10/10/25
Happy holidays! Term 1 complete. Have a wonderful break everyone!
9/10/25
Eco Friendly Vehicles
Today we enjoyed the opportunity to work with P3E to create our own models of eco friendly vehicles. Thank you to everyone who sent in cardboard for this task. Some of our creations are amazing!
9/10/25
How can we change the way we travel?- Adaptation IDL Display
Here is a photo of our class IDL display, which is now proudly positioned at the side of our classroom. It shows pictures of our learning experiences throughout this topic, with some artwork included too.
7/10/25
How can we change the way we travel?- Aviation Industry
Today in P3E, we explored planes and pollution. We learnt about the features of types of aircrafts and about how we can make our journeys more eco friendly. We then (and this is the exciting bit), were given a piece of paper. Mr Burns asked us to design our paper with a pattern/design, but the next part of the lesson was where it got very very exciting! We then followed a step by step instruction guide to create our own paper aeroplanes! After this, we took our planes outside and tested them in the playground to see how well they could fly. Take a look at some of our photos below:
Great fun was had by everyone!
6/10/25
Bug Club Books
Here are the bug club books for this week, WC 6th October. We will be working on these in class as part of our reading lessons. Remember, just read for enjoyment at home using the ‘my library’ section. We will read from the ‘my stuff’ section in class and complete the bugs as part of our Literacy work.
JK Rowling: Extreme Living
Roald Dahl: The Hare and the Tortoise
Enid Blyton: Horribilly Slow and Sticky
Julia Donaldson: Zip and Zap and the Thing
Ted Hughes: See Like Me
Thank you for your continued support!
2/10/25
Steam Train Artwork
Today we continued our topic focus of ‘How can we change the way we travel?’. We have been learning about different modes of transport and about how we can actively travel to help save the environment. This week, we learnt about rail travel, exploring the history of this mode of transport and how this field has changed over the years. We created drawings of steam trains on white paper, labelling the features and writing which colours we would need, to help us plan our work. After this, we sketched these onto black paper, before using crayons to blend colours in our artwork. We are looking forward to making this into a wall display soon!
30/9/25
October Suggested Home Learning Activities
Please find below the suggested activity grid for home learning for the month of October.
https://www.thinglink.com/card/1508822626380808194 (Bookflix)
29/9/25
Cardboard required….please!!!
Next week, to conclude our topic on changing the way we travel, we will be creating our own models of eco friendly vehicles. We would be very grateful if you could send in some cardboard that is in good condition, for us to use in this IDL project. Please send these into school from Monday 6th October onwards.
Thank you!
Mr Burns
25/9/25
Maths Week Scotland- Outdoor Numeracy & Mathematics
We made the most of the crisp sunshine this morning by taking our Numeracy & Mathematics work outdoors! We played a game of ‘bowling alley’ where we rolled a ball towards the whiteboard and had to add the number we hit to the number at the top of the board. See our pictures below for some action shots!
We then had to collect the coloured cones and gather them in our teams. Each one of these was of a different value, so we had to add these all up and see what our totals were. Mr Burns was very impressed by the teamwork, supportive nature and mathematical skills shown in this task by everyone. Well done!
After this learning experience, I gathered some viewpoints from learners to find out how they found the outdoor activities. It was wonderful to have such positive feedback on the effectiveness of learning outdoors through an active approach!
25/9/25
WC 29/9/25
Bug Club Books
Here are the bug club books for next week, WC 29th September. We will be working on these in class as part of our reading lessons. Remember, just read for enjoyment at home using the ‘my library’ section. We will read from the ‘my stuff’ section in class and complete the bugs as part of our Literacy work. We discussed as a class today which group learners were in, so this should help with this!
JK Rowling: Welcome to the Circus
Roald Dahl: Little Red Riding Hoody
Enid Blyton: Amazing Trees
Julia Donaldson: Senses!
Ted Hughes: Rat and the Cat- Hat Trick
Thank you for your continued support!
24/9/25
Maths Week Scotland Open Afternoon
It was lovely to see so many of our P3E parents/carers at yesterday’s open afternoon. We took part in various mathematical games and activities, left a comment on the class blether board, wrote letters for a ‘rough day’ and used a QR code to access our class blog. Thank you to everyone who attended, it was great to see you!
18/9/25
Chocolate Dress Down Day
We all posed for a class selfie today on our ‘Chocolate Day’. This term has flown in and we can’t believe it is September weekend already! Have a lovely long weekend and we will see you all on Tuesday! Here’s hoping the sun shines!
17/9/25
Literacy- Writing
We have been learning about the genre of ‘Narrative’ writing. Today, we watched a video to spark our imagination. We then had to describe the setting of the video through using various prompts. Our ideas were fantastic and our writing contained lots of features of Narrative writing. Well done everyone!
17/9/25
PE
Today in PE we took part in various team games which encouraged us to display our school values in action! We worked collaboratively to problem solve and build up each other through working together. We then continued our block of learning in Gymnastics, by practising our rolls and balances. Well done everyone!
15/9/25
Open Afternoon
We are very much looking forward to welcoming our P3E parents/carers to the first open afternoon of this session on Tuesday 23rd September (2pm-2:50pm). This will have a Numeracy and Mathematics focus for Maths Week Scotland and you will have the opportunity to participate in some active maths games with your child. There will also be the opportunity to leave a comment on our class ‘blether board’ and to write your child a ‘letter for a rough day’. We look forward to seeing you next week!
15/9/25
Maths Games
15/9/25
Toys
We have seen an increase in toys being brought into school. Please note that we cannot take responsibility for any toys lost/damaged whilst in school and that these should not be brought into the classroom.
15/9/25
Bug Club Login Link
15/9/25
Bug Club
12/9/25
Respect Stars
This week in P3E, we earned our second ‘Respect Star’. We achieve these stars for showing our school values, following instructions, being respectful and completing our jobs successfully. We have voted as a class to have a movie afternoon when we achieve all of these stars. Well done everyone for your hard work!
9/9/25
Health and Wellbeing- Bravery and Resilience
As part of this term’s HWB work, we have been learning about our feelings. Today we focused on ‘Bravery’ and ‘Resilience’. We discussed times we had felt this way and created our own ‘Brave Superheroes’. Keep your eyes peeled for some pictures of these soon!
We then read the book ‘The Girl at the Front of the Class’, by Onjali Q Rauf as this book explores a theme of bravery and resilience through the storyline. We spoke so confidently about the events of the story and described how the main character, and those around her, had demonstrated both bravery and resilience. Well done everyone for your super, mature and insightful discussions!
5/9/25
Fantastic Fridays with Fantastic Mr Fox!
This week we were very excited to start our class novel, Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl. We read the first chapter and answered some questions on the personalities of the three farmers. We are looking forward to using this novel as a way of developing active literacy skills in reading. Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
Our First Day in P3E
On our first day, we posed at the class photo booth to mark this occasion! We all looked so smart in our uniforms. We have had a great first few weeks getting to know each other, building our routines and working together. Well done everyone! Please make sure you complete photo consents on the school app soon so we can share more photos of our learning on here!
Thank you,
Mr Burns
Health and Wellbeing- Managing Emotions
P3E have been learning about different types of emotions and how we can manage these using positive strategies. We used the stories ‘Brave’ and ‘Kind’ to talk about our feelings before checking in with each other. We also took part in some ‘Yoga Monkey’ too!
Homework Grid/Suggested Activities (September)
Please see below the homework grid and suggested activities for the month of September.
Many thanks,
Spelling for this month: September Spelling 2025 (1)
Homework Grid (suggested activities): September 2025 (1)
Mr Burns
Class Teacher
Class Charter- ‘Our Class is a Family’
Over the last few weeks, we have spent time in P3E working on our class charter. We learned about the UNCRC and discussed our rights. This led to us discovering the role we have as rights holders and the role staff have in our school to be duty bearers in ensuring rights are upheld. As a school, we are working towards our Rights Respecting Schools Silver Accreditation and we will be discussing rights in class and at assembly.
For our class charter, we read the book ‘Our Class is a Family’. We then create our own handprints and ‘wee people’ to add to the display.
I’m sure you’ll agree, it looks fantastic!
Welcome
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