Welcome to our weekly blog.

Another wonderful week in P3a.

In Maths this week we were learning  about weight. We learned that  we use grams and kilograms to weigh items. We estimated the weight of lots of items and then weighed them to find the actual weight.  We also held lots of different weights  – the Kg was quite heavy! We challenged ourselves to find lots of different ways that we could make 1Kg using lots of lighter weights. We used the scales to weigh items and to see if it weighed more or less than 500g or 1000g.

“We figured out how to weigh using scales . We held different weights and tried to find things that weighed the same” ( Ruaridh)

“I liked using different weights to make an amount”. (Olivia W)

We worked hard to create a recount based on the fairy tale The Three Little Pigs.  We used past tense and third person as well as writing our recount in the correct order.

“I liked writing a recount about a fairy tale as I love reading fairy tales. It was so interesting and exciting to write a recount about it”. (Jura)

In Art we  continued our Art Study and we learned about Pop Art. We were so excited to design our own Pop Art. We were so creative and the results were  fantastic and colourful!

“My pop art was pretty good. I loved using lots of colours and how it stood out”. (Isla)

Have a wonderful weekend.

P3a and Mrs McKim

Hello everyone and welcome to our blog. We have been very busy in P3a for the past couple of weeks .

In Art we have been comparing Traditional and Modern Art and using our feelings to create our own pieces. We were keen to share our art work and talk about our creations . We discussed the lines, colours and materials that we used.

“I liked my art. I used shapes and colours to show I am happy” (Talhah)

In Health and Wellbeing we have been learning about Friendship and what this means. We discussed our own personal qualities and how to be a good friend. We create the Five Fingers of Friendship and learned that our actions and words can impact others.

“I loved learning about warm fuzzies and cold prickles.” (Isla)

We are in discussion as a class to come up with a new topic that will start in January. We have lots of ideas and will decided what we would like to learn next week during Circle Time .

In maths we have been learning to measure  – ask us all about it we are masters of measure.

“I know ow to measure length and what unit of measurement to use.” (Elay)

We have now moved onto Recount writing, just in time to write a recount about our recent class trip to Vikingar. This was a wonderful day trip and reinforced all that we had learned in class about the Vikings.

“I really loved seeing an actual Viking longhouse.” (James)

“I liked being on the stage and dressing up as a Viking

and performing.” (Ryan)

We are looking forward to another busy week of learning next week!

P3a and Mrs McKim

Hello and welcome to our weekly blog.

Another busy week of learning in P3a!

We have completed our Viking topic and created a compare and contrast poster based on our life and the life of a Viking child. We compared diets, foods that are available, hobbies, learning , transport, technology and travel. We were confident  discussing the differences between them. We also researched Viking gods and created a fact file based on our favourite.

In French, we have been learning about the weather and played weather matching games. We found some of the words difficult to translate and pronounce but we are going to keep trying. We definitely have a positive growth mindset!

In writing we are learning  to write instructions and we had fun describing how to make a sandwich. We forgot to say we needed a knife to spread the jam  – it caused quite  a mess and very sticky fingers!

We are looking forward to  our class trip next week  and we cannot wait to share this with you .

Here are some of the wonderful quotes from our class this week –

“We know all the powers of the Viking gods” (Ruairdh)

“We made instructions for a friend potion. I remembered to use time openers”. (Jura)

“I know Vikings eat healthy foods and this would have given them lots of energy”. (Talhah)

“Learning the correct words for the weather in French was hard but good fun”! (Hugo)

“In our French lesson it was fun to learn about the weather and play weather bingo in our group.” (James)

Have a wonderful weekend

Mrs McKim and P3a

Hello everyone and welcome to our blog.

This week in P3a we have continued to develop our skills in Data Analysis. We have created Bar Charts and Venn Diagrams and extracted information from various data.  We challenged ourselves to create  our own bar charts – it was fun to use the data from our fitness lessons. We also explored how to read  data interpret data from a given source.

In writing we have moved onto Functional Writing and we are learning to write instructions. This was very active in the class as we looked at recipe books and completed lots of sequencing activities. We made a paper airplane and then we worked hard to write instructions. We used time openers very well.

We completed our Viking Shields this week and they look wonderful! We cannot wait for you to see them at Parents Night!

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs McKim