up in the wind. We worked well as t eams and made our den survival ready!

 

 

 

Kindness posters

We created posters with our names on it and we all added kind words about each other on to each others posters.

 

Maths- Diagonals in 2d Shapes

We had draw a range of 2d shapes and identify how many diagonals each shape had. The octagon had a lot!!!

 

Landscape Posters

We had to create painitings focusing on colours and tones using features of the Scottish landscape to create our pictures.

 

House Cup Winners

Pupil  FAR Award

Star Writer

Teacher FAR Award

We have been very busy in P1 Rainbows!

We have been learning all about numbers! We have been practicing recognising numbers and putting them in the right order.
We have a number wall in our classroom to help us. It has Numberblocks, 5 and 10 frames, finger patterns, dice patterns and numicon. We need to be able to recognise these things without counting – this is called subitising.

We have also been learning some sounds. We know 6 sounds so far.

We have been learning how to write a description. We can write a colour sentence, a number sentence, a shape sentence or a size sentence.

Our first topic was the 5 senses – they are smell, taste, hearing, sight and touch.

Our other topic was Journeys, and we are still doing this topic just now.

we have been learning how to use the computers. We have been learning the names of the different parts – the screen, the mouse, the keyboard and the tower.

We also get to do lots of C.O.O.L Time. C.O.O.L Time means ‘Continuing Our Own Learning’. We get to be the teacher and make our own choices for own learning.

Here’s a few of the childrens highlights of Term 1…

“We loved getting the mats and benches out in P.E, it was great fun rolling and balancing”

“We have been learning about our senses, we loved the feely box and smell pots. Some things felt slimy and there were some gross smells.”

” We can say some of our sounds now. We have learnt “s,a,t,i” we like trying to write them and learning the songs”

“We know lots of numbers and have been practising growing, throwing numbers and looking at shapes numbers can make.”

“We like working outside. Looking for leaves, describing them and making leaf rubbings was exciting.”

 

It has been such a busy term in Primary 3!  Here are some of the things we have been doing…

Literacy

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.

Maths

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

P.E

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

 

French

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

Art

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

IDL

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

 

 

 

 

 

The Wider Achievement Certificate has been uploaded as a PDF. In order to edit this you can download it onto your device and then convert it using a free programme such as PDF Candy. Please send completed certificates to the class teacher.

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Pupil FAR Award

House Cup Winners

Star Writer

Teacher FAR Award

In Primary 4 we created our own flying bugs. We wrote about things we were good at and things we are aiming to achieve.

We introduced ourselves in a letter to our new teacher and filled our heads with pictures about us!

We thought about what our strengths were.

 

On a Thursday afternoon we do STEM activities.

We did science and looked at CHROMATOGRAPHY!

We did maths and looked at Grid References.

We built models with the KAPLA!

We designed boats with the MakeDo!