Henri Matisse Art
Ancient Egypt
Hope you all had a lovely long weekend.
We have continued to be very busy in primary 3 in particular learning about Ancient Egypt! We have been learning about Tutankhamum, the Mummy’s Curse and we have been using our ICT skills to research some facts about the Egyptian Gods.
“I really enjoyed learning about what the different Gods did,” said Olivia.
“I really liked writing the facts I learned on post it notes,” said Natalie.
“I learned that some Gods had the same father,” said Toby
“I used the Google search engine to research the information I needed,” said Aimee.
We have been learning all about Hieroglyphics – The Egyptian alphabet. We wrote secret messages to share with others.
During art we have been designing Tutankhamun’s mask using line drawings and adding in lots of detail.
“I have enjoyed creating our own classroom pyramid mixing paint to develop tones and shades,” said Riley.
“I am looking forward to learning about how they made the blocks for the pyramids,” said Bailey.
We still have lots to learn about Ancient Egypt and we are all looking forward to learning more in the class. I know that everyone has been working very hard on their own Egyptian project and I look forward to the completed projects being returned on the 10th March. In class we will be making mummified cats and if possible please send in a full size Pringle container for your child to use in class.
This term and next we will be junk modelling and I would appreciate any clean recycling tubs, containers, cardboard boxes (not too big) that pupils could use in class as part of their model. This junk modelling is part of our STEM project in P3. More information on this will follow.
Learning about Henri Matisse in P3!
Happy New Year and welcome back!
We have been learning about the French artist Henri Matisse. We looked at his famous painting ‘Vase of Flowers’ and have been creating our own ‘Vase of Flowers’ using pastels. Photos of our creations will follow shortly!
In maths we have been learning about the importance of standard units of measure including centimetres, metres, litres, millilitres, kilograms and grams. We have been measuring different items using rulers and have been estimating the lengths of different things around our classroom. It would be great if you could continue the learning at home and talk about the length of different things around your home. We are still focusing on learning our 3 and 6 times tables. Lots of pupils have been impressing everyone with their knowledge of the 8 and 9 times tables. Well done!
All pupils in P3 who entered our ‘Crocodile’ Burns competition poem did an outstanding job. Judging was very difficult and I encourage all pupils who entered to enter again in P4. Thank you very much for all your hard effort!
Our topic this term is Egyptians and we will be researching and learning lots of new things about Egyptian way of life. Homework has been issued and mini fact files are due to be handed in on the 10th March.
Gym days in P3 this term remain on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Thank you for your continued support.
