Category: Primary 3

Please use the links below to watch the two children selected to perform their Scots’ poem for our Virtual Scots’ assembly.  Many thanks to everyone who took the time to learn their poem – you were all fantastic! #successfullearners

https://vimeo.com/671633411

https://vimeo.com/671637053

 

This week, Primary 3 started their new topic, Farming. We had received an email from the Farm Association, telling us about their schools programme and that they were keen to teach young people about farming.

We brainstormed what we knew about farms and farming first of all. Then we learned about the main farming types that take place across Scotland: cattle & sheep, dairy, poultry, cereal and crop. We then used a map and key to highlight where these types of farming take place in Scotland. We found that cattle & sheep farming is the most popular type. #successfullearners

Have a look at some of our work below.

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

This week, Primary 3 were completing tasks linked to our Scots’ focus – to find out more about tartan and the weaving process.

We discussed why we thought tartan had been invented and learned that it had begun its use as a way of identifying different clans. We then learned that tartan was made by weaving different coloured threads together and created our own tartan designs. After, we used our designs to create tartan-themed outfits. Have a look at some of our work below! #effectivecontributors

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

This week, our ‘Supermarket Sweep’ topic continued by looking at Advent. We discussed why we thought Advent was celebrated and why we might use Advent calendars.

We also explored the concept of a ‘reverse’ Advent calender, promoted by the West Lothian Food Bank. Instead of taking an item out every day,  people are encouraged to put a food item into a box each day. The items are then collected and given to families who are in need of a little extra help at Christmas time. You can find out more about West Lothian Food Bank and their Advent appeal using the link below:

https://westlothian.foodbank.org.uk/2021/10/29/advent21/

We created our own ‘reverse’ Advent calendar in pairs, using items we might find at Marks & Spencer (including Percy Pigs, of course!).  You can see some of our work below. #responsiblecitizens

Check in with us again next week!
Miss M & Primary 3 🙂

This week, Primary 3 began their new, Christmas-themed topic, ‘Supermarket Sweep’!

We discussed how supermarkets like Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s get ready for the festive season (e.g. designing Christmas cards, organising Black Friday sales, decorating the store, printing Christmas dinner menus) and suggested different roles that staff might need to take on. We then recorded our ideas on paper, which you can see below. #effectivecontributors

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

Please use the link below to see the fantastic work P3 have done throughout their ‘World’s Worst Children’ literacy focus. #effectivecontributors

*Fitness task group 3 – I wasn’t able to include your video in this clip because something glitched during the upload. I’m really sorry!

https://vimeo.com/650296278

This week, Primary 3 were given their ‘Read, Write, Count’ bags.

They are always a lovely resource for the children to receive and this year is no exception!

Each bag contains:

• A copy of ‘Octopus Shocktopus’
• A copy of ‘The Last Wolf’
• A Parent Club booklet full of activity ideas for you to use with your children
• A notebook and pencil
• A whiteboard marker
• A measuring tape
• A set of story and routine cards (these are REALLY good!)

Below is a link to the Parent Club website if you would like more information about ‘Read, Write, Count’:

https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/p3-read-write-count-activity-bag

Have a lovely weekend!
Miss M 🙂

#confidentindividuals

For this block of Science, Primary 3 will be learning about water.

This week, we brainstormed everything that we knew about water (e.g. it is wet, used for drinking and washing, comes in the form of rain, it can change into ice and steam). Then, Miss McLaughlin set us a challenge – there were little plastic people trapped inside a block of ice! We had to work in teams to find the best way to free them. See the photos below for our findings. #successfullearners

This little superstar returned to school last week with two athletics medals (one for participation and the other a bronze medal for finishing third overall in athletics events)! Well done!