Term 2, Week One
Primary 3/4 Weekly Round-Up
✏️ Literacy & Spelling
This term we’ve moved on to a new writing focus: vocabulary. Our first area is adjectives – describing words. To get us started, we created our own slime monster pictures and wrote fantastic descriptions using lots of interesting adjectives to bring our monsters to life!
🔢 Maths
We began the term by recapping place value with a fun skeleton hunt around the classroom. We also started exploring symmetry, learning how to identify when something is symmetrical and what makes it balanced. The children then created their own symmetrical skeletons, showing great creativity and accuracy!
We also revisited our addition and subtraction skills, which we’ll continue to build on throughout this term.
🌱 Topic – Forces and Energy
Our new topic for Term 2 is Forces and Energy. We kicked things off by exploring magnets and investigating what materials they attract. We then used our new knowledge to create our own flying ghosts, learning how magnets can cause movement without direct contact — a very spooky science start! 👻
🏰 Visit to the P5/6/7 “Museum of Life in Medieval Scotland”
This week, Primary 3/4 were invited to visit the P5/6/7 Museum of Life in Medieval Scotland. The older pupils had transformed their classroom into a fantastic museum space, filled with exhibits, artefacts, and information displays.
Our class loved exploring and learning from their peers about what life was like in Medieval Scotland. They discovered fascinating facts about food, fashion, housing, and daily life, as well as many other interesting details from the past.
It was wonderful to see the children so engaged, asking questions, and showing curiosity about history — and to see the older pupils confidently sharing their knowledge. Everyone came away inspired and impressed by the amazing work P5/6/7 had created!
🌼 Visit from the Botanic Gardens
On Friday morning, Primary 2/3/4 the Botanic Gardens came to Cunningsburgh School! The visit was full of imagination and storytelling as the children took part in an adventure to help Heather, a girl who had become lost in the forest.
Working together, the children explored the gardens, searching for natural items to help them retell Heather’s story. Along the way, they discovered clues and met mythical creatures, all while hunting for some very special magic yellow flowers that would help Heather find her way home.
The class showed brilliant teamwork, curiosity, and creativity as they explored, listened, and shared ideas. It was a fantastic opportunity to connect storytelling with nature, and the children had so much fun immersing themselves in this magical learning experience.
