Yesterday in P2/3 we were learning how to build an electrical circuit. The children had the chance to try and build a working circuit with a battery, a bulb and a switch. We learned the symbols for these and drew our own circuits. The children loved seeing their bulbs light up!
In Primary 2/3, we have been learning about division. We have learned the different vocabulary that is linked to division (equal groups, sharing between, dividing, divided by) and the symbol used to show division. The pupils have enjoyed some multi-sensory tasks to help them complete division calculations as well as starting to carry out written division calculations.
Today in P2/3 we used kitchen roll to carry out a colourful magic trick. In the first picture it looks as though the picture has only been drawn with black pen but when we added the kitchen roll to water the colour appears. Ask your children how they did it!
Today P1/2/3 really enjoyed learning about Scratch from our visitor from JP Morgan. Our visitor taught us how to use different features in Scratch and showed us some programmable robots.
This afternoon we spoke about how water travels. P2/3 set up an experiment that showed how water could travel from one cup to another using a kitchen roll as our bridge.
This morning Miss Hosie visited P2/3 to teach us about chemical reactions. The children predicted what would happen when mints were poured into bottles of coke. Then we went outside to test our theories.
P2/3 imagined they were a knight defending a castle and created their own shield. The children had to think about the pattern they were designing on their shield and how this linked to their family and where they are from. The children loved painting and exploring different materials to use while creating their shield.
Yesterday P2/3 started their new writing focus – Poetry. We went outside to discuss what we could hear, smell, see and feel on our nature walk. When we returned to class we wrote a poem about it.