Category Archives: Primary 3
P2/3 Claywork Making Wheels for STEM Topic
We made some wheels out of clay. We all had a good time to make them. We made them by using tools and also some people used their hands.
Daisy D P2
P2/3 made some wheels and they were made out of clay. It was fun. We used rollers and we had slip to join the parts. Slip is a mixture of clay and water.
Amorie P2
P3/2 visit Jupiter Artland
Primary 3/2 STEM Context: Brompton Bike Challenge
For our STEM context for learning we are going to be learning about the Brompton Bike Challenge!
Our learning will focus on:
- Science: Senses and Materials
- Technologies: Design
- Maths: Measure
The questions we decided we wanted to explore are:
- What is a safe bike? Who uses bikes? RESEARCH and NOTE TAKING ON MIND MAP
- What senses are used with a bike accessory? SENSES
- What materials are used to make a bike accessory? RESEARCH and MATERIALS
- How do you design a bike accessory.? DESIGN and PROBLEM SOLVING (design brief)
- How do you build a bike accessory? MEASURE and CONSTRUCTION
P3 Baby Gym Challenge!
Primary 3 received a letter today! After opening our letter we discovered that we have been set an exciting challenge to design and make a baby gym that is suitable for a small baby.
Here are our key questions that we will explore this term:
1. What is a baby gym?
2. What senses does a baby use when playing with a baby gym?
3. How do you design a baby gym?
4. How do you build a baby gym?
5. How do you advertise a baby gym?
We will work in small design teams explore our key questions and design and make our baby gym. We will have to work as a team, make decisions and solve design problems and questions along the way.
We will also have the opportunity to advertise and present our baby gym to other children in the school and we might even have a visit from baby Ailish who we are designing our baby gym for!
Wish us luck!
Miss Clark and Primary 3
Big Bike Design Challenge
Please see our blog entry below to find out about the start of our IDL topic for the next 5 weeks!
House Meeting
Today we got together for our House Meetings. We started by playing a community builder. Then the house and vice captains set us the challenge of creating an anthem for our house. We look forward to hearing the final anthems!
Build-a-Bike Art Sculptures P2 and 3
P2/3 have started their design product challenge as part of STEM term. We will be looking at the stages in the design process – from recognising a need, developing a design brief, creating a design and product and then evaluating it – phew!
To start us off we are looking at bicycle wheel through Art – looking at spokes, tyres and their circular shape. We made 3-D wheel tiles using rolling, cutting, imprinting and next time we will look at decorative techniques in claywork. Not quite the Great Pottery throwdown but nearly – catch it on BBC2.
We will be looking at bike accessories and trying to make some of these following the design process. Take a close look at bikes around you.
Which is Heaviest?
Primary 2/3 have been learning about weight. We used scales to compare the weight of different classroom objects. Then we used some 10g weights in the scales to compare with the classroom objects. 
P3’s Super Burns Supper
Primary 3 had a fantastic afternoon at our Burns Supper. We enjoyed dancing, singing and poetry. We really enjoyed tasting our Cranachan and tattie soup! Here are some of our photos:
