P4a have been very busy achieving many new skills like making cups of tea for the family and helping with little ones at home. Some have improved their cycling, rock climbing, tennis and swimming skills.  The October holidays allowed some to work on fishing skills and learn to play water polo.  Someone learned how to use water colour pencils and produce lovely art work and finally taking pictures with a camera was a first for someone.  Well done to everyone!

 

In ICT we have been learning how to interact with classmates in the safe online community of Glow. We can respond to a group discussion question and send a reply to an email.  We have been using online games to help us learn our multiplication tables.

In PE, we have been working on ball skills needed to play basketball. It’s not as easy as it looks getting the ball in the net!

RME sees us starting a new topic, the Jewish celebration of Shabbat.

In Music we have learned a new rhythm, ti ri te and a new song which uses this rhythm called Bubblegum!

Pupils of P4a are proud to celebrate a wonderful variety of achievements, improving their skills in swimming, reading, carving stone, gymnastics, helping at home, football, skiing and creating sand sculptures at the beach.

A big well done to everyone!

 

Welcome to our first blog in P4. We have been busy learning about personal values and talents in RME.  We hope you will be able to come to our Assembly Presentation, where we will showcase our learning through poetry, dance and song.

Moya said, “I enjoyed making a comic strip about cheating.”

In Science we have been learning about living and non-living things. We looked around the playground and found many examples of living things such as wasps, vegetables and flowers.  We learned about the animal kingdom and are able to classify animals into vertebrates and invertebrates by using a set of criteria.  We also learned about the life cycle of a butterfly by researching websites.

“I can sort animals into groups,” said Kate M.

 

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!!