Hi Everyone,

We cannot believe that our time in P3a is almost over. We have been spending time reflecting on our year and all the great things we have learned and achieved this session.

These are our thoughts –

“I loved going on school trips.” (Rahaf)

“My favourite thing was learning about Natural Disasters and making the volcano. ” (Yahya)

“I loved the show and learning my tables.” (Talhah)

“I liked everything.” (Sophia)

“I liked doing football in PE.” (James)

“I loved our show.” (Ismail)

“I thought Sports day was really good fun.” (Christopher)

“I liked being a narrator in the school show and holding up the sign at the end.” (Aaron)

“I loved being Daisy Cow in the school show and being on stage.” (Isla)

“I liked meeting Mrs McKim for the first time.” (Eva)

“I liked making our stars”. (Ruaridh)

“The trip to the Science Centre was good.” (Oscar)

“Meeting Mrs McKim for the first time was my favourite thing about P3.” (Penelope)

“Doing the show was the best – I sang a solo.” (Jovie)

“I liked making our posters for our group names. We had new ones for every topic we did.” (Kate)

“I liked going on out trip to the Science Centre.” (Hugo)

“When I led the PE lesson for football and showed my skills and warm up exercises.” (Carson)

“I like drawing. and Thankful Thursday” (Uzair)

“When Mrs McKim met me and sang my name three times.” (Harry)

“I have loved all my maths work and learning my times tables.” (Olivia W)

“I have loved learning about my times tables and finding out about Mrs McKim’s dog.”(Jura)

“Sports day was fun and when my mum came into visit the class as part of the Human Body topic.” (Olivia Y)

“I liked when Mrs McKim brought in some old books belonging to her son and gave us all one to keep.” (Elay)

“I loved acting and being Mr Bull, going to the Science Centre and all the topics.” (Ryan)

We have learned so much In P3a.

We hope that you have enjoyed reading our blog’s and looking at our photographs. We have included a little selection for you to look at from across the year. There are lots more in our blogs from throughout the year.

Lots of Love P3a

 

Dear parents and carers

Just a quick note to say thank you for all your support this session. I have had a wonderful year with your children and I will miss them greatly.  We have loved every second together and they make me smile every day. They really are a very special group of children and are a credit to you all.

Lots love love,

Mrs McKim

 

Hello and welcome to our blog.

This week as part of our Natural Disasters topic we have been learning about Volcanoes. We have found out lots about them. This included –  where they occur, the parts of a volcano , different types of volcanoes and the difference between active, dormant and extinct volcanoes.

We then created our own volcano  and loved seeing it erupt!

We had a great time and enjoyed the lovely weather too!

 

Ms McKim and P3a

 

Welcome to your latest IDl Blog. We have now completed Learning  Journey 3 – Scottish Foods. Our Learning from now until the Summer Break will focus on the RSPB Wild Challenge Bronze Award. We will achieve the award if we complete a series of challenges to support nature. With all of the children’s prior learning about Climate, Food Chains and Habitats, they are more than ready to rise to this challenge.

We kicked off this challenge by making bird feeders to mark World Earth Day. We used recycled cardboard to make hanging shapes, coated them in fat and then added bird seed. We then observed the grassy area in front of the school over time to see if the feeders attracted more birds to the area.

Our next challenge was to conduct a BioBlitz survey. It took real patience to sit and see what changed in our Bioblitz circles as we observed. It’s just as well we’ve been working so hard on our Focusing Meta Skill!

We are looking forward to moving on with our nature challenges – let’s hope the weather holds for us.

Welcome to our blog

IDL

Our new IDL topic is Natural Disasters. This week we learned about the ten most common natural disasters around the world and hurricanes.

“I liked learning about the hurricanes because I was able to label the different parts of it like the eye” (Jura)

“I like learning about hurricanes as we got to build a house using Kapla to see if it was strong” (Eva)

We designed a building that we thought would be hurricane safe. We also learned what to do if there was a hurricane.

We learned about hurricane seasons and in what countries they are likely to occur.

 

PE 

We have been enjoying our term 3 PE so far.  We are  taking part in athletics and striking and fielding.

We are taking part in a variety of races and team games.

” I really like playing rounders and working in a team.” (Penelope)

“I loved the relay races so I can get faster at running” (Carson)

“We jumped over hurdles in a race. It was fun.” (Harry)

 

Have a great weekend

Mrs McKim and P3a

 

 

 

Welcome to our blog.

 

This week we have been learning about Eid as part of our school celebration.

We created Islamic Art using natural materials, made information posters all about Eid, designed henna patterns and created geometrical pictures.

Have a wonderful weekend

 

Mrs McKim and P3a

 

Sunshine, Solo Talks and a Show!

Welcome to our P3a blog.

What a wonderful week we have had in P3a.

There’s a Sunflower in My Supper

Thank you to everyone who attended our show on Wednesday. I am sure you will agree the children were wonderful.  What a talented bunch we have!

 

Solo Talks

We are working through our solo talks and I have been so impressed with the variety of topics chosen  and the self-confidence the children have shown when presenting to their peers.

 

Sunshine

How lovely to see the sun this week. We have used a little bit of time to enjoy the outdoors and play together.

 

It has been a busy term and I think P3a are looking forward to a holiday. Fingers crossed for nice weather! Wishing you all a lovely break.

 

 

Mrs McKim and P3a

Hello and welcome to our blog .

The children have been working extremely hard this week rehearsing  for their show “There’s a Sunflower in my Supper.” They are very excited for the big day on Wednesday and we are sure that you will be very impressed with their singing, dancing, narrating and overall enthusiasm. We certainly have a class of superstars in P3a!

 

Solo Talks

P3a have worked hard at home preparing their solo talks.   The variety has been outstanding and the children  presented confidently. They even took questions from their audience on their chosen subject.

Well done everyone who presented this week! We will continue with this next week.

 

Have a wonderful weekend.

P3a and Mrs McKim

Welcome to our blog.

Primary 3a have been very busy this week.

In writing we created a non-chronological report on the Five Senses. We have been learning about this as part of our IDL topic. We have researched and found out lots of facts as well as taking part in many practical activities.

“I added lots of facts to my report to make it exciting to read”. (Ryan)

“In the five senses there is hearing, sight, touch, smell and taste.” (Olivia W)

“My report used a formal tone and it was quite a lot of fun.” (Ruaridh)

“My report was put into different sub-headings”. (Jura)

In Numeracy and Maths we have been doing lots of work on number. Some of us have been learning our two times table. Others have been learning the three times table and some have been developing our subtraction skills.

“I have been learning to share into two groups.” (James)

“I am very good at my two times table and we have been learning all about it. I have enjoyed the games too.” (Sophia)

“I am learning to divide into three groups – it was a little tricky.” (Penelope)

 

We are beginning to rehearse for our School Show. We are all very excited. It will be wonderful!

“We are learning our parts and working very hard.” (Oscar)

“It is really fun”. (Hugo)

“We are excited about our parts.” (Christopher)

“I am really excited for our show.” (Jovie)

 

Have a wonderful weekend

 

P3a

Good afternoon and welcome to our blog.

We were delighted to welcome our parents and carers to our class this week.  We completed various tasks relating to our IDL project Human V Robot.  Making lungs and creating a programme for our Beebots seemed to be the favourites.

We also created our first non-chronological report. Everyone worked hard researching the skeleton and the organs. We found excellent facts that were included into our reports.  We were able to sort the information into the correct sub-headings and ensure that our note taking were transferred into  wonderful sentences.

In maths we have been learning to giving change from various amounts and finding  different ways to make amounts from a variety of notes and coins.

 

Have a wonderful weekend

 

Mrs McKim and P3a

 

 

Hi everyone

We have been very busy in P3a.

We have continued to work with our P7 Digital Leaders to help improve our ICT skills. We have learned more about Micro Bits and we were able to programme them to spell our names in LED lights.

We have also worked with the iPad’s and Spheros . We were able to programme them to move backwards and forwards. They raced across the classroom!

In Writing we have come to the end of our poetry lessons. We worked hard to create poems using rhyme, alliteration and onomatopoeia. The results were fantastic!

We are continuing our IDL topic Human V Robot and we have been learning about the skeleton and the organs of the body. We will be learning more about the functions of certain organs next week. This will help us prepare for writing reports.

Have a wonderful weekend

 

P3a and Mrs McKim