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Fantastic First Week in Primary 3B

We had a great first week back in Primary 3B! Everyone arrived on Tuesday morning ready to learn and excited to see our friends.

I have been so impressed with the listening skills in our class in our first week and you have already been working so hard. Mrs Stewart even popped in during Smart Start because she noticed you were all working hard and on task! We started off the week today with Active Spelling and you were all excited to use your brand new Literacy jotters. During our first week, you had many great conversations to share your thoughts, feelings and ideas about your new class.

Here are some of the conversations I observed from you during your first week in Primary 3.

I like being in this class. Ava

We are so lucky because we get marbles and pom poms in our class. Hannah

I love school. Struan

It is nice that you are getting to know us and we are getting to know you. That means it’s fair. Lucas

I like Maths at school. Cormac

I love going outside for play and staying inside for play. Lexi

Why don’t we change the Safe Space to over there because there is more room there. Sophie B

This is fun Maths. I like having a special job to help everyone. Aria

We are looking forward to sharing our learning with some photos at the end of the week. Keep working hard Primary 3!

Our first week in P3a

We have had lots of fun exploring our new classroom and learning our new routines. We have worked together to add within 20, find words in a Boggle board and started our Free Writing Friday – and that is just during our Smart Starts when we wake up our brains!
We have thought about how we can be kind to others and help ‘fill their bucket’. We are looking forward to learning lots of new things together.

This term our gym days will be on a Monday & Wednesday. On these days pupils can wear gym clothes in our school colours – black, yellow or white.

P3 Silent Disco

On Wednesday morning we were entertained with a silent disco. We danced and sang along in the playground. It was great fun!

P3 Art

We have been learning about Artists called Miro and Mondrian. We talked about the shapes they made and colours they used. We then created our own picture in their style. Some of us even tried to draw animals using the same idea. We then talked about what we thought about their artwork. Most of us preferred Miro, especially if we were creating our own, as his lines are wiggly so easier to draw than Mondrian’s straight lines. We then took our learning outdoors and created chalk drawings in their styles.

P3 – When you go down to the woods today…

Pupils trying out the new school wellies. Lots of climbing, swinging, jumping & exploring in the woods. They had lots of fun, learning through play.

P3 Creativity

This week, as part of our ‘Jobs in the Community’ topic, we have been channeling our creativity to become interior designers and decorate our mini rooms. We have been very imaginative and included lots of different things like wallpaper on walls, cutting out windows and hanging curtains and even a chandelier!!

Direction work in P3

We have been learning about directional language and using it to lead a partner on a short journey. We did this in the classroom and then took our learning outside.

Then we moved onto learning about the 4 points of a compass. We made our own compass and marked on the points. Some of us could even name 8 points of a compass.

We took this learning outside too and even have a task for homework to give directions for a short journey for an adult to follow.