Daily Archives: February 21, 2018

Class Posts, Primary 3

National Puzzle Day 2018

Primary 3 celebrated National Puzzle Day on 29th January by completing LOADS of jigsaws!

Jigsaws aren’t just for fun.  They help to teach us vital skills such as concentration, attention, patience, planning, analysis and they help our memory.  Because we worked in teams we were also developing our communication and teamwork skills.

Did you know that completing a jigsaw actually uses both sides of your brain?  You use the creative side to imagine the finished image and the logical side to fit the pieces together!

Class Posts, Primary 3

Mad about Magnets in P3

Primary 3 were very excited to find out that they were going to be learning about magnetism in Science this term.  We quickly got to work to brainstorm what we already knew about magnets and what questions we had.  These questions are helping us to plan our investigations.

The most common misconception that we had was that all metal objects would be magnetic.  Some of us suspected that this may not be true but we had to investigate to find out more.

 

Ask us to tell you what we discovered!  Are all metal objects magnetic?  Why are only some coins magnetic?  What do the terms “attraction” and “repulsion” mean and what do they have to do with the North and South poles?