March in Primary 3/1

It’s been a busy month so far with open afternoon, muddy movers, world book day, thinking about sustainability and Big Walk and Wheel!  We’ve had a great time learning lots of new things and working as a team 😊

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

    

   

   

   

   

   

 

The Cross Arthurlie Nature Challenge 🌳🌲🦅

Primary 3 have been learning more about nature and how we can protect our environment.  We started off by learning about different types of birds and then we made birdfeeders.  We hung them from branches around the school.

   

   

   

   

Well done P3!  We have ten challenges to complete ⭐

THE ROMANS

We have really enjoyed learning about the Romans.

Our favourite part was learning about the Roman army and the life of a soldier.

We designed our own shields and helmets!

   

   

   

 

LANGUAGES WEEK SCOTLAND 2024

We had a great week learning about languages from all over the world.

We researched countries we would like to visit and made a list of our favourite places and why we would like to visit them.

   

We looked at home for items made in different countries.  We brought them into school and listened to the language from that country.

We thought about food from around the world and C went to an Italian restaurant called ORO.  He asked the waiter what the word meant and found out it was gold.  C said his meal was delicious!

We played a game on Kahoot about different countries and languages.  It was great fun!

   

Book cover quiz – this was quite tricky!  We had to guess the title of the book by looking at the cover and then guess the language the title was written in.  Great effort from everyone 📚😊

 

 

We celebrated the birthday of Robert Burns on the 25th of January.

We tasted Scottish cheese and oatcakes, sang Auld Lang Syne, learned ‘The Selkirk grace’ and made information posters about the famous Scottish Bard.

It was a busy day!

   

   

   

   

   

   

Part of the Science outcome is to contribute to the design of a game when learning about magnets. Primary 3 loved creating their own maze and asking a friend to use a magnet to work their way through the maze.

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Today we explored the forces exerted by magnets.  The children identified examples of how magnets are used in everyday life, such as their fridge.  We had a game of repel and attract where the children were either the north pole or the south pole on a magnet and they had to find others in the class according to the instruction.

 

Finally they investigated magnetic and non magnetic items in the class and we talked about what each item was made of.

What a great time we had!  You all looked fabulous Primary 3!

   

    

    

    

   

   

 

We’ve had a very busy December so far!

Winter walks …

 

We went on a winter scavenger hunt and the only thing we didn’t find were animal prints.  We are going to keep looking though!

Learning about Tessellation …

   

   

   

   

We discovered that tiling with ovals or circles doesn’t work very well!  We had great discussions about tiling patterns and which shapes worked well.

Healthy Eating

Dress Rehearsal …

We were brilliant!

Salt Dough Snowmen …

What a mess we made!!  But our snowmen look amazing!  Watch out for them coming home ⛄❄⛄

Super Spelling …

Brilliant team work when we shared the spelling resources.  What a great way to learn our spelling words! 😊

GREAT WORK P3/1.

YOU’VE BEEN A BUSY BUNCH THIS MONTH!

 

 

Primary 3 were making and testing predictions about dissolving in water. They talked about colour change when the water mixes with the ink. Next, they predicted what might happen if they change the size and pattern on their drawings.