{"id":287,"date":"2026-02-16T20:17:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/?p=287"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:20:07","slug":"p3-scottish-inventors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/2026\/02\/16\/p3-scottish-inventors\/","title":{"rendered":"P3 &#8211; Scottish Inventors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>We investigated fingerprints. P3 enjoyed identifying the fingerprints of the teachers in school and then looked at their own for unique markings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-288\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200147\/pro-3UCbBHGZ-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200147\/pro-3UCbBHGZ-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200147\/pro-3UCbBHGZ-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200147\/pro-3UCbBHGZ.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-289\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200152\/pro-7Oi5q3RC-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200152\/pro-7Oi5q3RC-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200152\/pro-7Oi5q3RC-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200152\/pro-7Oi5q3RC.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-290\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200157\/pro-ai7unebm-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200157\/pro-ai7unebm-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200157\/pro-ai7unebm-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200157\/pro-ai7unebm.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-291\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200202\/pro-tOt9IgTg-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200202\/pro-tOt9IgTg-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200202\/pro-tOt9IgTg-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200202\/pro-tOt9IgTg.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-292\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200207\/pro-X6zYnT5n-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200207\/pro-X6zYnT5n-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200207\/pro-X6zYnT5n-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200207\/pro-X6zYnT5n.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We investigated the history of golf. We found out about a local golf course and made our own mini golf courses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-293\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200546\/pro-1r3pulvB-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200546\/pro-1r3pulvB-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200546\/pro-1r3pulvB-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200546\/pro-1r3pulvB.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-294\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200551\/pro-4oilcqz1-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200551\/pro-4oilcqz1-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200551\/pro-4oilcqz1-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200551\/pro-4oilcqz1.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-295\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200556\/pro-5NIOucCA-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200556\/pro-5NIOucCA-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200556\/pro-5NIOucCA-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200556\/pro-5NIOucCA.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-296\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200601\/pro-7Cf0dapp-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200601\/pro-7Cf0dapp-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200601\/pro-7Cf0dapp-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200601\/pro-7Cf0dapp.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-297\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200606\/pro-sh7lSUJX-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200606\/pro-sh7lSUJX-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200606\/pro-sh7lSUJX-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200606\/pro-sh7lSUJX.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We learned about the person who invented the kaleidoscope and had a go at making our own.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-298\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200849\/pro-5Zq4Rc2G-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200849\/pro-5Zq4Rc2G-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200849\/pro-5Zq4Rc2G-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200849\/pro-5Zq4Rc2G.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200903\/pro-Wtr3421T-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200903\/pro-Wtr3421T-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200903\/pro-Wtr3421T-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200903\/pro-Wtr3421T.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found out that ice hockey originates from the Scottish game of Shinty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-299\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200858\/pro-R4OV8jbM-139x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200858\/pro-R4OV8jbM-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200858\/pro-R4OV8jbM-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2026\/02\/16200858\/pro-R4OV8jbM.jpeg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2025\/09\/04204104\/art-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"75\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2025\/09\/04204116\/art-28-230x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"75\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary32526\/uploads\/sites\/20811\/2025\/09\/04204119\/art-31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/2026\/02\/16\/p3-scottish-inventors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">P3 &#8211; Scottish Inventors<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26669,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39,38,36,33,56,29],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-across-the-curriculum","tag-article-17","tag-article-28","tag-article-31","tag-science","tag-stem","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary32526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}