We were learning about some Scottish artists. First we looked at the pop art style of Gillian Kyle:

Then we looked at the bright and colourful artwork of Steven Brown. We took inspiration from his work and created our own McCoos:

We also took part in different activities linked to our own interests. We could identify different places of interest on a map, we were particularly excited when we found Loch Ness and Barrhead!

We worked as a team to build the Scottish countryside out of Lego including a farm house, a vegetable patch growing lettuce, carrots and strawberries, and chose farm animals to add in also:

We showed off our measuring, cutting and weaving skills to make our own tartan:

We started off our Scotland topic learning about some Scottish mythical creatures. Our clear favourite was the Loch Ness Monster! At the construction area we built Nessie using Lego:

In writing, we have been learning to write persuasively. We worked with our shared writing partner to create a job advert for a Loch Ness monster catcher! We persuaded the reader to apply by making the job sound really interesting. Some of our ideas included: being paid in diamonds and jewels, staying in a 5 star hotel in Loch Ness with amazing views and even a bonus of eating free in any restaurant.

In outdoor learning, we are learning to identify some Scottish trees and wildlife. We went on a winter walk to collect any leaves, nuts, pine cones or  branches  that had already fallen from the trees in our playground. We used what we found to help us identify the tree using fact sheets and pictures. We then used our collected materials to create a picture:

Primary 3 were exploring religious artefacts. There was lots of discussion around prayers, clothes and food. One child shared their religious belief and experiences.

We had the best time at our Christmas party 🎄  We played pass the parcel, Christmas corners, musical arms and many more! I think our favourite was showing off our amazing dance moves 🕺

Primary 3 were learning to experience a sense of enjoyment and achievement when preparing healthy foods. They made fruit kebabs and discussed the benefits of eating fruit on a daily basis.

We have been very busy scientists recently. We have been learning about solid, liquid and gas, and how substances can change between each state.
Here we are carrying out an experiment to change solid ice into liquid water using heat energy from our hands. I think the ice was pretty cold!!

We also carried out an experiment to investigate what solid substances (salt, sugar, flour, icing sugar) will dissolve in a liquid. At first, we used cold water only. We then discussed variables we thought would help the dissolving process (heat and stirring):

We had the best time last Friday during our Children in Need activities:

We are also lucky enough to have the Sports Leaders from Barrhead High School with us on a Friday to lead some tennis sessions:

Primary 3/2 were learning to identify the five main food groups.  There was discussion on healthy eating and the children talked about their favourite foods.  They created an Eatwell plate to display their understanding of the five food groups.

Primary 3/2 have been learning about Diwali.  There was lots of discussion about good vs evil and light defeating darkness.  We talked a lot about feelings, religious celebrations and coloured in Rangoli patterns.

This month an alien spaceship crash landed into our classroom and made quite a mess. Luckily the alien knew how to use word document and left us a note asking for help!

The Alien gave us an idea to write a report about them. We discussed their appearance, hobbies, diet and any special features. We then used all our new report writing skills to write a report about our own aliens.

In numeracy, we are becoming so independent at completing all our targets. Here we are playing problem solving games with our peers:

In outdoor learning we have been identifying mini beasts in our playground: