In literacy this week we have been learning several different skills. As well as our usual spelling lessons, we have had a lesson on expressing our likes and dislikes about a text, giving reasons why we have these opinions. This is quite a tricky skill and we will continue to practise. We have been adding our reading books to the school total for the First Mininsters Book Challenge, as we do this it is important that we can discuss what the books are about and give our opinion on the book.
We further developed our letter writing skills as we wrote letters to children in Australia. As Mrs Kennedy has a friend who teaches in a school in Ferny Creek, Melbourne, she thought it would be good for us to write to children in an Australian school to find out about the differences and similarities between growing up in Australia and growing up in Scotland. In our letters we introduced ourselves and wrote a little about what we enjoy at school as well as our hobbies and interests outside of school. We also got the opportunity to ask lots of questions. Mrs Kennedy will post the letters at the weekend and we hope to receive some replies soon.
On Tuesday we furthered our research on Australian landscapes. We chose either the Great Barrier Reef or Ayres Rock and then carried out some research and created a powerpoint to show the information. We presented our findings to the rest of the class. We were very lucky to have some children from P7 to help with our research and they were also a fantastic help in creating our powerpoints. They made sure they showed us what to do as well us letting us try for ourselves rather than do all the work for us! The P3s and P7s worked very well together and Mrs Kennedy was very impressed (I could almost have gone for a cup of tea and let them get on with it!)
In numeracy, we have continued our work on addition, learning different methods of adding a two-digit number and a single digit and some have been adding two two-digit numbers.
We have had the excitement of Halloween this week too. We all had fun at the party, playing lots of games and enjoying a Halloween snack. A big thank you to the PTA and our compare, Miss Baillie.
In music with Mrs Bain, we have been creating musical magic spells! We chose instruments to create atmospheric sounds to tell the story of The Witch’s Magic Potion. We followed conducting signals, including crescendos and diminuendos to control the volume. As well as being great musicians we learned a little Italian too!
We have been busy spreading the message about our Shoe Box Appeal, encouraging children and teachers throughout the school to bring in shoe boxes or items for shoe boxes. We would be very grateful for any items you have.
Have a lovely weekend, stay safe and enjoy any fireworks you may see, P3B and Mrs Kennedy
