Author: Miss McLaughlin

This week, Primary 3 continued their ‘Visit Paris!’ topic. So far, we have created our own tour company called ‘Bonjour, Paris!’, learned about the role of a tour guide and talked about travelling issues such as passports and security.

Next, we had to start planning our tour by researching famous Parisian landmarks. We worked in pairs to research landmarks, drew pictures  and listed facts about them. #successfullearners

Have a look at some of our work below:

Our next job is to use the information found to plan a tour for our customers.

Check in next time to see what else we have been learning!
Primary 3 & Miss M 🙂

This week, Primary 3 were getting to know their bodies!

First, we learned that even though we are all different, there are some characteristics that we share (e.g. shoe size, hair colour, eye colour, height).

Then, we worked in teams to create body shapes on giant pieces of card and were challenged to write down all of the body parts that we knew. Miss McLaughlin was so impressed – we had labels for ‘spinal cord’, ‘bladder’ and ‘veins’! On looking at our diagrams, we noticed that for some of our more ‘private parts’, we had been using different vocabulary. We learned the correct terminology for these parts and annotated our diagrams.  #responsiblecitizens

Below, you can see our team diagrams.

Check in with us next week to see what we have been up to!
Primary 3 & Miss M 🙂

Please use the link below to see the fantastic work Primary 3 have done over the course of their Victorian-themed ‘Revolution!’ topic. #successfullearners

This week, Primary 3 took on a bridge-building challenge!

We learned that construction of the Forth Rail Bridge began during the Victorian times and used a unique design known as ‘cantilever’. We decided to try to make our own bridge models using art straws.

To begin with, we worked in two separate teams to construct our bridges. After many trials and tribulations, we combined into one whole team to complete our project. #effectivecontributors

Have a look at our model below.

Please find attached our learning overview for Term 4.

Miss M 🙂

P3 Termly Learning Overview – 4

This week on our Victorian adventure, we looked at more inventions! We learned about spa towns like Strathpeffer and created posters advertising them.

We also learned that the Victorians were responsible for some of the inventions we take for granted today – Jelly Babies, the first bicycles (Penny Farthing) and public toilets!

Then, we worked in family teams to create ‘black and white’ photographs of our Victorian bank holiday. See what we came up with below! #successfullearners

Have a lovely holiday weekend. See you all on Tuesday!
Primary 3 & Miss M 🙂

This week, Primary 3 continued their Victorian topic.

We worked in teams to create Victorian characters and family names. Next, we explored common jobs during that period (e.g. steelworks, cotton mill, jute factory) and wrote applications for them. We then looked at clothing items and ‘dressed’ our characters appropriately for work. Then, we looked at tenement housing (our characters were moving to the city for better-paid, factory work) and built family homes from junk. #effectivecontributors

You can see each family home below!

Check in with us next week to see what we have been learning!

Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the sunshine!
Primary 3 & Miss M 🙂

 

Last week, Primary 3 began their portraits of Queen Victoria by using lines and shapes to sketch her. This week, we painted them!

We learned how to mix colours to create different tones and identify where shading should be (based on the original portrait). We then used coloured pencil to add finer details around the face. #successfullearners

Miss McLaughlin has been so impressed with our work, but what do you think?

Check in with us next week to see what we learn next!
Primary 3 & Miss M 🙂

This week, Primary 3 began learning around their new topic linked to the Victorians.

Firstly, we looked at a picture and made predictions about what might have been going on:

We discovered that the painting above shows the coronation of a young Queen Victoria – she was only 18 when she was crowned queen! We also learned that the time period is known as ‘Victorian’ because it spanned across the time when she reigned as queen.

Currently, we are busy creating coronation portraits of Queen Victoria, using lines and basic shapes to build up her features. #effectivecontributors

Check in with us again next week to see how our portraits turn out!
Primary 3 & Miss M 🙂

Please use the link below to see the fantastic work Primary 3 have done throughout their ‘Farmer’s Market’ topic. #effectivecontributors