It’s been a busy week as always in Primary 4/3.  We have started working on our new topic Around the World in 80 Days.  We were visited by an exciting guest – a bear who had been marooned in his hot air balloon in our classroom, named Passepartout!  He has given us some exciting challenges and after we managed to set him free on his journey again he sent us a letter to allow us to track his progress around the world.  We are going to learn all about his travels, as well as the countries that he visits.  Here we are with Passepartout and his balloon!

 

 

We have been working very hard on our phonics this term and have been decoding, blending, segmenting and building words.  We have been learning all about short vowel sounds and rules with a strong ck and a double l.  We are beginning to spell much trickier words and working really hard with all our literacy.

Also this week, our P3 children had some exciting activities.  Firstly, on Monday, they worked with the other P3 class and James Pegg from Albyn Park on lots of interesting sports activities – this will be continuing for most of this term.  Also, they began work on our Nativity Play where they will be playing the important role of the choir – the singing was already sounding great!