Social Studies

We are enjoying learning about Ancient Egypt.   Our class went on a trip to Kelvingrove Art Galleries and took part in an Egyptian workshop.  During our visit we met a man called Pat who was our tour guide and he knew a lot about Egyptians.  At the handling session we passed round a scarab beetle and had to tell the different between a 5 year and 5 thousand year old shabtis’.

 

I learned that the American scarab beetles were big, the Egyptian ones were medium sized and the British ones were small. Charlotte

The first pyramid ever built was a step pyramid.  Mia

It was harder to get out of pyramids than to get into them. Hannah

Some tomb raiders would die in pyramids. Ethan

 

ICT

We have been using 2publish to create posters on the phases of the moon. Selecting from different styles of poster we can draw, shade and add shape and text to them.

I like changing the font, I didn’t know you could do this on 2Publish.   Moya

I enjoyed making phases of the moon because this linked to our science Sun, Moon and Stars topic.  Kate Mc

RME

Our class have been learning about different bible stories. We watched the story of Joseph and used this story to match colours to emotions and feelings.

 

 

 

Science

Our topic is Sun, Moon and Stars. In our jotter we recorded the phases of the moon and found out that it takes a month for the moon to move around the earth, there are 8 phases during this time.  Whilst observing the sun, we have been out in the playground drawing round shadows and recording how they change throughout the day.

 

The shadows changed because the sun was lower down in the morning and had moved higher by the afternoon.  Hugh

 

When we went out in the morning the shadows were straight, forward and tall. In the afternoon it was to the right and was really small.  Molly

 

Art and Design

 

Warm colour blending has been our focus during art. We used red, orange and yellow paint to colour blend.  When dry, we used charcoal to add pyramids and camels.  This linked our Art skills to our Social Studies Egyptian topic.

 

I liked blending the colours using water to make them a bit lighter. It looked really nice when I put all the colours together.  Cameron D

 

We mixed Art with Social Studies I liked this because we used warm colours and that reminds me on the Egyptians.  Eva

 

 

Article 28 You have the right to education.

Social Studies

Our new topic is ‘The River Clyde’.  The children have shown an interest in finding out about the journey of the river and the bridges that cross it.  Through this topic we will be learning the skills of note taking from video clips, the internet and books.  We will also be making our own strong and stable bridges using a variety of materials.

 

 

ICT

We have been learning how to make PowerPoints.  We have discovered how to change the colour, font, style and background of each slide.  We have also learned how to copy images from the internet and insert into our PowerPoint slides.  Once we have learned these skills, we will make our own PowerPoints on ‘The River Clyde’.

 

‘I enjoyed making a PowerPoint on Scottish animals.’ Hannah

 

‘We have been learning how to take pictures from the internet and put them into a PowerPoint.’  Alix

 

‘My brother really likes making PowerPoints so I am enjoying learning how to make them too.’  Moya

 

RME

The children have been learning about ‘Welcoming a baby in Islam’.  They have found this an interesting topic.

 

‘A family member gives the baby sweet food.’  Kate McK

 

‘The dad whispers a prayer into the baby’s right ear.’     Connor

 

‘The baby has its hair shaved and this is weighted.  Whatever the hair weights the family donate this amount in silver to charity.’  Mia

 

 

Science

We have just introduced our new topic ‘Plant Growth’.  The children are very keen to go on a plant search around the school looking at the different plants we have.  We will also be trying to tidy up our planters in the playground.

 

 

Drama

The children are really enjoying using different drama techniques.  The skills we are developing are freeze frame, facial expression, body language, thought tunnel, mime and using their imaginations.

 

‘I liked pretending the stone in the road was too heavy to lift.’ Hayley

 

‘I liked when we went into groups and pretended to fix the well and the roof of a barn.’ Cameron M

 

‘Freeze frame was fun because we had to stay still for a long time.’  Eva

 

 

Music

The children have been working with a music specialist once a month.  They are learning how to keep the beat through active learning.  They are also learning about rhythm, rhyme and scales.

 

‘I like how we learn a new music sign each time.’ Charlotte

 

‘Skip one window has the new signs we have been learning and I like singing it.’ James

 

 

 

Primary 3A have been really awesome with February fun achievements.  Our confident individuals rode their bike through the forest and can do handstand into bridge then stand up.  Our successful learners read all the David Walliams books, started Judo, learned all the notes on their new Xylophone and how to work the washing machine.  Our effective contributors made a space plane out of Lego and made fudge – YUM!

 

Well done Primary 3A

Social Studies

During our Financial Education topic we have been learning about money. What we use money for, how to keep money safe and what life would be like if we had no money.  The children have been discussing fundraising and researched various charities including Food4Africa and Yorkhill Children’s Charity.   After looking at familiar logos and slogans they created their own.  They designed posters which will be displayed throughout the school to promote our fundraising event ‘Bring 5, Save 5’.

‘I enjoyed making logos and slogans’ Kate McK

‘Designing the money boxes was fun’ Dan

‘We learned how important it is to remember about children who do not have the same Rights as us’ Charlotte

 

 

HWB

The children are focusing on the SHANARRI wheel. Discussing each indicator as a class and thinking about events linked to their own lives.  We remember Rights when talking about SHANARRI and are completing an individual wheel based on our own personal experiences.

‘We are learning what the letters stand for; Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible and Included’ Kate C

‘Under safe I have written that I feel safe with my family and friends’ Connor

‘I know that to be healthy we need to eat healthy food’ Talhah

‘This helps people have a good life’ Ewan

 

ICT

Watching Hectors world, a visit from PC McDowall and through discussions we have been learning how to stay safe online.

‘We know not to put our personal information into the computer without asking our mum, dad or teacher first’ Cameron M

‘If we put all of our details into the internet without permission it will spread across the whole wide world’ Harris

From this we have safely been using our research skills to find out about different charities.

Science

In science the class are enjoying learning about sources of energy.  We have been watching clips, asking questions, reading science books and looking at different types of objects.

‘We have been learning about sound energy, light energy and heat energy’ Nathan

‘I discovered that fire has heat, sound and light energy.  I go camping quite a lot and we make a fire and I hear the burning sounds, it gives heat and it gives light in the dark’ Moya

Art and Design

The children have been creating pictures of windy weather scenes and Scottish animals using fine black pens.  Our focus is to teach the visual element of line.

‘I liked learning about the Highland cattle, they are big and furry’ Eva

 

We are Awesome Achievers in Primary 3A!

Achievements this month include; learning to play new songs on the piano, helping our mums and little brothers, confidently swimming 25m length of the pool and showing courage by eating worms in a Thai restaurant to experience food from around the world.

 

Well done Primary 3A!

Social Studies

The children were very enthusiastic about our Local Area topic.  They thoroughly enjoyed the walk around the local area.  Each child had an opportunity to survey a customer or shop keeper and they asked their questions confidently.

 

The children were particularly interested in the history of Giffnock, they enjoyed note taking and comparing old Giffnock with Giffnock today.

 

We studied Lord Rowallan as a person of local historical interest, the children were surprised at how generous he had been gifting Rouken Glen Park to us.

 

 

HWB

Following on from the safety aspect of health we looked at the safe uses of medicine.   This included short and long term use of medicine and conditions that may require medicine.  Children shared personal experience of asthma, eczema and allergies.  The children were excellent at identifying ways to feel better without having to take medicine.  They could also identify ways to keep healthy.

 

 

ICT

During ICT we have been using Beebot linked with direction in numeracy.  The children have an excellent understanding of this and could navigate Beebot competently.

 

Science

The children enjoyed learning about the body.  They can identify the main functions of the skeleton together with major organs.  We measured our heart rate when completing different activities and found that it increased when we did more exercise.

 

The children have had a great term engaging with all areas of the curriculum.  Have a lovely holiday!

 

Primary 3A have been achieving awesome things this month here are some of our spectacular successes.  We have got better at reading and more confident in maths.  Football skill improvements, moving up a group and achieving 5 metres distance badge in swimming.   Making a spray and overcoming fears by jumping off the Sky Park Fan Drop!

Well done Primary 3A!!

 

We have been celebrating our achievements in Primary 3.  Our achievements include learning to walk backwards in a handstand, helping a friend learn her brownie promise, passing Judo grading and becoming an orange belt and learning to climb a tree.

Well done Primary 3A!!

Social Studies

We have started our Local Area topic by discussing what we already know and what we would like to find out about Giffnock.

Dan would like to know what the population of Giffnock is.

Hugh would like to know how many shops there are.

Molly would like to know how many children go to School in Giffnock.

 

The children enjoyed walking round the Local Area looking at the different styles of homes.  They also focused on how the land is used, recycling facilities available and public transport links. Finally they identified and discussed the route taken focusing on left and right turns.

‘I enjoyed the walk and discovered new places including May Terrace which is a row of terrace houses.’  Elliot

‘I liked when we passed the police station the police car put its lights on for us.’ Amir

I liked it when we passed the shops as I could see shops I mainly go to.’  Charlotte

 

HWB

Our focus at the moment is safety.  We are looking at the importance of having rules to keep us safe. We will be discussing what we do in an emergency and the people who can help us.

 

Expressive Arts

We are still focusing on developing tone and pattern using a range of materials in art.  We created lovely patterned vases using oil pastels and used bright coloured paint for the flowers to go into our vases.

 

‘I enjoyed decorating and making flowers for our vases.’ Alexander

‘’I liked designing the vases because I like flowers and I like painting them.’  Kate C

ICT

During ICT we have been using BBC Dance Mat to teach us how to correctly lay our fingers onto the keyboard and type efficiently.  We have really enjoyed using this resource.  We will be moving on to Beebot to link with direction in numeracy.

RME

We have been learning about The Good Samaritan through the use of role play and a visit from the Minister. We are developing a good understanding of how to be kind to others.

‘Mr Miller said The Good Samaritan is about being a good neighbour.’ Moya

‘We are learning to always be nice to people.’ Connor

Welcome to P3a’s first class blog. We have settled well into our new classroom routines and have created a class charter.

Social Studies

We have started the year with a mini topic on how to care for our school and community.  We looked specifically at litter.  Over a week the class took part in a litter study to establish which areas of the playground have the most litter.  We made a graph of these findings and discussed ways to reduce litter.

‘I liked the litter project and designing our own bins.’ Moya

‘I enjoyed litter picking because we picked up litter and put it in bin bags.’ Alexander

 ‘It was good because there wasn’t a lot of litter.’ Mia

 

Science

We have been exploring magnets.  We are trying to discover which objects attract the magnet or repel it.  We have spent time discussing fair testing and we plan to make the primary ones a magnet game.

‘Some magnets are really strong and some are not.’ Dan

 ‘I liked finding out North Pole and North Pole repelled and North and South Pole attract.’  Charlotte

 ‘I enjoyed finding out about Magnet Man!’  Elliot.

HWB

Our focus at the moment is food and nutrition.  We are looking at the foods we like/dislike and the importance of food.  We have discovered there a 5 food groups.  We have been sorting a variety of foods in these groups.

‘We used words like squishy, delicious, yucky, revolting and           scrumptious to describe food we did and didn’t like.’ Kate C

‘Food helps you to grow, be active and stay healthy.’ Ewan

Expressive Arts

During art we have been developing tone and pattern using a range of materials.

‘We have been using different shades of blue to make a fish bowl.’ Molly    

‘Shades of blue got lighter like a real fish bowl.  We made patterns on a fish with oil pastels and put it on a bowl like a real fish.’     James

ICT

We have been reminding ourselves of the keyboard layout and discussed some of the skills we learned in primary 2.  We have been concentrating on making graphs which has linked well with our social studies topic.

‘I like using my typing skills and Google Safe Search to know how litter can affect animals.’ Nathan

‘We put our information into Microsoft Excel to create a litter bar graph.’ Kate M