Primary 4b stole the limelight on Friday morning as they brought their interests, skills and ambitions to a colourful fore.  The pupils performed a catwalk and displayed their identity collages to the upper school and parent audience. Everyone took part in their own way to present an awesome class assembly.

The pupils have been improving their fitness in P.E and learning how to multi process.  The pupils have also been doing their Daily Mile.

In Numeracy, the boys and girls have been learning about fractions, time and number processes as well as looking for a pattern in problem Solving.  We are nearly all secure with our 2,3,4,5 and 10 x table.

The class have been celebrating the work of Roald Dahl.  On Tuesday 13th September, the class took part in an interactive broadcast.  PuffinLive presented a series of workshops online that the pupils participated in.

In keeping with the theme of Roald Dahl and The BFG, the pupils’ created their first imaginative piece of writing called GiANT LAND.  The boys and girls have enjoyed listening to Mr Thomson read Cliff hanger by Jacqueline Wilson in class.

 

 

Social Studies       Pr.3b May Blog

 

We are enjoying learning about Ancient Egypt.   Our class went on a trip to Kelvingrove Art Galleries and took part in an Egyptian workshop.  During our visit we met a man called Pat who was our tour guide and he knew a lot about Egyptians.  At the handling session we passed round a scarab beetle and had to tell the different between a 5 year and 5 thousand year old shabtis’.

 

I learned that a sarcophagus weighs the same as six buses.   Noah

 

I enjoyed filling in the work sheets .  Andrew

 

I learned that when one of the pharaohs died their bodies were mummified.   Ruby

 

I enjoyed looking round the museum.    Sam

 

I learned that mummies were not mummified at first but that all of their organs were taken out except their heart.     Rory

 

 

 

ICT

 

We have been using 2publish to create posters on the phases of the moon.  Selecting from different styles of poster we can draw, shade and add shape and text to them.

 

I enjoyed making the posters of the moon.   Taha

 

I thought that the moons were hard to make because we had to keep them the same size.    Chloe

 

RME

 

Our class have been learning about different bible stories.  We watched the story of Joseph and used this story to match colours to emotions and feelings.

 

I enjoyed matching the colours.   Sherwan

I learned that Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him and wanted rid of him.    Izaan

 

 

Science

 

Our topic is Sun, Moon and Stars.  In our jotter we recorded the phases of the moon and found out that it takes a month for the moon to move around the earth, there are 8 phases during this time.  Whilst observing the sun, we have been out in the playground drawing round shadows and recording how they change throughout the day.

 

We drew round the pencils in the playground and we checked the shadows which got shorter then bigger again.   Emma

 

We watched the shadows moving.  Judah

 

Art and Design

 

Warm colour blending has been our focus during art.  We used red, orange and yellow paint to colour blend.  When dry, we used charcoal to add pyramids and camels.  This linked our Art skills to our Social Studies Egyptian topic.

 

 

I enjoyed blending the three colours together because it made the colours look really nice.     Iain

 

 

I found it hard to do the colour blending with three colours and would like to try using two colours.    Lucy

 

I enjoyed making the scarab beetles because it was part of our Egyptian topic.   Olivia

 

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Social Studies

Our new topic is ‘The River Clyde’.  The children have shown an interest in finding out about the journey of the river and the bridges that cross it.  They also wanted to know how long the river is and if there were any fish. Through this topic we will be learning the skills of note taking from video clips, the internet and books.  We will also be making our own strong and stable bridges using a variety of materials.

“The river is 109 miles long” Sam

ICT

We have been learning how to make PowerPoints.  We have discovered how to change the colour, font, style and background of each slide.  We have also learned how to copy images from the internet and insert into our PowerPoint slides.  After learning these skills, we will make our own PowerPoints on ‘The River Clyde’.

“I liked looking at images and putting them into my PowerPoint” Finn

“My favourite part is getting the background on”  Iain

RME

The children have been learning about ‘Welcoming a baby in Islam’.  They have found this an interesting topic.

“We have learned that Muslims believe there is only one God” Izaan

“We have learned that we whisper ‘God is great’ in the right ear of the baby” Maya

“We have made invitations to a babies party (Aqiqah)” Phoebe

Science

We have just introduced our new topic ‘Plant Growth’.  The children are very keen to go on a plant search around the school looking at the different plants we have.  We will also be trying to tidy up our planters in the playground.

Drama

The children are really enjoying using different drama techniques.  The skills we are developing are freeze frame, expression, thought tunnel, mime and using their imaginations.

“I like when we get to show the class the freeze frames we do” Olivia

“I like when we do the warm up called ‘rubber chicken’” Noah

Music

The children have been working with a music specialist once a month.  They are learning how to keep the beat through active learning.  They are also learning about rhythm, rhyme and scales.

“We have been learning about the heart beating” Judah

“We have learned the notes ‘Ta Te’” Natalie

We have achieved success in lots of different sports. We have taken responsibility for others and confidently taken part in new challenges.

Well done everyone.

 

Social Studies

During our Financial Education topic we have been learning about money. What we use money for, how to keep money safe and what life would be like if we had no money.  The children have been discussing fundraising and researched various charities including Food4Africa and Yorkhill Children’s Charity.   After looking at familiar logos and slogans they created their own.  They designed posters which will be displayed throughout the school to promote our fundraising event ‘Bring 5, Save 5’.

 

“I enjoyed raising the money for the charities.  I asked people to guess the birthday of a teddy.  It was 50p a shot” Olivia.

 

“I enjoyed making the money boxes” Taha.

 

“Amy and me have been raising money by doing a bake sale” Ruby.

 

 

HWB

The children are focusing on the SHANARRI wheel. Discussing each indicator as a class and thinking about events linked to their own lives.  We remember Rights when talking about SHANARRI and are completing an individual wheel based on our own personal experiences.

 

“For achieving I wrote, when I learned how to ride my bike” Lucy.

 

“All the bits on the Shanarri wheel are different colours” Phoebe.

 

 

ICT

Watching Hectors world, a visit from PC McDowall and through discussions we have been learning how to stay safe online.

 

“We have not to go on Facebook and Instagram and Twitter because some stuff is not for children’s age” Izaan.

 

“On Google safe search you can find out about facts and charities without anything popping” Noah.

 

From this we have safely been using our research skills to find out about different charities.

 

 

Science

In science the class are enjoying learning about sources of energy.  We have been watching clips, asking questions, reading science books and looking at different types of objects.

 

“We have been learning about objects that produce heat and light” Judah.

 

“We have been learning about shadows” Dougal.

 

 

Art and Design

The children have been creating pictures of windy weather scenes and Scottish animals using fine black pens.  Our focus is to teach the visual element of line.

 

“We also drew owls using black line drawing.  I liked how it turned out” Emma

 

“We have been drawing Golden Eagles with our black pen and coloured them in” Rory.

Pr 3b   Class Blog January 2016

Football, cheerleading, swimming, boxing, dancing and gymnastics are some of the sports that our class have achieved success in this month.

Some of us have confidently followed instructions to complete complicated Lego models.

Helping at a Riding School and running a bath for their mum are ways we have shown to be respectful to others.

Social Studies

The children were very enthusiastic about our Local Area topic.  They thoroughly enjoyed the walk around the local area.  Each child had an opportunity to survey a customer or shop keeper and they asked their questions confidently.

 

The children were particularly interested in the history of Giffnock, they enjoyed note taking and comparing old Giffnock with Giffnock today.

 

We studied Lord Rowallan as a person of local historical interest, the children were surprised at how generous he had been gifting Rouken Glen Park to us.

 

 

HWB

Following on from the safety aspect of health we looked at the safe uses of medicine.   This included short and long term use of medicine and conditions that may require medicine.  Children shared personal experience of asthma, eczema and allergies.  The children were excellent at identifying ways to feel better without having to take medicine.  They could also identify ways to keep healthy.

 

 

ICT

During ICT we have been using Beebot linked with direction in numeracy.  The children have an excellent understanding of this and could navigate Beebot competently.

 

Science

The children enjoyed learning about the body.  They can identify the main functions of the skeleton together with major organs.  We measured our heart rate when completing different activities and found that it increased when we did more exercise.

 

The children have had a great term engaging with all areas of the curriculum.  Have a lovely holiday!

 

Primary 3b have achieved a lot of sporting successes. We have improved in our swimming, football, basketball, tennis and gymnastics. We have also become confident and responsible by making the Brownie Promise, being the best behaved at swimming and joining clubs where we don’t know many people.

Well Done.

 

Our class have shown confidence by tackling new sporting challenges at swimming, gymnastics and horse-riding.

We have also been effective learners by reading regularly at home and working on new numeracy skills like adding with carrying.

 

Social Studies

We have started our Local Area topic by discussing what we already know and what we would like to find out about Giffnock.

 

Corey would like to know how many shops there are.

Iain would like to know what the population is.

Phoebe would like to know how many houses there are.

 

The children enjoyed walking round the Local Area looking at the different styles of homes.  They also focused on how the land is used, recycling facilities available and public transport links. Finally they identified and discussed the route taken focusing on left and right turns.

 

‘I was surprised to see how much traffic went through Giffnock.’  Noah

‘I was surprised to notice how few bins there were in Giffnock.’  Chloe

 

 

HWB

Our focus at the moment is safety.  We are looking at the importance of having rules to keep us safe. We will be discussing what we do in an emergency and the people who can help us.

 

 

Expressive Arts

We are still focusing on developing tone and pattern using a range of materials. We used black pens to create a line drawing of ourselves running a mile in the playground.

 

‘I found it a bit difficult to draw myself running.’  Billy

 ‘I enjoyed drawing myself doing a running action.’  Izaan

 

ICT

During ICT we have been using BBC Dance Mat to teach us how to correctly lay our fingers onto the keyboard and type efficiently.  We have really enjoyed using this resource.  We will be moving on to Beebot to link with direction in numeracy.

 

RME

We have been learning about The Good Samaritan through the use of role play and a visit from the Minister. We are developing a good understanding of how to be kind to others.

 

‘I have enjoyed learning our song about kindness.’   Amy

I think after doing our assembly I will treat people differently in the playground and will try to be kind to everyone. ‘    Scott