We had a special visit from the police this week.

They had a very important message for us and it was all about staying safe around fireworks.

Primary 3 were excellent at answering their questions and even asked the police officers some very important questions too.

Well done P3, and remember to stay

Here is a little look at some of the learning we will be doing this term!

Term-2-curriculum-map[1]

Primary 3 had a visit from Active schools last week. They took part in some a letter scavenger hunt outside.

Have a look at some of the fun they had!

Today we continued our numeracy topic of measure. We used jugs and beakers to measure different volumes in millilitres.  We had to check what intervals were on the different jugs as some counted up in 5’s but others were 10 and 20  Intervals.

Today for p.e the class were in teams to complete an obstacle course.  The wind was blowing the balls away which  made everyone laugh 😆

Yesterday P3 had gym on the MUGA. They were in teams and had to follow instructions to complete the obstacle course safely. The first team to have everyone back won.
They realised that if they were not paying attention that they were missing their turn and keeping the team back. Other things which used up unnecessary time included people chatting, not returning the hockey stick for the next person and some people trying to have an extra turn.

P3 were learning about a new reading strategy this  morning known as skimming and scanning.

They thought this reading strategy would be useful to use when they were searching a dictionary, looking for a name or looking for something on a list.

They used the strategy by looking at the first letter of the word they were searching for and by looking at the length of the word.

Here are some pictures of them working on using their new strategy.

I hope you are all planning a relaxing and restful October week.

Here is an opportunity to  try some delicious vegetarian food throughout the October Week!

we picked wild blackberries In the school garden to make jam. Mrs Dunnet will take the berries home to make the jam on her cooker and we will use it to make empire biscuits tomorrow.

Here is the recipe :

• wash blackberries
• weigh the blackberries and then weigh the same amount of preserving jam
• mix the berries and jam in a big pot
• squeeze in the juice of one lemon – it’s ok if the pips go in as this helps the jam to set
• put the heat on low and stir until the sugar is runny
• once the sugar is runny, turn the heat up high
• when the mixture starts to boil, turn the heat down to the lowest setting and continue to stir for around 15 minutes
• mash the mixture to remove most of the lumps
• use a ladle to pour the jam mixture into clean, cold jars
• put into the fridge an enjoy when cold/set

please do not allow children to make jam by themselves as the mixture becomes extremely hot and will stick to the skin

Have a little look at some more of the learning we have been doing outdoors!