P3/4 enjoyed learning about how to care for animals during a visit from Claire from the SSPCA. We really enjoyed the workshop and used our coding skills to build and move Rhu the Rabbit!!
Category: Primary 3
P3 enjoy music
We’ve been learning about different instruments in music this week. We were listening to Peter and the Wolf, and while we were listening we were trying to identify the different instruments. We had the opportunity to handle a flute, a clarinet, a violin and a drum in class. We made a lot of noise with the drum. It was funny to feel the violin when it was making a note as it vibrated.
P3 Posters Promoting Reading
We have been learning about acronyms – words which are made using initials of other words, and our focus has been about reading and encouraging others to read.
We are going to print some, and put them on display around our classroom.
A Sunny Week in P3
This week Primary 3 have been enjoying learning in the sunshine.
Sophie S – We watched the P1 and P1/2 assembly
Sara – We have been learning about internet safety and not to give out our personal information
Emily C – We are learning about our planet in our vertical learning groups
Emily – We had S.T.A.R (stop time and read) outside in the sunshine
Anna – In science we are learning about living, non-living and never-lived things
Bailey – I liked learning about the heart and lungs
Kara – We did story massage
We are looking forward to a restful Monday holiday before another busy, short week!
Quick Week P3
Although this has been a very short week for pupils, we have still been working hard. On Thursday we got together with the other classes on our downstairs corridor to find out that we are going to be working together on our next new topic “Our Planet”. We will be working with the other classes and we will visit other teachers on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. We have chosen which group we would like to work in, and we are keen to get started next week.
P3 try Judo and Art
JUDO
We have had a lovely time trying out Judo today. First we took off our shoes and our sweatshirts. We took off our watches. Next we put on a judo jacket. Some were blue and some were white. Some were small and some were large. It was fun trying to find one to fit. Then we got a partner and we followed the instructor to learn a few moves. At the beginning we were using bean bags, and we had to try and spin around so our partner couldn’t get the beanbag (Oscar). My favourite one was the arm wrestles (Bailey), the turtle move (Anton). I liked the sandwich move where you were stuck on your partner’s chest (Kayleigh).
ART
We were learning about the work of Kandinsky He was an abstract artist, and we looked at his pictures where he used warm and cold colours. We used paint and tried mixing our own colours. We made our own versions of Kandinsky’s concentric circle picture. We had great fun, but we got very messy.
P3/4 visit the National Museum of Scotland
P3 – Sharing the Learning
We are now back at school after the Easter break, for our last term in primary 3. Although it was a short week, we have been very busy.
We had a very exciting afternoon on Thursday, when we had our Sharing the Learning afternoon. In writing we wrote invitations to parents and friends inviting them to come to visit our class. We used ICT to make power point presentations, and we learned how to insert a picture onto a slide and add a sentence. We planned our script to accompany our powerpoint presentation. As a class, we chose which activities we wanted to share with our families. At the end of our presentation, we performed our “Walk like an Ancient Egyptian” song.
Lots of people came to visit our class. At times, it was very noisy and very hot, but we enjoyed the afternoon – a big thank you to all who attended and made our afternoon such a success.
Egyptian Week in P3
This week we have been working on our Ancient Egyptians topic. We have been writing hieroglyphs for our hand writing – it is great fun but a very slow way to write.
We have been working on our maths using the number system that the Ancient Egyptians used. It is really tricky, we managed to write the date quite easily but adding up Ancient Egyptian numbers was really challenging.
We had a fabulous trip to the Museum of Scotland where we visited the newly opened Ancient Egypt Gallery. We saw lots of lovely artifacts and exhibits. Our favourites were the canopic jars (Emily ), the mummies ( Kyle), the hieroglyphic slabs (Emily C) and the bust of Nefertiti (Oscar).
“It was lots of fun” Lily “It was amazing” Sophie “We were all very tired after our trip” Emily “We enjoyed a play in the play zone” Kara
We have been creating some lovely artwork in the style of Nefertiti. We saw a bust of Nefertiti at the museum, and we tried to create our own pictures in a similar style using a black and white photograph and wax crayons.
Ancient Egyptians
Primary 3 are working hard learning about the Ancient Egyptians. This week, we have been learning about mummification, and we have been creating beautiful sarcophagus designs.
We have written letters to Mrs Wallace about a trip to the Museum in Edinburgh, and we are planning to visit the new Ancient Egyptian gallery there next week. We have created a large pyramid in our class. It has blocks on the outside, and hieroglyphics on the inside.
We have been learning to play a game from Ancient Egyptian times. It is called Mehen, and it is quite tricky but a lot of fun.
