Today as part of STEM Fortnight we went exploring through the Privies looking for Mini Beasts. When got back to class we made some notes of the bugs we found and compared them to our friends. Take a look at what we found!

This week in numeracy we have been learning about Symmetry.

We made Symmetrical patterns using Lego.

We looked online for images that showed symmetry in Nature.

Played games where we had to complete a symmetrical pattern.

Sorted images into Symmetric Shapes and Asymmetric Shapes.

On Wednesday the Primary 4s and 5s visited the Library to meet Scottish Author Janis Mackay. Janis spoke to us about using inspiration and imagination in our writing. She also told us about her award winning novels; Magnus Fin and The Accidental Time Traveller.  After hearing about her stories we had the opportunity to begin our own novel!

Primary 3/4 have just finished their novel, Pugs of the Frozen North. We created a mind map of the key events of the story.  Then we sequenced these events so that we could remember the order of the story.

Louise: “Using this list we made a map.”

Mia: “The map will help us remember what happened in the story even when we have not read the book in a few years.”

Milosz:  “At the start of the lesson I didn’t know that making a map could be such fun!”

Alan: “I need to improve my handwriting.”

Dominik: “I can now explain to somebody else a summary of our story.”

Yesterday our class was very lucky to receive a visit from Pro Judo.

Jack taught us some Judo moves and even some Japanese words!

Mia: “It was fun but at little scary at times.”

Leon: “It was fun and funny because people got flung and I am going start Judo!”

Leon: “The Judo was very awesome and we learned about Japanese words!”

Steven: “I didn’t like it because I got flung on the ground but it didn’t hurt.”

Alexander: “When we were doing the Judo Jack showed me a move where he flipped me onto the mat. I would quite like to do it again. It was a bit frightening.”

Sara: “I liked it when he flipped me down because it was pretty funny.”

Take a look at our beautiful Chinese Dragon! Primary 2/3 and 3/4 worked together to create this masterpiece. This artwork will be submitted to the Inspired Exhibition at the Tannahill centre. We are all so proud of it!

In class we are beginning to learn about Scottish Art. We know that art can be lots of different things, from painting and drawing to singing and dancing. For the next few weeks we will practise different Ceilidh Dances. We have already learned the Virginia Reel! Take a look on SeeSaw for a video of our dancing.

Primary 3/4’s new gym topic is Basketball. We have been practising how to dribble and pass. We’re looking forward to playing some games together!

Primary 3/4 recently visited The Secret Collection @ Paisley Museum. We had so much fun exploring the stores, learning about lots of different things and seeing lots of exciting artefacts. Then we had a very important job to do, we had to help the Museum label artefacts that had got mixed up when they were moved.

My favourite part was…

Sara: “I like everything.”

Leon: “The part we saw the big painting.”

Dominik: “The shark.”

Alan: “When we go and seen the car.”

I learned about …

Szymon: “We learned the museum is very old and the old old bikes and old cars.”

Alan: “How they make stuff like projects.”

Leon: “about the giant stones.”

Next time I go…

Louise: “I want to learn more about the stones.”

Alan: “I want to see the megalodon tooth.”

Julia: “I want to see the Lion.”

Dominik: “Me too.”

Yesterday Primary 3/4 had a visit from Kirsty Grant from TVC.

She worked with children on the topic of Conservation. The children had the opportunity to share their knowledge of animals and animals needs. Then the children made tasty bird feeders. We covered a pinecone in lard, seeds and sultanas. This will give the local birds plenty of energy. The bird feeders were then tied to trees in our playground. Finally, we did some bird watching and made notes on the kinds of birds found around our school.

We all had so much fun and are excited to continue bird watching at our school! Thank you Kirsty for visiting our class! 🙂