We’ve all settled into P3 already and have been very busy. Here’s a taste of what we have been up to… Elliot says ‘it’s been loads of fun so far!’

Maths

The class have been working on number sequence, counting, place value,  data analysis, addition and subtraction and multiplication.

The children have been using different resources to add and subtract.

Numicon is a popular resource, Wallace tells us that, ‘Numicon helps with my learning. It’s really good for adding and subtracting.’  Jack adds, ‘When we are subtracting we put them on top of each other to find the answer by covering the number we are taking away and counting what is left.’

Elliot is proud that he, ‘can do vertical subtraction sums now even into the thousands!’ Tutsi adds that, ‘It’s quite easy to subtract big numbers using vertical subtraction.’ You’re right, it’s a good strategy to learn, Tutsi!

We were looking at Venn diagrams using different criteria and making some for ourselves. ‘A Venn diagram is a way to sort things according to their colour, size, shape or other ways’ Tutsi tells us.

Isla shares that, ‘We were sorting leaves into colours.’

Wallace says, ‘Me, Gabs and Jaxyn were finding leaves and sorting them using the hoops.’

Roman- ‘Me, Hugo, Colton and Jaxon were sorting litter in the playground according to whether it was plastic, paper or a mixture of both. Afterwards we put it all in the bin and washed our hands!’ Glad to hear it Roman, well done!

Literacy

P3 have been learning all their phonemes and common words at school and then even practising them in their jotters at home which has been making such a difference because they are then more able to use them in their work. Well done everyone!

Wallace was keen to say that the class have recently been,  ‘learning about non-fiction books and doing a scavenger hunt to find the different features of a non-fiction book.’

‘A non-fiction books tells you facts and it can have a contents page, a glossary, an index and all these things help you to find the information you need.’ -Lewis

We have been working on the formation of our letters and Florence adds, ‘we have started to join up our letters in our handwriting to make our writing neater. I love to join in my jotter every day!’

We have been working on our recount writing. Tutsi tells us, ‘That’s when you are retelling events in the right order.’

More recently, ‘We have been writing about how to make a model castle and also writing descriptions of our castles. This will help me to be able to make a model castle again one day.’ Euan

We will continue to work on our descriptive writing over the next few weeks.

Outdoor Learning

Look what we found in the back bit! Jack knows a lot about the natural world and was keen to inform us that ‘there are different species of mushrooms, some are poisonous and some are not. The ones you get in the shops are not.’ Glad to hear that Jack!

Here are Tutsi and Isla showing off the natural items they had collected together for the sorting game they were about to play. They thought it was great fun!

Here we are playing Kim’s Game, what a great way to practise our memory and collaborative skills.  Amelia said, ‘ The game was really fun. I liked playing the memory game with my friends. I was really good at it!’

 

Topic- Ancient Egypt

We have loved learning all about the Ancient Egyptians and the pyramids. Tutsi asks ‘Did you know that the pyramids are the last wonder of the world that is left?’

Hugo was very impressed that the ‘pyramids are about 5000 years old ‘. Roman was very interested to discover that no one really knows how they managed to build them with such precision. ‘They were lined up perfectly to the stars,’ says Jack S.

‘I think the pyramids are a work of art!’ adds Amelia.

Millie mentioned that, ‘learning about pyramids is the best thing I’ve learned about!’

Jack M reminds us that ‘the pyramids were tombs for the dead pharaohs’ so we decided to make our own pyramids, ‘Our pyramids have a chamber inside to hide a sarcophagus,’ Wallace tells us.

After finding out about the lengths the Ancient Egyptians would go to to hide the sarcophagus containing their dead pharaohs  away from grave robbers we made mazes to hide Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus. Katie mentioned that, ‘I liked making a maze outside, it was so much fun. I liked learning about what would be put in the chamber for the pharaohs when they died.’

We also had fun learning about Hieroglyphics. ‘That is how the Ancient Egyptians wrote letters,’ says Emma. This inspired us to make our own cartouches or tablets with our names on.

‘I think Hieroglyphics are cool because they are a different way of writing.’ -Elliot

Learning about the Ancient Egyptians inspired Roman to visit the Tutankhamun Experience in Glasgow. He enjoyed telling us all about it when we came back to school. Thanks Roman, it looked fantastic!

Fire Brigade Visit

The Fire Brigade came to visit to show us how they use their fire appliance to put our fires. We were even allowed to use the hose! We had a great time and learned so much.