P3/4 went back to Polkemmet Country Park for their second visit linked to their minibeast topic. We had a lovely day with the sun shining.
Category Archives: Primary 3
Monday 6th June
- Author visit P1 – 4
Tuesday 7th June
- 3.15 – 4.15 Netball ASC
Wednesday 8th June
- Armadale Academy Transition
- Gymnastics lunchtime club
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P3/4 Roots of Empathy
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Mr Durkin from Whitburn Academy to see P7s
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3.15 – 4.15 ASC Football
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7pm Information Evening at Whitburn Academy
Thursday 9th June
- Armadale Academy Transition
- Nursery Sports Day am and pm
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Miss Wickerson transition visit to Armadale Academy
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3.15 – 4.15 Dance ASC
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3.15 – 4.15 Final Challenge ASC
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6.45 Parent Council and PTA
Friday 10th June
- Armadale Academy Transition
- P7s Futsal
- No Multi Sports today
Monday 30th May
- 9.15 and 12.30pm Meetings for next years P1 parents (feel free to bring your wee ones along too, I will have some toys and snacks for them)
- 2.20 Assembly led by P3/4
Tuesday 31st May
- P3s and P4s to Polkemmet Country Park for Orienteering with the Countryside Ranger Service and activities with Mrs Gibson
- 6.30pm Dress Rehearsal for Gala at Alexander Peden Primary School (Good luck to a very excited Mrs Denholm)
Wednesday 1st June
- Netball Team to Festival with Miss Benson
- 3.15 – 4.15 Football ASC
Thursday 2nd June
- Football Team to Festival with Miss Benson
- .15 – 4.15 Dance ASC
3.15 – 4.15 Challenge ASC
Friday 3rd June
- P7s Futsal
- 12.25- 1.25 Multi sports ASC
P3/4 Minibeast Adventures at Polkemmet.
P3/4 went on an adventure to Polkemmet Country Park. We were taking our learning about minibeasts to a new environment. We had a minibeast hunt to see what minibeasts we could find and compare this to what we were able to find at school. We used a pooter jar to suck up different minibeasts. We had to make sure we only sucked using the green tube! We found lots of minibeasts like worms, millipedes, centipedes, beetles, daddy long legs, flies and woodlice. It was quite a dull and cold day so there were not any bees, ladybirds or butterflies. We got to have our lunch at the playpark and have a play too. After lunch we went to make some art. We had to use materials we could find like leaves, twigs and flowers to make pictures of minibeasts. Miss Tuke was really impressed by our creativity! Before heading back to school we had to collect objects for our minibeast hotel. We are building this in a few weeks but the park was like the best shop for what a minibeast would need! We have lots of twigs, bark, pine cones and other materials.
This week in Greenrigg…
Monday 23rd May
Holiday
Tuesday 24th May
P5/4 to Tesco – Farm to Fork
P7s to West Lothian College to have a taster of what it is like to be a student there
3.15 – 4.15 Netball After School Club
Wednesday 25th May
P1 and P2 to Tesco – Farm to Fork
Baby Allie and Mrs Boyd in for Roots of Empathy in P3/4
12.30 – 1.00 Gymnastics Lunchtime Club
3.15 – 4.15 Football After School Club
Thursday 26th May
Friday 27th May
12.25 – 1.25 Multi Sports After School Club
P3/4 Farm to Fork
P3/4 went to Tesco on Thursday. We didn’t go to do our shopping though. We actually went to learn more about where our food comes from. We got to spend time in 5 different departments and do some tasks at each one. In the bakery we got to see how they make bread. We also got to make our own little bread rolls which were then delivered to the school at the end of the day! We went behind the scenes to see where they store all the food before it goes on the shelves. We got to go inside the massive fridge and freezer too. The freezer was -21C which was very cold! We went to the cheese counter. We got to try different cheese. Even if we didn’t think we liked cheese we all tasted at least one. In the fruit and veg department we learnt about how different fruit and vegetables grow. We had to find a rainbow of fruit and vegetables. We got try lots of different fruit including strawberries, kiwi, pineapple, mango and sharon fruit. We all tried at least one new fruit we had never eaten before. The last department was the fishmongers. Here we got to learn about different fish and shellfish which we can eat. We got to hold them and see what they felt like.
We had a great day!
This week in Greenrigg Primary School…
Monday 16th May
- 2.20pm Assembly led by P2s with visiting speaker, Mrs LJ McWhir
Tuesday 17th May
- All classes visiting Benhar Evangelical Church for workshops
- 3.15 – 4.15 Netball After School Club
Wednesday 18th May
- P2 to Glasgow Science Centre
- Validated Self Evaluation Team (Maths) in Nursery and P1 and P3/4
- Lunchtime Gymnastics Club
- 3.15 – 4.15 Football After School Club
- 6.30pm Rotary Quiz team at Polkemmet Primary School
Thursday 19th May
- Validated Self Evaluation Team (Maths) in P4/5 and P6//5 and speaking to Parent Group, Staff Group and Pupil Group
- Internal Audit of Child Protection Processes taking place in the school
- P3/4 to Tesco Farm to Fork
- Bingo for Gala Day funds – doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7pm
Friday 20th May
- 12.25 – 1.25 Multi Sports After School Club
P3/4 STEM – Bug Eyes!
Little Giants P3/4
We got to enjoy a special show today. It was called Little Giants and was part of the Science Festival. Through this show we got to learn lots about honey bees which will help us with our topic on minibeasts. Did you know that honey is made from nectar that a bee carries in their stomach! We got to learn the waggle dance that bees do to show other bees where the good flowers are. We got to be bees in a special garden and had to use our sense of smell to work out each flower. There was strawberry, orange, rose and vanilla.
Research and presenting
We have been learning about minibeasts. On Tuesday we learnt about the life cycle of a butterfly. On Friday it was our turn to research the life cycle of another minibeast. We had to work in small groups to find the information using the internet and books. We then had to decide how to present the information to the class (say, write, make, do). The two choices groups went for were acting it out (do) and to create a poster (write). You can click on the links to see two of the videos.
