Primary 3a Wallacewell Primary

This week in P3A, our learning has been all about Spring and Easter.

Literacy

In literacy, we continued practising how to add -s and -es to words to make plurals. We also worked on identifying key words to help us find answers during comprehension activities. To finish the week, we used our listening skills to learn all about Easter before sequencing the Easter story.

Maths

In maths, we have been learning about heavy and light, as well as exploring what we can use to measure weight. We also focused on a range of multiplication and division strategies throughout the week.

Other Learning

We have been very busy practising for our Easter showcase, and there is certainly lots to remember. Many of the children have already learned their lines and song words, which is fantastic. Please continue to practise these at home if you can.

The children also created beautiful spring flowers using shape and colour and enjoyed learning about Easter traditions in France. We also had our final couple of sessions with the football coach, who has been amazing.

Finally, I have been so impressed by all the wonderful and creative Easter bonnets the children have been bringing in—they look amazing! The children will be showcasing these at our Easter show, so if your child has not brought theirs in yet, please send it in on Monday or Tuesday.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support.

This week in P3A we have had a fantastic time and have begun practising for our Easter Showcase.

Literacy
In literacy this week, we learned when to use “a” and “an.” We also continued reading our class novel and wrote Easter acrostic poems. During our discussions, we talked about the meaning of Easter and realised that it is not only about chocolate eggs. We are excited to share some of our wonderful poems at our showcase.

Maths
In maths, we have been learning about measuring in metres and practising simple conversions between centimetres and metres. We also explored why being able to round numbers can be helpful and practised rounding two- and three-digit numbers to the nearest 10.

Other Learning
Our focus for the next few weeks is Easter, as we prepare for our showcase. We started by learning about Ash Wednesday and why people give up certain foods for Lent. In art, we learned how to blend using chalk pastels and created silhouette cross pictures.

Everyone has now been allocated their parts in the Easter showcase, and we have been busy practising our songs and lines.

We began this week learning about Chinese New Year, exploring how it is celebrated and the different traditions associated with it. We were lucky to have some visitors who helped us make traditional Chinese lanterns and taught us how to write the word ‘spring’ in Chinese.

Literacy
In Literacy, we read the next chapter of our class novel and answered comprehension questions to show our understanding of the text. We also continued working on using ambitious adjectives. In writing, we created a fact file about a rainforest animal, focusing on presenting information clearly.

Maths
In Maths, we learned how to measure accurately using a ruler and developed our estimation skills. During numeracy sessions, we revisited and practised different subtraction strategies.

Other Learning
As part of our topic work, we discussed rainforest food chains and identified animals at the top and bottom of the chain. We also enjoyed exploring the new activities in our creative play area, especially the colourful collage macaws that many of us have begun to create.

We had a short week, but we still managed to fit in lots of fun learning!

Literacy
In literacy, we read the next chapter of our class novel and answered comprehension questions to show our understanding of the text.

Maths
In maths, we continued our work on measuring. We learned about the different units used to measure length and how to correctly use a ruler to measure objects. Everyone did a fantastic job with this.

Other Learning
We continued our new topic on rainforests, learning about the different layers and the animals that live in each one.

Diversity Day
Today we discussed diversity and talked about what makes each of us unique and special. We also learned about Ramadan and created colourful lanterns, which look wonderful displayed on our classroom windows.

This week, we were excited to begin our new topic on Rainforests, and we are really looking forward to learning all about them.

Literacy

In Literacy, we read the first chapter of our class novel The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark. We used the text to create a visualisation of the setting through detailed drawings. We also focused on using more ambitious adjectives in our work and completed our final piece of persuasive writing.

Maths

In Maths, we finished our fractions topic by identifying and showing mixed number fractions, which include both wholes and parts. We then started our new measuring topic by learning about length. We discussed which units of measure would be most appropriate for different objects depending on their size.

Other Learning

As part of our topic work, we have began The Rainforest. We began by sharing what we already knew, then learned what rainforests are and where they can be found around the world.

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This week, we finished our Scotland topic and had the exciting opportunity to see and hold some fascinating animals.

Literacy
In literacy, we continued working on persuasive writing. We also created a fact file all about Highland cows and completed activities linked to our reading books.

Maths
In maths, we continued learning about fractions and practised addition and subtraction using number lines.

Other Learning
We enjoyed a visit from Zoolab, who brought a variety of animals for us to meet, including a bearded dragon, a tarantula and a snake. We also created colourful Highland cow artwork inspired by the Scottish artist Steven Brown.

This week, we continued working on our Scottish topic and completed our learning in our snapshot jotters.

Literacy
In literacy, we focused on improving our understanding of common and proper nouns and continued developing our persuasive writing skills. We also explored the poem The Sair Finger by Walter Wingate and discussed the Scots language used within the poem.

Maths
In maths, we moved on to finding fractions of an amount and revised our knowledge of different multiplication strategies.

Other Learning
We learned how to draw in the style of the famous Scottish artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh, discussed the qualities we think are most important in a friend, and learned about different Scottish musical instruments.

This week, we continued exploring our Scottish topic and enjoyed demonstrating our spelling skills during our Open Afternoon.

Literacy
At the start of the week, we learned about and identified common and proper nouns. We also began our new writing genre, persuasive writing. To finish the week, we created a fact file about the famous Scottish architect and designer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Maths
In maths, we continued our learning on fractions by naming and comparing fractions. We have also been practising using number lines and are now solving more challenging calculations.

Other
We completed our kilts this week, which are looking fantastic, and they are now displayed for everyone to see.

Week 2

This week we began our new topic on Scotland. We identified the eight Scottish cities on a map and learned some fascinating facts about Loch Ness.

Literacy
In literacy, we focused on making predictions before starting our new class novel. We also worked on identifying the difference between fact and opinion.

Maths
In maths, we started our learning on fractions. We explored how to make and identify halves and quarters.

Other Learning
This week, we enjoyed spending time in the creative play area playing Auld Lang Syne on the glockenspiel, matching Scottish landmarks, and making our own Nessie models. We also began creating our own Scottish kilts using paper weaving techniques.