Author: Mrs McPherson

Today we looked at time. It is the first time we have looked at in it P3 and Miss McGregor was very impressed. We learned how to tell o’clock and half past on an analogue clock. We made our own times on small clocks and then we each drew a clock outside to make either an o’clock time or half past.

Here are some of the facts that we found out.

We also looked at quarter to and quarter past. We know that the clock face is a circle and can be split into quarters-Kyle and Violet

Miss McGregor was very amazed because we could all do our time very well- Alfie

Time is very easy-Hannah

Learning time was really fun-Robyn

Time is important-Jenna

Now we know that 60 seconds are in 1 minute and 60 seconds is one hour-Calum Grant

We know that there are 24 hours in 1 day-Harris

AM is the mornings and PM is the afternoon-Ashton

We know our time really well-Calum Houston

You cab get an analogue clock and a digital clock-Calum Stewart

The hands on a clock change the time-Elliot

Have a look at out lovely photographs

In maths we have been working on subtraction chimney sums. They were a bit more difficult this time because we had to exchange. This is when we have to take a bigger number from a smaller number in the units column. We can’t do this so we need to exchange 1 ten for 10 units. We have been working on the sums on paper, the smart board and outside using chalk. We are getting better at them each time and we are looking forward to doing some more of these sums next week.

It was hard setting the sums out-Calum H

We all enjoyed it-Kyle

It was tricky at first but then we managed to do it-Hannah

It was fun-Jaeden

You had to exchange the number and change the ten number-Robyn

It was very confusing at first-Christie

Some of us made silly mistakes with the answers so we need to work on our take away sums-Aaron

Now we know subtractions with exchanging-Paul

We managed to do all the sums-Eva

I feel happy because we got it right-Alfie

Here are the sums we did outside.

Today was special day because there was an eclipse. This is when the moon travels in front of the sun blocking some of the sunlight. It was very cloudy today so we didn’t go outside but we got to watch it on the IWB. This let us see it very clear and we were able to watch the full eclipse.

It was great fun; I have never seen anything like that-Joey

It was interesting-Aaron

It changed colours-Harris

It went small and big-Calum G

It looked really cool-Calum S

It was history-Alfie

It was amazing when the moon went in front of the sun-Calum H

The shape looked like a toe nail-Ashton

It lit up-Paul

The colours were purple, white, red and pink-Robyn

We have been learning all about infrmation handling in P3. We have looked at differnet types of graphs and how we can use them to sort information. Here is a Venn diagram that P3 created on the IWB about the length of out names. We put all the anmes with less than 5 letters in ths circle and all the names with not less than 5 letters in the square, this part is called the universe.

We have been learning all about medicine and staying healthy.

Medicine stops you feeling unwell. It comes in different flavours. Your doctor will give you a prescription that you take to the pharmacy for your medicine, although some medicines can be bought from a chemist or supermarket.

Always take the correct dosage of medicine (dosage means the amount that you have to take and how often that you have to take it).

We know that medicine is a drug that a doctor gives you-Alfie

Don’t say that you need medicine if your not unwell-Joey

We know that we must stay healthy-Jenna

We might get medicine if we are unwell-Kyle

Medicine can be tablets, liquids, creams or sprays-Paul

You must read the label on medicine-Jaeden

Some medicines might look like sweets-Eva

Don’t drink medicines when you are fine-Elle

If you drink medicine when you’re not well you might get worse-Calum H

Don’t take adults pills-Ashton

Make sure you take the right amount at the right time-Melanie Grace

If your really unwell you have to go to the hospital-Abigail

Read how much you have to take before you take any-Hannah

If it looks like a sweet and you don’t know what it is then don’t take it-Violet

If you take too much you might become unwell-Aaron

We loved red nose day in Primary 3. We got to paint our faces funny for money; Eva got to paint Miss McGregor’s face. Some other children painted Mrs McLaren’s face and the dinner ladies. Everyone looked great.

After our assembly we got to make red nose faces on paper plates. They were bright red with glitter and they look amazing.

We really enjoyed the bake sale and hope that we have raised a lot of money.

Today was P3s Assembly. It was fantastic. We have been working really hard over the last 2 weeks to learn our word and songs. Some of us had costumes to wear and they looked really good. Miss McGregor very proud of us all as we worked so hard. We hope you all enjoyed our assembly and learned something from us.

We have been learning about fractions. A fraction is an equal part of a shape, a number, a thing or a group. We know how to get a half and a quarter. There is a trick to finding a quarter you half it then half it again.

We looked at tenths, to find a tenth you divide by 10. Each part must be equal.

We also put fractions on a number line. We did this with halves and quarters, this was a bit tricky to do.

Some of us find it easier to work out fractions of shapes while the rest of us found it easier to work out fractions of numbers.

We have been very busy bees in Primary 3. We got an exciting letter from Percy the Pigeon; he was looking for a new home. We all wrote letters back to Percy with ideas for a new home for him.

Then last week Mrs Woodward gave us a challenge. She asked us to find a home for the birdhouse in the school garden. We investigated and explored the garden and came up with 3 suggestions. We then wrote another letter to Mrs Woodward with our suggestions. Today we received a reply from Mrs Woodward and she thought our second suggestion, which was at the top of the stairs in the infant’s playground, was the best.

We asked Mr Mason, the janitor, to help us and we took the birdhouse outside and placed it in its new home.

We are going to put bird seed in the birdhouse for all the local birds and Percy. –Violet

We have learned how to explore the playground and find the bets place for the birdhouse. The top of the stairs is good because no children can get near the birdhouse. –Jenna

We put the birdhouse beside the mud so Percy can eat worms. –Paul

We learned what birds like and what they dodn’t like. They don’t like cats and they like being near worms. –Hannah

We learned how to write a letter. –Calum S

You need to put a letter on an envelope. –Katelyn

You need to write who the letter is for and their address on the envelope. –Aaraa and Elliot

You need to put a stamp on the envelope.- Abigail

You need to write your address at the top right hand corner of your letter. –Harris

The postman or postwoman will deliver your letter. –Christe

Have a look at the birdhouse in its new home. Please respect the birdhouse and the birds that visit it.

We are very lucky in P3 to have had another visitor in our class. Mr Ross came in to see us all and told us about life as a postman. He even left us a gift, we don’t want to give away too much though as we will share what we found out in our class assembly. Have a look at our photographs to see what Mr Ross gave us.

Thank you for sharing with us Mr Ross.