Category Archives: Primary 3

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Commonwealth Golden Time

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Easter Carmuirs have been doing sports on a Friday for golden time. Each class gets to choose with activity they would like and at about 2.15pm we go to the teacher that offered to do that activity then the teacher takes us to the place the activity is being held. Some of the activities were rounders, athletics , gymnastics and Boxercise We were trying to base some of the sports on the Commonwealth Games. We were doing something called Bikeability. Bikeability is when a man comes in and teaches you how to ride your bike properly. We have been doing all of this for a couple of weeks because it is coming up to the Commonwealth.

By Emma C

P5/6

Active Learning, active schools, Citizenship, Events, FalkirksGoingForGlasgow, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5/6, Primary 6/7, Primary 7, Success, Wider Achievement

Easter Carmuirs is Going for Glasgow!

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Easter Carmuirs have been completing a whole school project on the Commonwealth Games from January this year. As part of our Golden Time programme, the pupils have had the opportunity to try over 13 different sports ranging from ten pin bowling to softball. These have been running on a 4 weekly rotation and have proved to be a popular choice for pupils of all ages.

In individual classes, pupils have been completing personal projects; Primary 6/7 chose either Trinidad and Tobago or the Bahamas and researched the geography and culture. Primary 5/6 researched a Commonwealth country of their choice and completed a project about the athletes coming to Glasgow this summer. Primary 4 created their own mascots for Glasgow 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter Carmuirs have also developed a Global Citizenship link with a school in Trinidad and Tobago. Mayaro Government Primary is a large school of 493 students, with a former student, Cleopatra Borel-Brown, representing the island in the Shot Putt event. We are currently developing this link with the pupils exchanging emails and letters. We plan to complete a joint project on leather back turtles on the island, Operation Trinidad, in association with Gillian Simpson from Zoolab.

 

 

 

 

 

Our Commonwealth Sports Day was a huge success! We had a great turn out from parents and invited guests, including Provost Pat Reid, Mr Webster from Falkirk High School and Yvonne McBlain. All pupils were involved in the preparation for this event, creating flags and banners to lead their house onto the field. Everyone performed fantastically, and in the end, Antonine were announced as winners, their trophy was presented to them by Provost Reid.

We have had pupils competing in a variety of sport festivals and tournaments this year. They had a great time at the Netball, Rugby and Athletics Festivals, the P7s enjoyed their Commonwealth Games at Grangemouth Stadium and some P5 and P6 pupils took part in a Triathlon event at Grangemouth High School. These events have been a great opportunity for our pupils, who have all behaved well and have been a credit to Easter Carmuirs.

Our Going for Glasgow project has been a fantastic opportunity for us to learn about the history of the Games and the countries involved in the Commonwealth. We have had so many great opportunities to take part in new sports and activities, allowing us to discover what Falkirk has to offer! We can’t wait to continue these sports as we enter a new term in August!

Primary 3, Space

Primary 3 Aliens

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We made aliens.  Everyone made a different one.  First we tried 3 different designs on a bit of scrap paper, to see which one we liked the most.  Then we made them really big, we coloured them in with chunky pens.  Have a look at our amazing aliens, which one is your favourite? Maybe you could try to make one at home.

Eco, Outdoor Learning, Primary 3, science, Uncategorized

Rain Gauges Update

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We checked on our rain gauges again today.  In the eco pod there was 300mls of rain in our gauge. 

In the quiet area and outside Miss McAulay’s office there was 200mls of rain. 

We discussed why there was more rain in the eco pod.  We thought it might be because there was less shelter in the eco pod.  The rain here usually falls sideways so it might be hitting the buildings.  We also thought someone might have tipped a little water out.  We are going to ask that nobody touches our rain gauges over the next few weeks.

The great news is that they did have water in them, the pen was still on the side of the bottles and they hadn’t tipped over even though it was really windy at the weekend.

Outdoor Learning, Primary 3, science

P3 Rain Gauges

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We made rain gauges in class.  We go 3 bottles and cut them in half.  We put stones in the bottom so the bottles don’t blow away.  We turned the top around and put inside the bottom, like a funnel.   We made a scale on the side of the bottle using pen and tape.

We put gauges outside, one in the eco pod, one in the quiet area and one outside Miss McAulay’s office.  We are worried the pen might rub off, the bottles might blow away or the rain might over flow.  We will check on our experiment everyday to make everything is ok. 

We checked on our gauges today.  There was no water because it hadn’t rained yet.  We think it might rain at the weekend and we will have some water in our gauges next week. 

health, Primary 3

Health Week

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We have been enjoying health week in Primary 3.

We had talks about toothbrushing and handwashing.  We found out that haribos have 3 tubs of sugar in them.  We have to brush all of our teeth, twice a day, especially the back ones.  We learnt how to wash our hands properly.  We have to wash our hands after we have touched animals, after we have been to the toilet, after playing outside, after coughing or sneezing and before eating.

We tried taekwondo and karate.  \we learned all different kinds of kicks and punches.  We also tried some blocking moves.  We tried to flying kicks, they were fantastic fun.

We did some dancing.  We all did our best hip hop moves.  We did basketball dancing and boxing dancing.  The dancing was awesome.

We had a football training session.  We dribbled around the cones.  We had to walk backwards around the cones.  Then we all played a real game of football.    It was brilliant.

Health week is excellent fun!

Primary 3, science

Our Evaporation Experiment

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This is our evaporation experiment.  It is a glass of water; we leave on a sunny windowsill all the time.  The water has been turned green with food colouring.  Every week we check the level of the water.  We draw a circle around where the water is.  Each week the water goes down a little bit, it is evaporating.

Our topic is weather so we have learning about the water cycle.  Evaporation is an important part of the water cycle.

We are going to leave it for the whole of the October holidays to see what happens!

Primary 3, RME

P3 RME

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In RME we have been learning about Spring and New Life. We went for a walk in the playground to look for signs of Spring. We found a blossom tree, buds starting to grow on trees, flowers growing in the quiet area, daffodils, a bee collecting nectar from a flower, a butterfly, new trees starting to grow and new grass growing.