Thank you so much to Carol from Vattenfall for paying us a visit to talk about different types of energy today. We learned so much more about the power of wind and Primary 3 really enjoyed learning about different job possibilities at a wind farm.
Some pupils were lucky enough to be chosen randomly to use the Vattenfall Virtual Reality headset to see the inside and the top of a real wind turbine!
Primary 3 have been learning about wind energy this week. We learned how wind creates energy in wind turbines and enjoyed making our own.
We read chapter 3 of our class novel, Flat Stanley , entitled “Stanley the Kite” and made our own kites after we learned about how kites can fly using wind energy.
We worked in our House teams to create our kites. The pupils enjoyed flying them in the playground.
Primary 3 have been exploring different strategies to solve multiplication problems. We have enjoyed using arrays, equal groups, number lines and repeated addition. We are becoming multiplication ninjas!
Primary 3 have enjoyed learning about many Scottish inventions to start off 2026. The pupils chose which Scottish inventions to find out more about. Here are just some examples of their learning.
We investigated fingerprints. P3 enjoyed identifying the fingerprints of the teachers in school and then looked at their own for unique markings.
We investigated the history of golf. We found out about a local golf course and made our own mini golf courses.
We learned about the person who invented the kaleidoscope and had a go at making our own.
 
We found out that ice hockey originates from the Scottish game of Shinty.
There are so many more Scottish inventions that we have covered, as you can see in the photo above. Maybe our class has a famous inventor of the future!
We enjoyed learning about ‘Frosty the Snowman’ this afternoon. P3 have been introduced to what sheet music looks like and learned how the tune moves up and down the stave. We then made our own snowman themed sheet music art and used chalk to decorate the background with snowflakes.
Primary 3 have been loving ‘The Night I Met Father Christmas’ by Ben Miller. The book has allowed us to have some very good discussions about a range of important themes as we learn how Father Christmas became Father Christmas. We looked closely at the beginning of chapter 10 and picked out the important descriptive words that help us visualise the scene. Afterwards, we drew our own visualisations of the scene and presented them to the rest of the class. It’s amazing how we can all picture things a bit differently!
Primary 3 have been learning how to use multiple features of Word documents, including how to highlight text and change fonts, text sizes and colours. We are becoming more confident with finding the different keys on the keyboard. We put all of these skills to good use and practised our spelling words.
Primary 3 took part in a variety of Children in Need activities to help highlight the important work that Children in Need does each year to ensure that children in the UK get their rights met.
Our ‘Challenge 25’ activity was to run 25 laps of the gym hall each!
 
We took part in the Blooket competition in our House teams. Dunlop were the P3 winners! This helped us learn about exactly which rights Children in Need can help with.
We also took part in a Pudsey bear Scavenger Hunt and played ‘Bear Pong’!
Thank you to the Rights Respecting Schools committee for organising such a fun and educational day!
We have had lots of fun over the past few weeks with our Rainforest topic. We learned about different animal species and made our own Macaws.
We learned about different spiders that live in the Amazon Rainforest and made spider webs using art straws and string!
We used QR codes to research a specific Rainforest animals and made posters to share with the class.
Primary 3 have been enjoying some Active Learning in literacy.
