This week in primary 3 we have been continuing to learn about multiplication. We have been exploring different strategies to help us solve multiplication sums. This week we have been learning about arrays and feel confident in using these as a strategy for any multiplication sum. We enjoyed creating arrays using play-doh and whiteboards. We even took our learning outside and used natural materials to create arrays.
This week in primary 3 we have been busy preparing for our upcoming assembly about the Vikings on Monday 4th March. The children have enjoyed creating props and showed confidence when learning their lines.  We can’t wait to showcase our learning and hope you can come along and watch.
During topic this week we had great fun going out into the playground to measure and draw a longship. They were said to be 21 metres long and 5 metres wide!
In writing we are continuing to learn about persuasive writing and the different writing techniques used in persuasive texts. We have been learning about alliteration and came up with lots of fantastic examples from well-known books as well as examples of our own.
In numeracy we have been learning about the 2 and 3 times tables. We have spotted patterns in both of these and are exploring different strategies to solve multiplication sums.
Primary 4 have had a busy time in January. We have a student witn us for the next 5 weeks and we welcome her into our class. The class have been learning their poems for the Poetry competition and we will be looking for them to perform them next week. Tuesdays have been busy with Outdoor Learrning in Maths with Mrs McCool . So far we have looked at shapes and are looking at angles and seeing if we can recognise them in the outdoors.
We have started our new topic looking at Scotland and finding out about different Landmarks which we may know. We had a great lesson where we had to see how many places we recognised. Max and his partner recognised the most!
We are working on persuasive writing and we hope to use our knowledge of our Scottish Cities to make a travel guide to persuade you to visit the place! We are working in groups to find out all about the different cities around Scotland.
We will post pictures when we finish!
This week in primary 3 we have been lucky enough to spend each afternoon singing and learning new songs with the Rookie Rockstar’s team. We have all thoroughly enjoyed this experience and working collaboratively with the whole school to record our own CD of the songs we learned. We hope you can all make it to our concert on Thursday where we will be showcasing what we have learned!
We also had a ‘spotacular’ day today dressing up and decorating spotty biscuits to raise money for children in need.
 
