This week in P3 we had lots of exciting activities, including celebrating World Book Day and welcoming our families into school for Sharing Our Learning.

To celebrate World Book Day, we took part in several fun literacy activities. The children designed their own book covers and wrote a short story to match their ideas. We were very impressed with their creativity and imagination! They also made bookmarks to use when reading their favourite books. One of the highlights of the day was a scavenger hunt around the school, where the children searched for books and matched them to clues they were given about the book. Everyone had great fun exploring and working together.

Today we also held our Sharing Our, where parents were invited into the classroom to see what we have been learning. The children confidently explained that in maths we have been learning about measurement, focusing on metres and centimetres.

To demonstrate our learning, the children took part in a practical measuring activity. They used rulers to measure paper in centimetres, carefully cutting paper strips to the exact length. After measuring and cutting, they used their creativity to turn the strips into artwork. Once the artwork was complete, we compared the different lengths and talked about which were longer or shorter.

The children did a wonderful job explaining their learning and showing their completed work in their textbooks and maths jotters . We are very proud of how confident they were when sharing with their parents. Well done, P3! 🌟📚📐

Today P3 took part in Energy Saving Hour organised by the ECO committee. For one whole hour, we switched off the lights, put away the iPads, and didn’t use any technology at all  even our Smart Board stayed off!

During this time, we completed our Friday 5 and enjoyed some free writing. We had to think carefully and work together without the help of technology. It made us realise just how much we use it every day! We had a great discussion about whether we could survive a full week without our Smart Board… opinions were very mixed!🤔 We also entered a competition to create a badge for the uniform swap. There were so many creative and colourful ideas!

On Wednesday, we spent time with our school committees. The Play Committee worked hard to create new play rules for all pupils and teachers. These rules will help everyone play safely and respectfully.The Literacy Committee organised a fantastic and very fun assembly all about World Book Day.

This week, we also used our brand-new classroom McDonald’s during play time. Using the new play rules, we made sure to play safely and show respect to one another. The children used their wonderful imaginations to create all sorts of foods you might find in McDonald’s from burgers and fries to some very creative new menu items🍔🍟 We used teamwork, role play, and creativity while playing.

On Saturday, our Primary 3 pupils celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This important step in their faith journey gave the children time to reflect, say sorry, and experience forgiveness.

The pupils approached the sacrament with care and confidence, showing how much they have learned during their preparation. We are extremely proud of each child.😁

Well done to everyone involved, and thank you to the parish and parents who supported the children on this special occasion.

We started our week by celebrating Shrove Tuesday. P3 learned all about why we have Pancake Day and that it is the day before Lent begins. We talked about what Lent means and shared our own Lenten promises. As a class, we also made a very special promise to try our best to be kind to one another throughout Lent. 💜

On Wednesday, as part of our science topic on weather, P3 explored different weather symbols and discussed what they tell us. We used the iPads to check the weather forecast and even watched the news to see the symbols being used in real life. P3 were able to identify many different symbols and talked about which types of weather we see most often in Scotland, such as rain, clouds, and wind. We also discussed how the weather can be very different in other countries. Some places are much hotter and sunnier, while others may have lots of snow or very dry weather. P3 enjoyed comparing Scotland’s climate to countries around the world. 🌦️🌍

On Thursday and Friday, P3 began redesigning our classroom play area. After sharing lots of creative ideas, we took a class vote and decided to create a McDonald’s with a drive-through! P3 were very excited and started designing their play area, thinking carefully about what they would need and how it should look. We are looking forward to continuing this project next week and seeing our ideas come to life! 🍟🚗

Primary 3 have had a very busy and exciting start to the new term! Since returning after Christmas, we have been working hard, having fun and learning lots of new things across the curriculum.

 Scots Language and Scottish Traditions

We have been learning about the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns and exploring Scottish traditions such as tartan. We talked about the different colours and patterns in tartan and how they are made.

To link with our learning, we designed and created our very own Scottish kilts by weaving paper, they looked fantastic!

We also learned the famous Scottish poem “The Sair Finger” together as a class. Three very brave Primary 3 pupils even took part in the school finalist competition, we were so proud of them!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😊

Religious Education – The Sacrament of Reconciliation

In RE, we have been learning about the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We explored the different stages of the sacrament, listened to Bible stories and talked about why forgiveness is so important in our lives.

The children shared thoughtful ideas and showed great understanding during our discussions.✝️

 Our New Class Topic – Greyfriars Bobby

We have started a new class topic all about Greyfriars Bobby. We explored the story of Bobby and talked about the important themes of loyalty and friendship.

To bring the story to life, we incorporated drama into our learning by taking part in hot seating, where pupils acted in role as Greyfriars Bobby and answered questions from the class. This helped us to think deeply about Bobby’s feelings and experiences.

We also compared Edinburgh in the past and present and learned about some famous Edinburgh landmarks, such as the castle and Greyfriars Kirkyard.🐾

➗ Maths

In maths, we have been working hard on multiplication and have made great progress. We are now ready to move on to learning about division, well done Primary 3!🧠

 Outdoor Learning and Play

Of course, we have also had lots of opportunities to play and learn together. We especially love spending time in the outdoor classroom every Monday and outdoor learning every Thursday with Miss Nelson, where we explore, work as a team and enjoy being active outside.🍃

We started our week with our Christmas party, everyone enjoyed the music, games and some party treats!🍦🍫

The excitement continued with a very special visit from Santa, which made everyone’s day extra special❤️🎅

Yesterday was our Polar Express Day, children showed there golden ticket before enjoying a hot chocolate and some treats! There was plenty of Christmas cheer and smiling faces all round✨🍫❤️P7 also helped us bake some chocolate rice crispy cakes!

On Tuesday, we headed out to see the Snow White pantomime🍎.Everyone had a fantastic time joining in and enjoyed some snacks along the way!

On Wednesday we enjoyed our Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day!🎅 In the afternoon we done some Christmas pointillism art, we created our pictures using dots instead of lines to build up shapes and patterns.

On Thursday we made gingerbread men with Mrs Wotherspoon and some help from P7.😃

On Friday we shone on stage in our nativity show Lights Camel Action ⭐️🐪🎬 Everyone was amazing! We have so much fun performing infront of all of our parents!

Well done P3 for an amazing week and a wonderful performance… only 13 more sleeps to go🎅❤️

P3 have had a very busy week as we prepared for the Christmas Fayre and took part in our solo talks.

In preparation for the Christmas Fayre, P3 enjoyed making Ruldolph hot chocolates with marshmallows🍫 and snowmen biscuits☃️. We loved preparing these treats and of course we had to taste test the goods!

We also spent time working on our solo talks all about our favourite animals. P3 done an amazing job sharing their knowledge with so much confidence! They demonstrated excellent talking and listening skills, showing respect for one another while presenting. I am so proud of everyone for taking part!

Well done P3 for a fantastic week!😊

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Last week we celebrated Book Week with lots of exciting activities. We took part in a whole school book swap, and our parents joined us for cosy hot chocolate, biscuits and lots of fun Read, Write, Count activities🍪📚. Primary 3 also had great fun creating book characters from potatoes and joined the school to create a reading river! On Friday, we finished the week by recreating covers of our favourite books. We have had a wonderful week of reading, fun activities and sharing our favourite stories.

In Health and Wellbeing, P3 have been learning all about food. We found out where food comes from and used the Eatwell Guide to learn about healthy choices.

We also talked about how to stay safe when preparing food, like washing our hands and using equipment carefully.

The best part was making and tasting healthy foods! P3 were fantastic at trying new things and learning that healthy food can be fun and tasty.