Well done Leo, Olivia and Kirsty for sharing their homework with the class. Leo brought in a newspaper supplement and showed us the volcano Edinburgh Castle was built on.  Olivia used a cornflakes box and foil to make her own shield. After visiting Blackness castle, Kirsty drew a labelled diagram of the castle and told us all about it. Keep up the good work, P3!

We have been learning about castles. We have been learning to describe castles. We think castles are big, old, dark, strong, high, busy and noisy. We have also been learning about verbs. Inside castles, we think people would be working, eating, sleeping, fighting, chatting, reading, cooking and cleaning. The names of things are called nouns. We know castles have turrets, drawbridges, cannons, stairs and towers. We still have more to learn…

I’m sure you have all been busy over the weekend. Tell me what you have been doing, or are doing, at home…

Well done to one of our P3 boys who won football medals and brought them in to show the class. Keep up the good work!

use number bonds from 1 to 10 and 1 to 100. We have been learning to write a Thank You letter to someone for a Christmas present. In PE we have been playing football maths and traffic light tig. In spelling we are learning about words that start with ‘j’ and words with ‘a’ in them.

Are you excited to be back at school? Does anyone have a new year resolution?
Max is going to go outside to play more.
Ema is going to try and eat less chocolate.
Saul is going to try to do maths every night.
Charlie is going to try to cycle over the Forth Road Bridge and back every weekend.
Rhea is going to try to get better at table tennis on the Wii.
Olivia is going to take her new proper bike out and ride it.
James is going to try to exercise more.
Shaun is going to try to take his three-wheeler outside and play with it more.
Owen is going to cycle across the Forth Road Bridge and back.
Cameron is not going to play video games so much but instead is going to go outside on his new bike.
Ellis is going to remember her cat.
Laura is going to go on her Wii more often.
Ellen is going to try to play instruments like the guitar and piano this year.
Kirsty is going to try to train her puppy.
Regan is going to keep setting new records on his video game.
Meischa is going to try to stop playing her psp so much and instead go outside and enjoy nature.
Jay and his family are going to go out more often to get fit.
Jack is going to start going out jogging.
Ryan is going to try out his boomerang.
Owen is going to play more games on his Wii.
Leo is going to start tidying his room more often.
Lil is going to start eating fruit.
Mrs BP is going to try to eat less chocolate, and eat more fruit and vegetables instead.

I hope you had a lovely Christmas holiday and Santa was good to you all. Thank you for all of my lovely presents. Wishing you a happy 2012! From Mrs BP

Well done to the Greyfriar’s Bobby table who won table of the week this week. Their prize was a box of crackers, which had a reindeer game, hats, jokes and small toys inside. Merry Christmas from Mrs BP!

P3 have been busy making presents for people this week. You might find a lovely glass pendant, tea light with a decorated holder or a colourful 2012 calendar under your tree. P3 have also worked well as a team to make a paper chain to decorate the classroom.

Saul and his family visited Lapland at the weekend. They had a fun time sleighing with the huskies and meeting the real Santa. Saul was pleased to find out he is on the NICE list. Thank you for the postcard!