Monthly Archives: April 2020

🌈 PRIMARY 3 RECOGNITION BOARD 🏆

🌈 PRIMARY 3 RECOGNITION BOARD 🏆

Lots of great work and achievements in Primary  3. Thank you for continuing to work, play and learn at home! Here are just a few of them!

 A rainbow in French from Ailsa!

A celebration of Earth  Day  and information about bees from Munro.

 A heartfelt thank you from Ethan.

 

Work on symmetry from Camilla-Belle.

Common Words work by Adam.

Multiplication work from Lucy.

Matilda has been working on multiplication too.

Zac and Lucy can go their bikes all by themselves and Jessica cycled 8 miles with her Dad.

Matthew and his mum have been reading ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and learning about money by shopping and reading the till receipt.

Happy Belated Birthday to Lily and Mikey!

Lily, you share a birthday with my Dad and nephew so I will remember your date easily.  Mikey, apart from me, you  are the only April birthday in our class! ( There are a few years between us though! )  I hope you enjoyed your special days! Thinking of you both!

Well done to everyone else who is working, playing and learning on and offline! I know there isn’t always time to post, but I know you are also doing well! Take care. Missing you all, Ms Short .

RAINBOWS

Primary 3 have been making rainbows to remind us that although we have to be apart just now we are still together.

Here are some of our rainbows.

EARTH DAY – RECYCLE AN OLD BOTTLE TO MAKE A SHAKER FOR THURSDAY

I was putting up a message about Earth Day on Google Classroom so thought that I would post it here too in case some people look at the Blog more often. Basically appreciate our wonderful planet is the task for the day.  Lots of ideas online. Here is what I put on Google Classroom.

Hi Everyone,

I was just googling something and discovered that it is ‘Earth Day’ today. I think some of you are already making a difference to the environment with gardens, butterflies and birdboxes and Earth Day is a day to take some time to appreciate the world around us. It is a beautiful day so if you can get out and enjoy it.

If you are looking for something different to do on Earth Day you could start by just playing today’s little google video which is above the google sign. I think you know what it is. There is always one when you google.

There are also loads of activities online like making a shaker by recycling an old plastic bottle. You could decorate the shaker with permanent pens, paper or ribbons and use it on Thursday to make some noise for our key workers and carers. Try out small amounts of different objects to see what makes a noise you like. You could use little stones, rice, lentils or tiny toys. Remember you can take the shaker apart again and get your toys back. There are other activities which you would need an adult to help with like making wind chimes for your garden or veranda out of recycled tin cans. As always, check with an adult before you start making something.

Taking a walk or riding a bike are good Earth Day activities.

Listen to the buzzing bees and birds from your window or in your garden.

If you are having a lazy day, you could just try to go without using any electricity for an hour which is what people try to do on Earth hour each year.

Draw a poster for Earth Day and put it in your window beside your rainbow.

Help with the recycling today.

Here is just one link I found with ideas:

https://tinkerlab.com/fifty-earth-day-activities/.

Have a nice day, Ms Short. 🐝 (If you look closely, I think that is a bee.)

Earth Day
Recycling

Shaker
You will need:
• a clean empty plastic bottle with a lid
• a handful of small objects which will make a noise in the bottle e.g. small pasta, lentils, beads, seeds, small stones etc
• Pens, paper, glue, sequins, ribbon to decorate
• Sellotape

1. Make sure your bottle is clean and dry inside.
2. Put the small objects you have chosen inside and put on the lid.
3. Shake the bottle to check if you are happy with the noise.
4. Use different objects or add more or less until you are happy with the noise.
5. Secure the lid by screwing it on and adding Sellotape if you think it needs it.
6. Decorate your bottle by drawing on it, tying ribbons around the neck or sticking things on it.
7. Post a picture if you can or shake on Thursday!

Decorating Ideas Below:

 

Listening out for you on Thursday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiplication Primary 3 Learning At Home 2020

Lots of people working hard to understand multiplication. We started with sets and repeated addition and then went on to arrays. Learning the times tables and understanding how they relate to sets is our goal, but everyone needs to get there at their own pace.

Here is some of the work people have been doing.

 Ailsa has been drawing sets.

Adam has been counting up in 2s.

Matilda has been doing repeated addition and counting in 2s.

All of these things will help you to learn your tables. Keep them up!

Butterflies and Bees 2 Linking the Learning

I can’t wait to find out what kind of butterflies Matilda is going to have when her caterpillars change. I thought I would just remind everyone how our learning links up.  We can actually use butterflies in lots of areas of learning. Here are a few:

Lily researched and made a diagram of a butterfly life cycle at home:

Well done, Lily.

We learned about blue morpho butterflies through our Amazon topic and saw some on our Amazonia trip. This photo shows the underside.

This is the other side of the blue morpho butterfly:

People observed butterflies and drew them in Art. Chloe, Neive and Lucy drew these blue morpho butterflies:

We used butterflies to explore symmetry in maths.     

 

Now we can look out for butterflies here in Scotland and research the different ones we see.

Butterflies and Bees Learning At Home in April 2020

Hi Everyone,

Lots of amazing learning going on as usual and lots of wonderful achievements. It is hard to choose what to post but, since we have had such lovely weather today, I am going to start with signs of Spring.

Grace’s Bees and Birds garden started us off on a ‘nature’ theme so keep looking out for any signs of Spring and let us know what you see.

Grace’s garden

The theme has continued with Matilda being sent some caterpillars which she is going to look after until they become butterflies. Matilda’s caterpillars.

I spotted some peacock butterflies in my garden just before Matilda told us about her caterpillars.  This is a peacock butterfly:

We will need to wait to see what kind of butterflies Matilda’s caterpillars become. I can’t wait!

Ailsa and her family built a birdbox and left out some materials that robins could use to build a nest.

The bird box does have birds nesting in it, but not robins which look like this:

Ailsa’s birdbox has blue tits nesting in it. They look like this when they are fully grown:

More tomorrow.

Amazon Rainforest Mini-Keeper

In February we went on a trip to Amazonia, but unfortunately Faith couldn’t make it.

Luckily, although she couldn’t go with our class, she got to spend a day as a mini-keeper at Amazonia instead. She learned loads, had a great time and was really proud of her achievement.  Well done, Faith.

 

Sorry it has taken me so long to post this Faith. It was because the class computer wasn’t working too well.

Welcome Back!

Hello Everyone,

I hope you all had a good break and are safe and well.  Listening out for you on Thursdays at 8 o’clock. Our street is getting louder and louder each time and I can definitely hear a lot of noise from over at Maxi.

Looking forward to hearing from you through Google Classroom. Looking at the sunshine outside, this looks like a great day for outdoor learning or just relaxing.  I have spotted a couple of butterflies and huge bees even in my  very small garden. Let me know if you have spotted any signs of Spring in your garden, on a walk or in the fields if you have to drive somewhere.

This is the kind of butterfly I spotted:

Peacock
Peacock Butterfly

It’s not quite as big or startling as a Blue Morpho but it’s still beautiful. Can you see how it got its name? Let me know if you spot anything interesting. Maybe you could do a mini-beast hunt of your own, but check with an adult first.  When I was your age, I accidentally dug up some prize bulbs, looking for worms for a ‘worm farm’ so always check with an adult!

Spotting butterflies is fun too. You could draw any you spot.  I will let you know about any signs of Spring I see in my garden or out of my window.

Enjoy this beautiful sunny day!

 

Ms Short 😺