Yesterday the sun put it’s hat on for our Sports Day at Uphall. The children took part in events such as hurdles, sprints, relay racing and netball shoots. Here are Primary 3 ready to go to their Sports Day, flying the flags of their team countries.

Yesterday, Charlotte finally found time to show the class her lovely collection of precious stones. Charlotte has been very patient and has waited until P3 have had time to be a quality audience for her. We learned that each stone has a meaning and Charlotte passed round her Amethyst stone for the children to look at and feel. Thank you Charlotte!

Last Wednesday P3 and the P3s from P2/3 took part in a football tournament at Albyn Park in Broxburn. They had been training for this tournament for weeks and showed off their football skills to children from other schools in the area and to the proud parents who turned up to watch the event. We had a lovely sunny day and much fun was had by all!

In preparation for the Olympic torch coming through Broxburn, P3 have started to make their own torches to use on Wednesday. Today we started to paint them with gold paint and tomorrow we will add our flames (using tissue paper and coloured foil). We can’t wait to write about what we see on Wednesday!

P3s found a visitor in the classroom today so Mrs BP bravely caught it and put it in our special viewing box so we could look at him/her close up!

P3 enjoyed celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee this afternoon by wearing red, white and blue, eating treats, playing in the sun and playing games in the classroom. We played pass the parcel, pin the crown on the Queen, musical statues and even had a dance competition. We even decorated our own Jubilee plates.

On Monday 4th June P3 are having a small party in the afternoon to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. The children can wear red, white and blue or school uniform (no football colours please). We will have some party snacks, juice and play games. The children thought we could play musical thrones, pin the crown on the Queen and pass the royal parcel. If the weather is nice we will hold our party outdoors so sun cream, water and a hat might be a good idea.

Using a thesaurus from your library or the thesaurus tool on your computer, how many words can you find to use instead of using the word ‘good’ all the time? Remember, the words have to mean the same as ‘good’. Hint – open a Word document on your computer and type the word ‘good’. Click on ‘review’ in the top toolbar then click on thesaurus. Happy researching P3!

In preparation for the Olympics, P3 have been learning about instructions and rules for games and events. Today, P3 learned how to play Rounders as we joined P4 in the sunshine. Half of the P3s and P4s had the chance to bat today but we had to postpone our session due to the lovely warm weather and sit in the shade with water. Hopefully the sun will keep shining and we can continue our next week. Please remember to bring a hat, water, sun cream and sunglasses next time!

Some children in P3 have been working on options from their topic homework sheet given at the beginning of term 4. One option was to design and/or make a drawing or model of an Olympic village for the athletes. I’m sure you will agree that both designs are super and any athlete would be lucky to rest in either village after a day of competing in the Olympics!