P3 had the pleasure of meeting Catherine who led us in a full day Viking Workshop.
The children had the opportunity to explore, investigate and play with Viking related artefacts and toys.
They enjoyed learning about the life and history of the Vikings as well as asking questions.
Here are a few photos of our day
There is a lot on just now so please keep checking the school app for details!
We are very busy bees this week in Onthank! We have started the countdown to Mrs Findlay’s retiral, our Sports Day is scheduled for tomorrow (weather permitting) and Onthank’s Got Talent is being shown to the school on Thursday.
We have a special visitor on Friday, she will be leading a Viking Workshop with the children all day.
With all this in mind, for homework this week, look back through the previous weeks and consolidate your learning of times tables and time by playing your favourite games.
Your homework words will be in your jotter. Use the grids from before to choose 2 activities. OR you can write sentences for each word.
We are looking at Time in class just now. Play this game to consolidate your learning.
Maths Frame – What time is it?
This week is Onthank’s Soccer Aid. Can you research a fact about Soccer Aid to share with the class.
Log into your account and explore the games and books available to you.
Your homework words are in your jotter. This week you have a choice
We are looking at Fractions in class just now. So far we have been talking about halves and quarters. With the help of an adult have a think about some of these fun ideas to find fractions
Tell us about what you did.
Click on this link to play the Fire Pit Fractions game you might have tried in class Fire Pit Fractions
Try to log onto TEAMS at home and type 2 of your favourite facts you have learned about VIKINGS so far.
Have you got a new fact to add to your list?
Any issues with your log in, just let us know.
Remember to log into Bug Club and read your books. Remember to have a look in the Reading Corner section where you will find lots of new books for you to explore.
You will have your homework words copied into your jotter.
Write them out 3 times and either write a sentence for each one or write an imaginative story which uses all your words. REMEMBER your sentence targets.
We are contining with dividing and multiplying – have a go at some of these word problems. There are a few tricky ones – give them a go – it’s good to challenge your brain!
Remember your skip counting strategy.
Write out any calculations you do to work out the answers.
Remember your Bug Club has updated books. How many coins do you have in your treasure chest. Remember to answer the bugs to collect more coins!
We are going on our trip on Thursday 22nd May. If you would like the school to provide a packed lunch for this day, please order on line a few days before 22nd May. If you are providing a packed lunch, please make sure your child knows this so they can pass this information onto their teacher.
You will have your spelling words in your jotter already. Please write them out 3 times using the LOOK, COVER, WRITE and CHECK strategy.
You have a choice today, either you can write a sentence for each word or you can write a story which will feature all your words. That could be quite interesting!
Whichever you decide to do, remember your sentence targets – capital letters, full stops, neat writing and interesting sentence starters.
We are learning about dividing in school just now and the link between dividing and multiplying.
Have a go at these calculations – remember your strategy of skip counting to work out the answer.
Here are links to websites to help you with your division and multiplication facts –
Remember to log into your Bug Club account
A couple of dates to remember, our trip will be on the 22nd May. We are going to Heads of Ayr Farm Park – let’s hope the weather stays nice for us!
Week commencing 2nd June, we will begin a series of lessons about RSHP as part of the Health and Wellbeing curriculum. You will have received an email about this already.
Hi we hope you’ve had a lovely, restful break and are looking forward to our final term in Primary 3.
As this is a consolidation week for spelling, we are asking you to log onto Bug Club to access your books and new games.
Our final topic is The Vikings. Why not have a think about what you would like to find out about? Do you know anything about them already that you could share with the class?
Complete 2 activities from the grid below. Remember to write the title of the activities in your jotter.
Your homework words will be in your jotter.
Here are some problem solving activities for you to try. There are a few spicy challenges so just have and go and try your best!
Use this 100 square to help you
For this activity remember to write out all the calculations you can make.
If you want an even SPICIER challenge, why not take a triangle number AWAY from a square number. Write out the calculations and their answers.
Here are a few games for you to try
Remember to log into your Bug Club account. If you need help with your log in please see your teacher.
We are continuing with the new grid this week. Choose 2 activities. Remember to write the title of the activities you pick. If there are some activities you don’t like, that’s ok, you can repeat some of the activities you have already completed.
Today is Pancake Day. Tell us about your favourite pancake toppings – even better if you can draw a picture and label it for us!
Here are some Pancake Day problems for you to try. There are a couple of spicy challenges if you want to try them!
Remember you can access any of the times tables/maths games links by scrolling back to previous weeks homework blogs.
Log into Bug Club to read books and play games.
We have a new spelling grid for you this week. It is similar to the last one, but it has different activities for you to try.
As before, choose 2 activities from the grid for your homework. You may repeat an activity in the following weeks if there is one you particularly like.
This time please write the titles of the activities you are completing.
Your spelling words are in your jotter.
We are still looking at money and we have been working out change given. Have a go at these money problems –
Are you getting quicker with your times tables?
Play Hit the Button to see how many correct answers you can get in the time – what is your best score?
Log into Bug Club for your books and games.
Our new topic is Scottish Islands. We have been looking at the differences between the islands and the mainland. We have each designed an island on a map but in a couple of weeks we will be making a 3D model of our islands. For this we are asking for your help. If you have any cardboard (roughly shoe box or cereal box size) we would really appreciate this as we will use this for the base of our model.
Thank you in advance!
