Author: Mrs Robertson

Literacy Lead

Our New Library is open!

Our  much anticipated, newly-refurbished library has opened for business. Last week all classes enjoyed a ribbon cutting ceremony, exploring the books in the library space and a snack and a drink.

We  have lots of lovely new furniture ..our super, big reading chair has been a great hit with everyone and lots of pupils loved a cosy read in the den.

 

During their weekly library time classes can read a wide variety of books, discover new authors, find out information, learn new things and especially just read for enjoyment in a relaxing, calm space. Reading is a life skill. It helps us with our self-esteem and Well-being, as well as building confidence and having fun!

Article 31 (leisure, play and culture): Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

Coming soon .. our Library opening event ..and World Book Day!

As part of our Reading Schools Award we are working to promote reading for pleasure and enjoyment.

A growing number of studies show reading can have a major impact on on children and young people’s attainment, self-confidence and well-being.

Next week we will be opening our  long awaited, refurbished library (just in time for World Book Day on Thursday 4th March) We hope everyone will enjoy reading and exploring all the fantastic books we have. Classes will be invited along for an opening event and then will have an allocated time each week to spend in the library.

This is what our library looked like before..

Each pupil has been given a token for World Book Day which can be exchanged at participating retailers (Waterstones book shop in Livingston is one) for a selection of short, free books or used to discount other books by £1.  The tokens can be used from now until 27th March.

NEXT FRIDAY  4th March we will be celebrating World Book Day by dressing up ..or down .. if you wish. We would really love to see some characters from books!

We are looking forward to a fun…and book-filled week ahead!

Article 31 (leisure, play and culture): Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

Scots whae hae!

Over the last few weeks all classes have been working on Scots language activities.

A knowledge and understanding of Scots language and Scottish texts allows children and young people to explore and appreciate Scottish culture. Learning Scots can often improve learners’ engagement in learning and their development of wider literacy skills.

In the nursery I enjoyed reading a story in Scots to the boys and girls. Some  made beaks and built a ‘waa’ for the three ‘Craws’. The Primary ones have made some super displays about ‘The Teeger that Cam for his tea’ and ‘Katie Morag’. Primary 2’s and 3’s have been learning and using lots of Scots words. Primary 4-7 have worked on creating their own Scots word lists and dictionaries. They have even been writing in Scots!

Primary 4-7 also took part in a live author event about Robert Burns with author Victoria Williamson. Primary 7 are really enjoying reading her novel ‘Hag Storm’.

We have been learning Scots poems and 2 pupils from each class were chosen to recite their poem at one of our two Scottish Assemblies. Well done to everyone who read aloud at assembly or in their class. It’s not easy to speak aloud in front of an audience.. and a special mention to Primary 1B for their amazing performance of ‘There was a wee lassie who swallowed a Midgie!’

We are currently working towards our Reading Schools Silver Award and part of our action plan is to celebrate books and special reading events. We now have lots of fabulous displays to demonstrate our learning of Scots language. Fantastic work everyone!

Article 30 I have the right to use my own language and culture.

P3B Creativity

As we get nearer to the end of term we have discussed all the things we would like to do together before our time in Primary 3 is over. Drawing. painting and making models were high on our wish list. So on Tuesday this week we had a very creative time during our Art and craft afternoon.

We enjoyed making a variety of things including bunting for Gala Week!

This week in P3.

Happy Friday P3! … and Happy  Red Nose Day!

We loved seeing different super heroes in our classes today and we enjoyed listening to lots of jokes. Well done to Erin and Paul for confidently reading their jokes at our assembly. Thank you very much to everyone who made a donation to Comic Relief.

We have all been working so hard in P3 this week on writing information reports. We are have been discussing our core targets and thinking about how we can improve our writing. When we assess our writing we think about… what went well and even better if…

We have also been working on division and using our multiplication facts to help us work out the answer.

Well done everyone! Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Reid P3A             Mrs Robertson P3B

 

This week in P3B!

It’s so good to be back P3B! You are all enjoying being in  school  again and playing with your friends.

This week we have been working hard on our 3 and 4 times tables. We love to use  animated clips or videos to help us skip count in 3s and 4s. We are learning how to work out multiplication word problems and we wrote the 4 times table in the playground using chalk.

We  have used word boost this week to help us  learn new words and understand what they mean.

We started our Ancient Egypt topic and we wrote down what we know already. Most of us know they have pyramids there but we are not sure why. As a class we came up with three big questions that we want to find the answers to.

In Science we have been experimenting with magnets which was good fun!

On Thursday we had a great World Book Day. We looked at the books in our school library and we are trying to find out what the best book in the world is. We also found out about working in publishing. The jobs of editor and illustrator sound really interesting.

We love lots of different books. What is your favourite book?

Thank you P3!

As we get ready to return to school on Monday we would like to say a  huge thank you to you all for your hard work over the last few weeks. We have been so  impressed by how well you have engaged with remote learning and with the standard of your work. Lots of you have tried hard to extend your learning at  home.

Also a massive thank you to all the mums and dads .. and some brothers and sisters, that have helped and supported you to do your best. It has not been easy at times.

We have managed to stay on track with our learning and we have covered work that we would be doing if we were in school. We hope you are feeling ready to continue in school and we know you will be excited to see your friends. It will all look and feel the same as before. There are now hand sanitiser dispensers on the wall at the door so this makes it very easy to remember to clean  our hands. We will let you know next week which days we will be having PE this term.

Looking forward to seeing all of your smiley faces on Monday!

Have a lovely weekend!

From your very proud… and excited teachers!

Miss Reid P3A                              Mrs Robertson P3B

Super work P3!

You have treated us to some super work this week P3!

Thank you so much for your photos, videos, recordings and responses on Seesaw. We would also like to thank all of the adults at home who are doing a fantastic job supporting you in your learning.

This week we have –

    • continued to learn about multiplication and used Thinkboards to help us work out word problems…and completed a Check-up to see how we are progressing with our learning.
    • Started to learn how to write an information report.
    • Learned about adding ing and ed to words and practised spelling them
    • Read and used information from a text to label a drawing of a polar bear.
    • Looked at Steven Brown’s art work and designed our own Highland cows… and other animals.
    • Enjoyed lots of stories and books in National Storytelling week.. even recorded ourselves telling stories.
    • Found out about the different kinds of teeth we have.
    • Been active and participated in Mr Millar’s Fitness Week 4

Another fantastic week Primary 3. Keep it up. We are very proud of you all!

Have great weekend!

Miss Reid   P3A                 Mrs Robertson    P3B

 

 

P3 Remote Learning

WOW P3!  You have had an amazing week! We have been so impressed by all your fantastic learning.

  • We have been learning a poem in Scots.
  • Using Scots words..and French words!.. to describe the weather.
  • Learning how to use speech marks.
  • Using arrays to work out multiplication problems.
  • Looking at non- fiction texts about polar bears.
  • Designing super inventions for Mrs Beattie’s Invention Challenge.
  • Creating our own tartan.
  • Taking part in Mr Millar’s Active Challenge.
  • ..and not forgetting sledging, building snowmen and having fun outdoors!

Thank you to your families for supporting you in your learning.

We really hope you have all enjoyed the activities. Remember you can give us some feedback too!  Let us know which ones you liked best.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Reid P3A      Mrs Robertson P3B          (your very proud teachers!)

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