James received a medal for swimming 100m. He brought it in to show the class and we were all very proud of his achievement! Well done James!
Category: Achievements
Beebots in 4b
Primary 4b have been learning about directions and grids in Numeracy. We programmed the Beebots to follow directions around the mat, it was great fun! 
Cian’s team won Team of the Year in Irish Football! Well done Cian!
A busy week in P4a!
Primary 4a are enjoying taking part in the First Minister’s Reading Challenge and have created a bar chart to keep a record of how many books they have read. They participated in Drop It and Read last week for Book Week. When they heard the whistle go off in class they stopped what they were doing and read their private reading books.
We are taking part in The Hour of Code and to launch this Mrs Neil introduced us to some very exciting coding websites. Primary 4a are extremely talented and writing their own games and activities using different coding software. Use the links on Glow to show off your coding skills at home too!
Chloe brought in her world record attempt for tap to show the class. A very well deserved certificate!
P4b Achievements
Take a look at what P3b have been doing!
Our Local Area Study
Library Visit
Last week we spent Thursday afternoon exploring our local area. We walked to Giffnock library and explored it as an interesting place in our community.
It was a beautiful afternoon and everyone really enjoyed themselves. We learned about different ways we could use our local library. We then chose a book each and took it back to school to read.
“I liked seeing the old newspapers, in the library, because they were from a long time ago. This was cool! I liked being able to chose my own book.” – Will
“I liked seeing all the books in their order. I also liked seeing the big machine and what it was used for. I liked having some quiet time to look at all the different types of books.” – Holly
Traffic Survey
Last week, we spent some time observing the traffic outside our school. We made some predictions about the types of traffic there would be. We then made a survey grid with the different types of transport. Using tally marks, we recorded how many cars, buses, bicycles, vans and lorries we saw.
We were shocked to see a lot of cars and not one single bicycle.
“We were trying to see how many vehicles we could spot. We saw lots of cars and a couple of buses. We didn’t see any bicycles. I thought this activity was lots of fun because we had to use our maths skills too and I quite like maths.” – Cara
“We spotted cars, vans, buses and lorries. We didn’t see any bikes or even people walking. I liked spotting all the cars moving. I liked doing this activity outside because it was different and fun.” – Conor
Science – Germs & Diseases
We started a new topic in science. Last week, we did some brainstorming about what common diseases are. We did some pictures of what kinds of diseases we know about.
We are going to be finding out about the symptoms of some common diseases caused by germs. We will discuss how their are spread and we will explore some methods of preventing and treating them.
“We were doing pictures about some diseases and their effects on humans. We knew about the flu, the cold and chicken pox. I liked drawing the wee person in the middle and writing some of the diseases we knew.” – Cameron
“We were writing the diseases that we have had and talking about how germs caused them. I liked colouring the poster to make it look nice and then drawing the germs.” – Leo
Creative Talents
We have been very proud this term of our flourishing talents.
Joe worked very hard to create a pencil case with many different, impressive components. Well done Joe.
Elsa and Penny worked hard together writing a poem. They selected the subject themselves and created three wonderful rhyming verses. Well done girls.
Science Centre Trip – Tuesday 5th June
Next week, we are going on a school trip to the Science Centre in Glasgow.
Can everyone please be reminded that all pupils must wear their school uniform. This is so they can be easily identified as there will be lots of other school children there.
Everyone needs to bring a small bag for their packed lunch and water bottle.
NO money is required as there will not be an opportunity to spend it.
Thank you.
Primary 3c
Gardening
Have a look below at us planting vegetables in our outdoor garden.
Achievements
Well Done to lots of our pupils in Primary 3c who have been awarded with certificates and medals for a variety of their hobbies outside of school! We are so proud of all of these amazing achievements!
P3d Share Their Projects
Check out P3d’s Blog!
P3d presented their amazing projects on their chosen aspect of the Celts topic. The children have worked really hard researching and developing their investigative skills and should be extremely proud of themselves.
Eva-Grace said, “I liked learning about the Celts and how they made their houses and clothes.”
“The Celts topic was interesting. I put a lot of effort into making my powerpoint but I really enjoyed it.” said Eamon.
“I felt really pleased with the Celtic house that I made.” Matthew said.
P3b Present their research projects!
Primary 3b have been very busy! Last term they learned all about The Celts.
As part of their homework research task they selected an aspect of Celtic life in the past and by using historical evidence, they produced some amazing pieces of evidence.
Some boys and girls choose to make Power Points about Celtic food, homes, weapons and even Law and order in Celtic times. Some of them made models of swords, shields and roundhouses. Others made fact files and posters. The pupils very much enjoyed showing off their projects and worked very hard on their presenting skills.
They loved comparing aspects of Celtic life to modern day life and contributing to many discussions around this. They found out some amazing facts and really enjoyed sharing them with the class.
P3b have done some wonderfully impressive research and investigation and they have really learned from one another’s presentations.
Well done P3b, very impressive work.
P3 Stage Mass
Primary 3 would like to say a big Thank you to their families and friends who came along to celebrate their stage Mass today.
It was a very special afternoon for them. We are very proud of you Primary 3.
Designing Magnetic Games
Check out P3d’s Blog. Over the last number of weeks P3d have been investigating forces on magnetic and non-magnetic items. We worked together in small groups at a variety of Stations to learn about magnets.
From there we progressed to designing magnetic games. We had to decide on what type of game we wanted to create and then decide on the materials that would be needed. We wrote out instructions so that other groups would know how to play our games.
We are really pleased with our finished games!
