EWHCF Class of 2024

It has been an exciting and busy couple of weeks in P3A.

In maths, the Squares have been learning different ways to write multiplication and division calculations whilst the Triangles have also started looking at multiplication and different strategies which they can use to help solve calculations. The Circles and Rectangles are looking at subtraction and have discussed partitioning as a strategy to help complete calculations mentally.

In literacy, we have enjoyed reading a variety of texts including fiction and non-fiction and continue developing our comprehension skills through answering literal and inferential questions. We have also worked on highlighting keywords in a passage which helps us use the text better to find the answer to the question.

We love the range of activities we complete each week during spelling. The active spelling activities help us to retain our spelling words and we also work on a different phoneme each week.

During our writing lesson on Friday (17th) we received a visit from Buddy the Tortoise. Buddy belongs to Zunairah in P3b. We were very excited to meet Buddy as you can see from our faces!

We continued to develop our skills in Athletics and have focused on throwing for distance and throwing for accuracy. We used a range of balls/objects and threw them to see which would go the furthest. This prompted a discussion about weight and shape and how this can affect the distance each ball/object travelled. Next week, we will be developing our jumping skills. Ask us about our new favourite warm-up of Rock, Paper, Scissors (with hoops)!

We continue to be creative in P3A and every week we surprise Mrs Agnew with our ideas and creations!

It has been a very busy week to start of the New Year. We all appeared very happy to be back and enjoyed seeing everyone we had missed over the Christmas holidays. We have shared lots of lovely stories about what we did with our families and friends over the break!

In maths this week, the Squares have been using Microsoft Excel to explore and create different charts including bar graphs and pie charts. The Triangles worked on addition and subtraction word problems and the Circles and Rectangles have been rounding to the nearest ten.

In literacy, we have been developing our comprehension skills and read a piece of text about Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin. This is related to our science topic, the Sun, Moon and Stars. We answered literal and inferential questions about the text focusing on answering in full sentences. We will continue working on non-fiction texts over the next few weeks.

We wrote our own monster menus with lots of disgusting adjectives. We each included starters, mains and desserts and some of us wrote a radio advert for our monster restaurant. The gruesome adjectives we came up with were amazing! We loved writing our menus and some of us have even turned our home corner into a monster cafe.

Before the Christmas break we learned about the phases of the moon. This week we created our own flip book. We drew each phase and then labelled each one underneath the flip. Next week we will begin to learn about the sun.

Instead of making a New Year resolutions, we discussed our dreams and ambitions. We all made a dream jar and wrote our dreams or ambitions also giving thought about the different steps we will need to make to achieve them.

In PE, we continued with Athletics, focusing on running and sprinting by playing lots of competitive games where we had to be quick off the mark.

We have had an exciting delivery of new construction materials which will gradually be introduced into both Primary 3 classes over the next few weeks. It is still one of our favourite things to do! One of the children created an electricity supply box which even included wires for the electricity to pass through!

This week we have enjoyed taking part in Road Safety Week and Book Week Scotland.

Some of us in Primary 3 paired up with Primary 7 to read together. We brought in our favourite books from home and read a little bit of each. We discussed our books and why they were our favourites. Mrs Agnew and Miss Kelly heard some very interesting conversations. It was a success and we all loved reading for enjoyment!

In maths, the Squares have been learning about bar graphs. We carried out our own surveys, coming up with some very original ideas, and completed our survey with others in our group. We then created our own bar graphs. It was important to put a title on our bar graph, label both axis’ and choose a suitable scale. The Triangles have continued with subtraction and have been using concrete materials to help support their understanding. The Circles and Rectangles have begun writing addition vertical calculations in their jotters. Mrs Agnew was very impressed at how neat our work was.

In literacy, we have been learning about connectives. Mrs Agnew gave us sentences with a missing word and we had to put the correct connective in. We have been developing our comprehension skills by answering literal and inferential questions about different types of texts. The Hedgehogs have been focusing on non-fiction texts.

We researched different charities that we may want to raise money for in relation to our topic Needs and Wants. We each picked a charity and found its website online. We found out what the charity does and why it is important. We now know about lots of different charities and will work together to decide which charities we would like to raise money for.

We started our new science topic, the Sun, Moon and Stars. We discussed what we already know about the topic and what we would like to learn. We watched a video about the first people to land on the moon, which happened 50 years ago. We then had a bit of fun, packing our suitcases for the Moon. We had to consider what was important to take. There were lots of amazing ideas such as a spacesuits, tools to help us, food and a fridge to keep it fresh, a TV or computer to keep us entertained and lots of us chose to take family and friends.

This week we have been discussing our new topic ‘needs and wants’.  We came up a few different ideas for fundraising events we could hold in the school in order to raise money for charity.

This week is Book Week Scotland.  We all received a bag with two reading books; ‘The Knight who said No’ and ‘You’re called What?!’  We were reading the books in class and the purple group were doing some questions on The Knight who said No.

In Science we finished making our brain hats and we got to take them home.

In DYW last Friday the Learning for Sustainability group were collecting rubbish.  The Life Skills group used thread and cardboard to make hats.  The Design and Manufacture group had to create a waterproof den using natural resources and the Digital Technologies group were programming games.

In P.E we have been doing athletics.  At some of the stations we kept a record of our PB (Personal Best) and tried to beat our own PB every time we took part in the activity.

In Health and Wellbeing we have been learning about our teeth and how to keep them healthy.  As part of an experiment we put an egg in a cup of water, another in a cup of Ribena and a third egg in a cup of coke.  We will leave them for a week to see what happens to them.

In maths, the Obtuse Group have been doing subtraction and have been learning how to calculate vertical sums (chimney sums).  The Reflex Group have been learning about multiplication.  The Acute Group have been learning about addition.

The other half of P3a and P3b attended the Glasgow Museum Resource Centre on Wednesday afternoon.

We also had a brilliant time. We were lucky enough to handle the armour the Romans wore and hold a sword whilst performing our own ‘war cry’. Some of us much louder than others!

We were challenged with building a Roman bridge and an aqueduct and Mrs Agnew thought we all did extremely well. The construction skills  we have developed over the past few years have certainly came in handy!

We also got to try on some Roman clothes and armour including the helmet which we all loved wearing. From looking at the photos I think you will agree that we could pass as real Romans!

Lastly, we looked at some Roman artefacts and compared them to the modern day equivalent. This created some very interesting discussions!

This week we have been learning more about the Roman.  We have been learning about Roman houses and have built model houses and written an advertisement selling a Roman house.

In maths the reflex group have been learning about data handling, we carried out a survey and created a bar chart based on the survey.  The obtuse group have been adding in tens and hundreds and the acute group have been adding and subtracting.

In reading we have been working on literal and inferential questions.

We went on a school trip the the Glasgow Resource Centre where we found out more about the Romans.  We got to see part of the Antonine wall, we held a gladius (A Roman sword), we examined a piece of mosaic, we built a model aqueduct and an arched bridge out of wooden wedges.

In PE we have been developing our rugby skills.  We have been practising passing the ball to another player who is at our side and behind us.  With Mr. McMillan and Mrs. Grieve we have been developing our athletics skills; running, jumping, landing, balancing and throwing.

In art we created ‘bats flying into the midnight sky’.  We did this by mixing paint colours in circles to create a moon and moonlight.

Slessor had their house reward afternoon on Thursday.  They watched Toy story 4 and had popcorn and a drink.

Last week, P3A had a very busy week. We started our week completing lots of different active spelling activities.

In maths, we were learning about Tessellation and 3D shapes.

We used Geo boards to create examples of Tessellation.

We also used lego and wooden shapes which we joined together.

We used straws to create some huge 3D shapes!

And we used technology to support our learning further.

In Science, we have been learning about the Human Body. Mrs Agnew showed us an experiment which demonstrates how the digestive system works. It was a little bit disgusting but we loved getting involved.

This week, we were challenged to build a catapult, like the one the Romans would have used. At first we were given no instructions, only the materials, and tried to construct it ourselves. Some of us were very close! Mrs Agnew then showed us how to build it and we enjoyed putting it together and then testing it (safely)!

We have had a shorter week this week as we were off on holiday on Monday!

We have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes.  We have been learning the names of 2D and 3D shapes.  We have been learning how to count the number of vertices (corners), edges and faces 3D shapes have.  2D shapes are shapes that we can draw or look at but cannot pick up.  3D shapes are objects.  We have been counting the sides and corners of 2D shapes.

We have been using straws and blue tac to create 3D shapes, geoboards to make shapes with elastic bands, building blocks (3D shapes) to make our own structures, tessellations with magnetic shapes, websites to create tessellations and play doh to make 3D shapes.

In PE we have been developing our athletic skills; jumping, balancing, landing, throwing and running.  The activities we were doing were; long jump, hurdles, javelin, shot put and an obstacle course.

In Social Studies we have been learning about Boudicca.  Boudicca was the Queen of the Iceni tribe who lived in Britain.  She was a fierce warrior who was the leader of the army who fought the Romans.  However, they lost.  We watched a short clip about her then read a text about her life.  We then answered questions about her and highlighted key words to find the correct answer.

In science we have been learning about the body.  This week we were learning about the brain.  We had to discover what the brain helps us to do and the different parts of the brain.

This week we have worked very hard creating our own Roman mosaics. Mrs Agnew gave us 4 designs to choose from and we carefully cut out lots of small squares of coloured paper and stuck them on. It was important to cut carefully to make sure you could still see the design. It took a lot of patience and time to create our wonderful mosaics but I am sure you will agree that they look amazing!

Look what we found in the playground!

We have been fascinated with the snails and worms we have been finding in the playground!

Some of us wanted to bring them inside and keep them as pets however we were very responsible and put them back into the grassy area at the back of the playground to keep them safe!