P3 Numeracy / Maths

This week we were investigating the tools that we can use for our Numeracy / Maths learning. We thought about what we noticed and then what we wonder. Some great discussions were had.

You can count with the counters – Harry

They have different colours one each side – Harper

I can make a pattern with the cubes – Maisie

I am copying a picture with the shapes – Illia

I am creating my own picture – Grace

I can make a coloured pattern with the beads – Elodie

We made a picture on the Geoboards- Alexis

I think 10 white cubes would make a red – Mary

Ten red make the orange one so that is 100 – Brodie

Welcome to P3

Today in Primary 3 we found out about each other and what we like and dislike, we showed our ability in writing a sentence or two and investigated some of our Numeracy & Maths tools.  In the afternoon we looked at our new library books, experimented in Science and then explored our new classroom toys.  What a great first day!!!

Look at all these smart children!!!!

Team building in The Hive

We have had a lovely end to this term, doing some really fun activities.  We have been to the Park, out for walks and enjoying the gym hall.  We hope all our Hive children and families have a lovely summer break and we’ll see you in August!

 

Learning in P2/1 and P2.

P2 and P2/1 had a super time at The Scottish Owl Centre in Polkemet.
We took part in a ‘Hoots for Dinner’ game, where we learned about what some owls eat and saw an owl fly from perch to perch. One of our highlights was seeing a baby owl. We all thought it looked very fluffy, small and cute!

After lunch we had a go on the Owl slide and had great fun at the park.

We’ve been outside in this lovely weather. We worked in pairs to draw analogue clocks. We’ve been working on o’clock, half past and quarter past times.

Article 28: I have the right to learn
Article 31: I have the right to play

East Calder Bowling Club -Community Hub visit

Wow! What can we say but a huge thank you to East Calder Bowling Club. Today we were fortunate enough to visit the bowling club where we taught the fine art of bowling….it is much trickier than it looks! We are so grateful to everyone involved who gave up their time and for the much needed refreshments on such a beautiful day. Considering some of the children had never bowled before there were some real pros in our midst. We would also like to say thank you to the Club for the incredibly generous donation to the P7 Hoody fund. This was much appreciated. The children thoroughly enjoyed this worthwhile experience.

P3a Grid References

This week we started learning about grid references. We have different activities to help us. We used the Maths Wall to place pictures in the grid and then have to write the correct Co-ordinates. We had some work on Seesaw to complete placing and recording Co-ordinates and an Alien game to shoot the Alien crafts by getting the Co-ordinates correct. We played Billy Bug and had a sheet to colour the Co-ordinates to create a picture. Lots of learning!

Community Hub Visit

Today the Community Hub visited the KNEC Community Listening Project and Warm Hub in East Calder. The project aims to provide a space called a warm hub. Starting with 4 hours, 2 days a week (Monday and Thursday 11am-3pm) They open in the downstairs of East Calder Church Hall allowing people to come and sit in the warm. There will be a free bowl of soup, roll, warm drinks and biscuits available. There will also be free WI-FI which  allows people to sit in and complete work if need be. This will also help people who would be isolated in their homes facing the potential of suffering loneliness.

We helped preparing lunch, getting plates ready and then, very carefully serving lunch. We also had a lesson about listening, as it is central to the ethos of the Warm Hub. Another group looked at the organisation of the Hub and how it accommodates everyone. It was great to be able to chat to so many of the visitors to the Hub. Later this week we will present the Hub with a cheque from our Dress Down Day fundraising. Thank you to everyone at the Hub for such a warm welcome.

P3B Dictionary Skills

 

The Lions and Giraffes Reading groups were learning to use a dictionary as a tool to support their learning. We started by finding out the meaning of some words in their Reading books; however, we then asked Miss Marra to give us different words to find. It was like a game, using the letters in the words to find them in the dictionary. We learned that the word “definition” is the meaning of words. We enjoyed finding out the definition to some words we already know, and we learned some new words too.

Miss Marra was impressed with the teamwork that was going on, as we all helped each other and we were very focused on our learning.

A special well done to Aria who was very eager to help others find the words once you felt confident. This was lovely to see, Aria. Well done!

P3B Data Handling

 

We have been learning to create and interpret graphs. We started by creating a whole class pictograph, showing different hair colour in our class. We realised that the most common hair colour in our class is blonde. We then answered questions to interpret the graph. We also create a pictograph showing our favourite flavours of crisps.


We have enjoyed interpreting different graphs and we have made some interesting observations, talking about what we notice, and answering and asking questions. We wrote on sticky notes to show our thinking and we shared our ideas with each other.


 

We displayed our learning on our Maths and Numeracy Wall to help us talk about what we learned. We were very confident talking about our learning using the correct language including data, graph, interpret, title and categories.


We have also learned to gather information and display this in a Tally Chart, and then use the information to create a bar chart. We are excited to take our learning outside next week, where we will be creating a Tally Chart and bar graph in our playground.

Article 13: We have the right to find out things and share what we think with others.

Finlay said this Article was displayed with our Learning Intention because the children were sharing their ideas and learning something new.

P3B Trip to the Owl Centre

We had am amazing time on our first school trip! We learned about the different owls and watched a brilliant flying show. We asked very thoughtful and intelligent questions about the owls and we enjoyed visiting all the owls around the centre. One of our favourite parts of the day was free play on the owl slide and at the park. We played so well together, and demonstrated our LEARN Values throughout the day. The behaviour was fantastic and everyone did really well coping with the change in routines.

Well done everyone!

Article 28: We have the right to learn.

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