Author: Miss Jones

 

We have been very busy in P3 investigating Glasgow and comparing it to our local area.

We worked in pairs today to complete a tricky task where we had to answer questions about Glasgow.

 

We have been working very hard on recognising and making halves.

We have learned that if something is split in half it is split into two equal parts. If the parts are not split equally it is not a half.

We had some very special Furry visitors today!

 

Today we carried out our science experiment to prove or disprove that silk would make the best parachute.

We tested lots of different materials by dropping the parachutes from the same height and timing how long it took each parachute to reach the ground.

Can you guess from the videos if silk did make the best parachute ?🤔

Please comment by clicking on the title of this blog post and let us know what you think!

 

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Thank you very much to everyone that donated material for our experiment!

Today we prepared our parachutes in groups.

We measured out a square with sides of 20cm. We then cut out the square and punched holes in the corners. It was important to keep the squares all the same size to ensure that the experiment is fair and is reliable.

We then measured our four pieces of string that were 20cm long each. This is what we will use to attach the parachute to our figures next week.

We are so excited to carry out our experiment after the October week. We wonder if our hypothesis will be correct.

In P3a we have been exploring Glasgow and comparing it to Newton Mearns. We have researched famous landmarks and we were really excited when we looked at Kelvingrove Art Museum.

We took part in an art activity where we had to use 2d shapes to form Kelvingrove. After we had drawn the building we then coloured it in using water pencils. We enjoyed using these because you could blend the colours together and create fantastic colours.

We have also created some fantastic pieces of writing related to Kelvingrove. We have been working on using similes, adjectives and alliteration.

Below are our ‘Mystery Writers’ work from this week. Our’ Mystery Writers’ achieved their success criteria and tried very hard to make their writing interesting for the reader. 

     Can you see your work below?

 

 

 

We are very lucky to have access to Sumdog now. Each child in the class has been given their login information to allow them to access Sumdog at home.

For Maths homework this week please practise logging into Sumdog and have a shot of a few maths games.

For Literacy homework this week access a magic e game using the following link:  https://www.fun4thebrain.com/English/magice.html

Please return homework jotters this week to allow us to update them.

In P3a.2 we are carrying out a scientific enquiry. We are carrying out research to prove or disprove our hypothesis that silk will make the best parachute.

To allow us to carry out this experiment we are looking for some scraps of the following materials

silk, cotton and leather

If you have any scraps of these materials we would be very grateful if you could send them in by Thursday the 10th of October.

Below are some pictures of us completing our science enquiry plan.

Today we took part in a 3d structure challenge as part of Maths Week.  The challenge was to build a structure with as many 3d shapes as possible.  We worked very hard in our teams to build structures that had vertices, edges and sides.

Well done for all your hard work this morning p3a!

 

In P3a this week we have been exploring the world of Maths for Maths Week Scotland. We made maths hats in class. To make these hats we had to use ginormous pieces of paper and fold the hats into different shapes like triangles, rectangles and squares. Once we had made our hats we had to decorate them with our Maths Learning Journey so far.