We thought you would like to see our work this afternoon!
We successfully worked in our home teams to follow instructions and make either a weather vane or a wind sock.
Here are some of the finished pieces before we went outside to test them out. We were so proud of the results!
We have had quite a few letters from bossy Mrs Thunder this week, giving us our missions and tasks to help SummerWinter, our weather fairy. We had to learn about the water cycle and the scientific words. We then used our knowledge of the water cycle into a drama, where we became the water and had to think of movements to symbolise each stage. We had so much fun and filmed the whole thing to be used as a training video for SummerWinter.
Our next mission is to recreate a weather forecast in teams. We hope to do some green screen work with this and film it also. We can’t wait to see whether people have been watching the weather forecasts over the past few weeks to help with the language we should use. Hopefully there will be some information on this in our ‘Share It’ jotters.
We are impressing everyone with our number talks techniques and strategies for partitioning numbers and using it to add together numbers mentally. We need to practice subtraction, as this has proven a little more tricky.
Next week is a short week, however the children have asked to learn about rainbows and how they are created. We have some fun experiments planned to explain this.
Please remember we are on holiday Monday and Tuesday next week, and Share It jotters should be brought into school alongside reading books to be returned and replaced. New books will not be given out until old books are returned.
Thank you for your support have a great long weekend, we look forward to seeing you all when we return.
Miss Smith and Mr Woodward.
We are well and truly in the midst of our Ocean Commotion topic now. We have been learning about the fish and their adaptations to be able to live in the different parts of the sea. We found out how fossils are formed and why the sea is the perfect place for fossils to exist, with all the mud at the bottom of the ocean and the pressure from the water.
In Science, we used electrical circuits to make our own glowing fish who live in the twilight and midnight zones of the ocean. Some of these fish make their own light, so we used batteries, bulbs and wires to make our fish light up. Can you see where we placed the bulbs?
We had a letter from Peanut the turtle, asking us to investigate why some of his friends were having trouble in the ocean due to something called ‘plastic’. Our freeze in the classroom is overcrowded by plastic packaging and particles too and now our fish are swimming in a rubbish ridden ocean.
We are currently learning how this affects the wildlife in the ocean and how long it takes for certain items to change in appearance. Quite often, plastic stays in the same appearance for hundreds of years.
We were shocked at the effects of the mammals and fish in the sea.
In other news, we are beginning to collect a LOT of school jumpers, cardigans, T-shirts, and parts of PE kits with no name. If you recognise any of these items from P3B, please speak to Miss Smith who will be happy to give them all a home. 🙂
Tuesday of next week is our big Spring clean, where we will be going to the playground to do a big clean up, doing gardening and collecting rubbish.
A quick reminder that the Summer Fair is on Saturday the 8th June. If you have any items for stalls or if you can help out, please get in touch with the PSA. We hope you can come along to support it!
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith, Ms Matheson
Welcome back everyone! We hope you all had a relaxing Easter break!
This week we have started our new topic which we have decided to call ‘Ocean Commotion’. The children have been impressing us so far with some of their knowledge, but we still have so much more we are eager to learn. The children have suggested lines of enquiry for this topic and have outlined activities they wish to do as well, so the topic is truly made from their ideas and questions.
To kick start the topic, we have learned about a turtle called ‘Peanut’, and how his life was changed because of ocean pollution and the carelessness of humans. He has grown up in captivity, therefore we have been finding out more about his natural habitat and who he would have shared the sea with. So far, we have learned of the zones of the sea and the creatures we could find within. We will be creating a vision of this in our classrooms in a display which we are very excited about!
This week is also Lowport. It is Miss Smith’s first time going too and so we are all very excited! We have put together a little talent show by the pupils for our disco night too which we are looking forward to. We are a very talented lot!
Please remember, if you have not already ordered a packed lunch for Thursday and need one, to hand in the yellow form or speak to someone in the office. Also, if the EE2 information form has not been completed and returned, could this be done at your earliest convenience? In addition to this, medication should be handed into the office prior to the trip.
We will take lots of photos to share our experience with you when we return.
Homework will commence as normal this week.
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents for your support this term. You have gone above and beyond in making our big homework castles, sourcing sticks for bows and arrows and coming along to watch and enjoy our assembly and banquet. Also coming in to see the children with their amazing strategies in our Number Talks lessons. The children have thoroughly enjoyed this term and it was lovely to see so many of you come to allow us to display our learning to a captive audience.
We wish you a fantastic Easter break when the time comes – very well earned for the children too.
Next term will see the pupils choice of learning turned into a topic for them, so watch this space. The ideas are pointing in a very specific direction of oceans, sea creatures, plastics, the future and extinction.
We will leave you with some pictures from this term. Happy Easter when the time comes.
Thank you to everyone who brought in their favourite book today for World Book Day.
We loved seeing all of the different books and in Primary 3, we had recipe books, fact books, story books, picture books, pocket books and poem books! It was so interesting hearing about why these were your favourite, and we enjoyed learning from the Primary 5s what theirs were too.
We began having a look at our class Parent Assembly on knights and castles today and we are beginning to hand out parts. We will have these out by Monday next week. Please keep an eye out for these and help your child to learn their words. We are very excited to share with you what we have been learning. The date for your diaries is Friday the 29th March. Letters about this will follow.
Next week primary 6 are hosting a bake sale to raise money for Comic Relief. This will happen on Thursday 14th. Also, on Friday the 15th, it will be a dress down day, with the theme “Crazy Hair/ Crazy Dress” and they ask a donation of 50p is brought in on this day. We have a number of other things happening in school for this as well and P6 have been working hard to make it an enjoyable day for all whilst raising money for this great cause.
Please could P3 ask for children to bring in a stick from home next week. This will be used for us to make a bow and arrow set and complete some science investigations with them. Any stick from outside will do, as long as it is strong.
Letters will be handed out soon for our up coming trip as well, so please keep an eye out for these in bags. We are heading to Edinburgh Castle on the 20th of March as a nice finish to our castles topic.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson
Our Knights and Castles Topic has been in full swing this week! We worked in our home teams on two different challenges. We worked in our groups to create a life size knight in armour along with weapons. We had to think of how to make parts of our knight move as well but we will finish this part of the challenge next week. Here are some of our knights in the process of being made.
We learned a lot more about what the medieval people did when under siege. We learned about attack and defence tactics, alongside some of the weapons they may have used.
As part of our maths, and science/technology, we worked within our home team groups and made a model similar to a trebuchet (a type of catapult). We tested the forces we needed to use to make the catapult hit the target of the castle. Our longest fire we measured to be 70cm!
Please look out for our yellow letters sent home about a shared start and a shared finish. If you are interested in coming along, the Primary 3 dates are as follows:
Shared start: Monday 11th March at 9.05am
Shared finish: Wednesday 20th February 2.50pm
We will be showing you our number talks lessons and how we can calculate sums mentally. We will discuss how our brain works with different strategies in Maths.
Reminders
Thank you again for your continued support,
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson
This week we have learned about how to look after ourselves and stay clean and healthy. We did a glitter experiment whereby we put it on our hands and watched as it spread to everything we touched. (We also, at this point, had a brief discussion about the importance of using biodegradable glitter and what this word meant!) We discussed how this happens with germs every day and we can’t see them. This led to a discussion about foods and things we put near our mouths using our hands and we were all able to see why it is so important to wash our hands properly before we eat.
We will continue by looking at clean and dirty water, as well as healthy eating over the next few weeks.
The children did very well with their Burns poems, and although not everyone was confident in reciting theirs in front of the class in P3S, they all managed to it off by heart. Most even brought theirs to life with expression and gestures. Well done to Lauren, Ben, Alfie and Holly who went through to the class vote.
We enjoyed hearing all of the poetry in our whole school Burns celebration on Friday morning. What a talented lot of children we have! We look forward to sharing our recital talents and singing in front of the senior citizens at our Burns afternoon on Monday.
This week we will be creating life size knights with their protective armour and weapons and writing about how it would have felt to be a knight.
Reminders:
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson
Choukie Dog Show Twa-Leggit Mice
This week, we have started to learn about castles. Lots of us have been to real castles so this helped us when we drew and labeled what we thought a castle looked like. Since then, we have learned the real names of the parts of a castle and what they are for.
We have even written an imaginative descriptive story about what we could see when we stood outside a castle.
We have been learning some new boost words this week. Ask us about them and see whether we can remember what they are and what they mean. Test us to see if we can use the word in a sentence too! We will impress you!
In a few week’s time, we will be hosting a poetry competition in school. The winners will recite their poems at the Scots afternoon for senior citizens who have been invited. We will be sending home words to practise but will also be rehearsing and reciting these in class. The words for the poems can be accessed at the top of this blog post.
Reminders
Please bring appropriate kit on PE days. We will be outside for PE every week and therefore should come prepared, especially for the colder weather. No shorts please. Please check children’s diaries for the correct days.
Please label all clothing brought into school, PE or school uniform, as we have bundles of unclaimed things most weeks which have no names on.
Look out for new GLOW passwords in the back of spelling homework jotters. These should be used in the event of a school closure on snow days and activities will be provided. Please copy these onto something at home so the children can access GLOW at all times, should their jotters still be in school.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Smith, Ms Matheson and Mrs Smith
We just want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support in this year so far and to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when it comes.
It was so lovely to see so many people at our Christmas gift giving in Primary 3 and the children were so excited to share them with you. They have worked very very hard in the run up to yesterday, getting them redrafted and illustrated in time. We all enjoyed the process of being mini authors and illustrators and it was great to have such a captive audience to share them with, so thank you again. IT certainly kept them busy right up until today!
We have church today to end a busy term, thank you for your donations. I am sure they will be greatly appreciated.
Primary 5 were fantastic teachers this week when they took us outside for outdoor PE. They taught us their own playground games and we thought they were excellent!
Last but not least, thank you to the children for all of your hard work this term. We look forward to seeing you all again in January. Have a fabulous Christmas and holiday.
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson
Primary three heard our nativity songs for the first time this week. The words are linked below and the music is here too. Please feel free to practise these in your spare time.
Behind the Stable Door
Bustling About
Dozy Donkey
Wake Up!
Grumpy Camels
Gifts of Love
Get Up!
We will also be handing out words for our Bonnie Wee Jeannie McColl song for St Andrews Day. This must be learned for homework over the next couple of weeks.
Primary 3 were introduced to the senses this week. We investigated things we liked to smell, touch, taste, see and hear. Next week we will focus on the sense of sight. We learned a little about the work of Louis Braille in creating the braille alphabet. We will explore this further next week.
We created some fantastic Firework Safety posters in writing this week so please ask us all about the safety rules. We now know what to do on bonfire night with sparklers, fireworks and bonfires.
Please if anyone has lost cardigans or jumpers in the past term, ask to see the pile in Miss Smith’s room. None of them have names, however they must belong to somebody. They will go up to lost property at the end of the week if they are not claimed.
Reminders:
Please bring a water bottle to school filled with water each day.
Please put names on every piece of clothing coming into school for easy identification.
Please bring PE kit on allocated day:
P3S – Tuesday and Thursday
P3MS – Monday and Wednesday
Homework
Learn Bonnie Wee Jeannie McColl
Reading books – see diaries
Spelling – Look, cover, write and check words along the line and write one sentence for one of your words. (This will increase to 3 sentences after Christmas.)
Maths: Learn 2 x table, forwards and backwards.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson
Welcome back! We hope you all had a fantastic October break.
This week Primary three finished our weather topic and said goodbye to Summer Winter who had been with us since our first few weeks in Primary three. We helped her learn along with us in lots of the learning opportunities provided from our topic. We spend a little time this week designing and deciding on our new topic, “Inclusion,” and the children have thought of questions they would like answered throughout their learning.
The Halloween party was a huge success and the outfits this year were amazing. The hard work and effort taken to produce the costumes and make-up was clear for all to see and the children had a ball!
We will begin learning songs for our Nativity soon and auditioning for parts.
This week Poppies will be on sale. We ask that a donation of at least 50p is given should your child wish a poppy.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson.
Primary three have been scientists this week, experimenting with the water cycle and observing evaporation and condensation happening before their very eyes. We have been learning about making experiments fair.
We even pretended we were a water droplet going through the first two stages of the water cycle this week in Writing. The imagination and words used to describe the process were very good.
Our Harvest assembly is coming along nicely. Just a reminder that this is not a parent assembly, and is for the rest of the school. Our parent assembly will be in the new year.
Reminders:
Parent’s night next Wednesday and Thursday.
Halloween Disco money due in if your child wishes to go.
Please name and label clothing.
October holidays begin on the 15th October for one week.
On outdoor PE days for P3M/S please remember the children should come prepared with suitable clothes as it is getting colder.
We look forward to seeing you all next week.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson
We were so disappointed this week that we did not get to go to our Multisports Festival due to the weather not being on our side. We have a feeling Summer Winter did not want to be left alone whilst we were away and so made sure it rained hard all day! Hopefully this will be rescheduled for later in the term. Thank you so much for everyone coming to school prepared though!
We have been busy practising our songs and words for our school Harvest assembly. We wrote acrostic poems to share our knowledge about Harvest, some of which you can see in the writing corridor.
Primary 3B (Miss Smith’s class) have been chosen to take part in Futsal every Tuesday for the next 8 weeks and then Primary 3A (Mrs Smith/ Ms Matheson’s class) will take part in this next term. We are very excited about this and looking forward to it. Nothing has changed, PE kit on the same days for 3B – Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Parent’s night appointment books are now open and slowly filling, so be sure to book an appointment to come in for a chat. We are looking forward to seeing everyone again.
Thank you for your support,
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson
We are now almost three weeks into the new term and we have been busy bees in Primary Three.
Our Weather topic has started and we have received a letter from the Weather Station explaining they need our help. They have a weather fairy, SummerWinter, who is not learning enough about the weather and is causing mayhem for us all on Earth. She has been sending the wrong information and people are going out dressed inappropriately for the weather so we are helping her learn. Mrs Thunder, her boss has been sending us missions.
This week we were asked to create our own weather forecasts and to present them to make a training video for SummerWinter.
We have also created a cloud to make communication easier between us and the Weather Station.
Primary Three are also beginning to learn about Seasons and relating these to crops and activities on farms in preparation for Harvest. Words for our first school assembly will be sent home after the September break, so please look out for these. This assembly is not a parents’ assembly and is for the rest of the school.
We loved meeting so many of you at Meet the Teacher. Thank you for discussing the class charter with you child and completing the tear off slip and achievement letter and returning these to school.
Thank you for your continued support so far.
Reminders:
P3S – Outdoor – Tuesdays, Indoor – Thursdays
P3M/S – Outdoor – Mondays , Indoor Wednesdays
Please can children bring appropriate kit on these days?
Miss Smith, Ms Matheson and Mrs Smith
We have certainly been hustling and bustling with our nativity practice lately! Costumes have been fitted, lines being learned, dances being choreographed and positions being given and we can’t wait to show you what we have been working on! Thank you for going over children’s lines, the effort is really paying off.
Our Inclusion topic is well under way and we have been learning about the provisions in place to ensure people who have difficulties are included and provided for in and around our school and local area. We were interested to learn that some people’s difficulties cannot be seen, and rather, it is harder for them because of this.
St Andrew’s Day is not far away either and we have a new and interesting Scots song to learn. Here are the words, can you understand the story? Children have all been given a copy to learn over the next two weeks.
We look forward to seeing many of you at our Look, Write, Count event on Wednesday 22nd November from 6.30. Here, you will receive a wonderful free story bag with games and two picture books included, and have the opportunity to play some of the games with your child and perhaps hear a story!
Homework:
Nativity words and songs
St Andrew’s Day song
Reading
Maths
Spelling
Book Day on Wednesday 29th November. Start planning fancy dress where children dress up as their favourite book character.
Today all of our hard work from the past few weeks was demonstrated in our Harvest assembly. Lots of adults who watched us commented on how great our singing was, as well as our acting and art work. The children did very well learning their lines and a big thank you to our farmers for remembering their farming clothes.
We have created posters in challenge groups explaining the reason we have seasons. We used pictures, diagrams and words to describe the Earth’s tilt and the way the Earth tilts away and towards the Sun.
We had a Futsall taster session today, for PE. We enjoyed showing our abilities, and a few of the activities really challenged our skills, especially ball control! We look forward to our session next week.
Reminders:
Remember after school club forms should be completed and returned to the office before the October break.
Parents night appointments are being made.
Children should have their names on all items of clothing.
Homework due Friday:
Spelling as normal
Reading as per sheet in homework diary
Maths – Be the teacher sheet, teaching adding and subtracting 9 and 11
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Smith and Mrs Smith
This week we have been busy plotting different weather on our map of Scotland. We have been identifying weather symbols, watching forecasts and creating forecasts of our own. Hopefully today we will get a few of our forecasts filmed and be able to send these to Mrs Thunder for SummerWinter’s training. Feel free to ask us about this!
We made seasons pictures where we used a variety of media to create the colours of the seasons. We experienced the use of oil pastels, paint, tissue paper and chalks to create different effects.
In Literacy this week, we looked at ways to make the ‘f’ sound. We focused on the phoneme ‘ph’ and discussed lots of words containing this sound. We hope the practice of common words is going well at home.
Homework
Thank you to everyone who has covered their jotters so far. Should anyone need paper for this, please do not hesitate to ask.
Reading is going well so thank you for practising this each night. Reading aloud and questioning the children helps them to use their reading strategies and helps you to see what they understand.
Can we remind everyone about the layout of spelling homework. Words given each week should be written out along one line using the Look, Cover, Write and Check format. Please encourage the children to show you the way they have been forming their new sounds for handwriting, where the letters are positioned on the line and where in the letter you start to write them.
Just a reminder, the children are off school on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th.
Thank you for your continued support.
Welcome back everyone! Primary three have been busy settling in to their new class.
We have a few of the children who have something to say about their first day so far.
Erin B: “I enjoyed the song we learned.”
Oliver: “I enjoyed meeting the teacher.”
Arthur: “I have enjoyed being in P3.”
Cameron: “I have enjoyed learning what we have been learning so far.”
Elle: “I like my teacher.”
James: “I have loved being in the new classroom.”
Eva: “I love our teacher.”
Sophie: “I like school here.”
Our new PE day will be Wednesday. Please bring indoor PE kit on this day.
Keep checking for updates 🙂
