Primary 3 – Page 21 – Springfield Primary School and Bonnytoun Nursery School

Please find attached homework for week beginning 27.11.17.

Reading
Pages in group reading quoted in reading record

Spelling
-ft, -lp, -lt and -amp sounds from attached sheet and a spelling task.

Numeracy
Mr Fryer, a parent who works in a bank came into school last week to talk to the children about budgeting. The class learned about buying things they really needed, saving money and things they just wanted but didn’t need. The home learning is to reinforce what they can afford to spend their money on. The activity is for a fruit and veg shop. They have to decide on a budget first e.g. 50p, £1, £2, £5 then buy goods ensuring they stay within their budget. They only need to add 2 or 3 items. You may need to support them with the pounds and pence signs.

Christmas Fayre
We will be making items for the Christmas Fayre next week. Please let your child know how many crackers you need and if you have a preference for the colour and I will try to accommodate. We will be pricing them with our budgeting lessons but will probably cost between £1 and £2 each. The plan is to try to make enough for a family unit so approximately 3 to 6 crackers per child.

Extra Homework task if you have time

Can all children make a decoration at home to hang on our school Xmas tree? We are also decorating a tree in St Michael’s Church on behalf of Springfield.

Have a lovely weekend!

November 17, 2017

P3 Week commencing 13th November

On Monday we welcomed Miss Claire Stevenson; student teacher from Glasgow University, who will be working with us for the next four Mondays. In Maths we starting learning about repeating patterns and in the afternoon we worked on our logo designs for the PJ Foundation competition. The children produced some amazing designs for the logo, so fingers crossed we might be one of the winners!

On Tuesday we had our fabulous visit to the Kelpies. They did a super job listening to the tour guide and asking some excellent questions! The pupils had the opportunity to go inside one of the Kelpies and take a look around the visitor centre. The trip was finished off with a quick visit to the Helix Park. It was a lovely morning!

On Wednesday and Thursday the class then planned and wrote very detailed recounts of their trip. They worked very hard and wrote interesting and informative reports.

On Friday we did some “Pudsey” themed maths Sudoku and problem solving activities, followed by a visit to the Children in Need Fundraising cake stall. We all had great fun buying up all the cakes and then eating them up! Some of the class also took part in a Pudsey themed design an outfit for Miss Prince’s concert performance in December. Miss Prince had a hard job choosing the winner as there were a lot of excellent entries. After much deliberation Miss Prince chose Ella’s design – well done Ella and thank you to everyone who took part in the competition.

November 16, 2017

Primary 3/4 Blog Week Ending 17.11.17

Dear All

This week in literacy we learned about the rainforests in our reading comprehension.

In numeracy we did the times tables with Big maths CLIC and practised with clapping songs.

In health and wellbeing we did tennis and went to the rugby.

In learning across the curriculum we did our Scottish Book Review on Hamish McHaggis.

Hope you have a good weekend!

Typed by Dean and Rory

November 10, 2017November 12, 2017

Primary 3/4 Blog Week Ending 10.11.17

Dear All

This week in literacy we did alien reports. We did doing words and describing words. We described verbs.

In numeracy we did lines of symmetry. In maths we done big maths beat that.

In health and wellbeing we went to rugby. In PE we did tennis and gymnastics.

In learning across the curriculum we did a Scottish book review.

Hope you have a good weekend!

Typed by Sarah, Cori, Sofia, Sienna, Charlie, Lily and Howie

November 10, 2017

Week Commencing 6th November 2017

On Monday we learned our new spelling sounds and practiced them by completing various activities at our “active” spelling stations. In Maths we finished off our work on symmetry by cutting out and folding shapes to find out if the shape was symmetrical. In the afternoon we completed our board games all about “Maui” by making up question cards and writing a set of rules on how to play the different games.

We have also been learning about nouns, verbs and adjectives during literacy time. They have been self-assessing their writing to ensure that they try to include many different adjectives to make their stories more engaging for the reader.

The class had great fun on Wednesday when they created their own mythical creatures after being inspired by the story The Secret of the Kelpies. The class were so enthusiastic about their creations they have asked to write their own imaginative stories based on their creatures.

On Thursday the class discussed the importance of Remembrance Day and the significance of the poppy. They also explored the poem The Inquisitive Child and had some super ideas as to the meaning behind this poem.

On Friday we work hard to develop our mental maths strategies by completing our “BIG Maths” challenge.

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017

Primary 3/4 Blog Week Ending 3.11.17

Dear All

P3’s had a great Hallowe’en party on Monday!

This week in Literacy we continued our Alien Mission with Big Writing adventures by writing a report to Aliens about how Humans lived, what they ate, what they did and what they were like. We were listening to lots of stories in Scots language e.g. the Gruffalo’s Wean, Billionaire Bairn and Fairy Stories including Wee Reid Riding Hood! In French we learned to say the months and practised with a ball game. If we landed on ‘aout’ we were ‘oot!’

In Numeracy we learned to estimate the length of objects in the classroom and then measure them. We did Hallowe’en activities to find a pumpkin using odd and even numbers.

On Thursday we went to the rugby club and when we went back to school we went on the trim trail. At rugby we wore belts and ribbons and ran fast.

Hope you have a good weekend!

Typed by Eilidh Dean and Charley

November 3, 2017

Week Commencing 30th October 2017

On Monday in Maths we were learning about lines of symmetry in shapes, art and architectural buildings. Then in the afternoon we had a fantastic spooky time at the “Halloween Hop” where we got all dressed up in some amazing scary costumes, played lots of games and showed off our “spooktactular” dancing skills!

We had great fun on Wednesday afternoon creating our own firework display pictures. We had a look at some abstract art and explored the use of different line drawings to create our displays. We also decided it was really important to learn about Firework Safety before the weekend to ensure we all stay safe during Fireworks Weekend.

We also listened to the story that will be the focus of our Scottish Book study, The Secret of the Kelpie. We really enjoyed looking at the illustrations and discussing the exciting events throughout the story.

Mrs McVay and Mr Ritchie

October 27, 2017

Primary 3/4 Blog Week Ending 27.10.17

Dear All

This week in literacy we learned about adjectives in Big Writing Adventures. We did a book review on our reading books.

In maths we did 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 17 and 19 times tables. We used different objects.

In health and wellbeing we did gymnastic in P.E with Mrs Reid. We also got 10 minutes extra on the trim trail.

In learning across the curriculum we learned about how the seasons change. We made autumn leaf hair styles.

Hope you have a good weekend!

Typed by Layla Mairi Mark and Daniel L

October 13, 2017October 13, 2017

Primary 3/4 Blog Week Ending 13.10.17

Dear All

In Literacy we were writing a story about deserts and we did reading.

In French we learned how to spell our names using the French alphabet.

In Numeracy we did maths games. We did Big Maths Beat That and we bet our best scores!

In health and wellbeing we did PE. We did belly dancing .We went to assembly and it was a harvest festival and we did music.

Hope you have a good weekend!

October 6, 2017

P3/4 Class of the Week!

Primary 3/4

Blog Week Ending 6th October 2017

We won Class of the Week!

This week in Health and wellbeing we did belly dancing.

In numeracy we did big maths beat that. We did times tables and sumdog.

In literacy we wrote a story about finding something in the desert and drew things we could find on the board. We went to the library and we had a spelling test. In French we did numbers up to forty.

We made desert animals out of clay. We drew pictures of desert animals, camels, palm trees, cactuses, pyramids, sand temples, scorpions and snakes. We learned harvest festival songs.