It was sweet week and we made chocolate truffles. We had to get our hands messy this week to roll the ingredients into balls. It was hard not to eat some as we were cooking 🧑🍳 as it was very tasty 😋
Lots of skills were used making our truffles, smashing, scooping, mixing, rolling and sharing.
What a day! We all loved World Book Day, especially coming to school wearing our pyjamas and some of us dressed up as our favourite book character.
Darcy – I liked the Authors Live.
Freya – After Authors Live we did our own comic strip characters! Mine’s is called Cherry Girl and her super power is that she can become invisible.
Grace – I liked the Scavenger hunt and we had to find clues and write the name of the book and the letter beside it.
Amber – We all got a book token home with us!
Oonagh – I love reading and this morning I was reading a “Horrible History” book from our class library. I dressed up as Jasmine from Aladdin.
Jack – I liked doing the wordsearch this morning. I found most of the words really quickly!
Lilly – I enjoyed reading in the library. It was nice and quiet.
Jude – The Authors Live was fun and we got to be illustrators! My character is called “Party Time” and his super power is that he can shoot explosive confetti out of his arms.
Macie – I liked doing paired reading with my partner. We took turns to read.
Zac – I liked doing the Scavenger Hunt and I found the clues.
Joseph – Reading is good for you because it gives you knowledge and you can find out interesting things.
Kendall – I came to school dressed as Harry Potter.
Abner – We wrote book reviews about our favourite book.
Siena – My favourite book is called “The Lion Inside” by Rachel Bright. It’s about a lion and a mouse. Everyone loves the lion and the lion is afraid of the mouse. At the end they become best friends because they tell each other what they are scared of.
With the arrival of the Spring sunshine, we have had a lovely week inside and out!
In class, we have been practicing our motor control skills and pencil control. We have also been practicing matching lower, and upper case letters. We have also begun to learn about CVC words.
In our Maths some of us have been ordering images into size order from smallest to largest. and identifying missing numbers within 20.
We have also enjoyed sensory-rich water play and modelling with bouncing putty!
We have also enjoyed our lunches…yum!
We have also loved time outside…wellie free!!
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.
ENERGY HOUR AT ST MARY’S!
We are all being Eco Warriors! On Friday we had our Energy Hour where the whole school switched energy off in order to play our part in being eco friendly. The Eco Committee asked that we all refrain from using laptops, iPads, lights in the classroom and staff laptops for this hour. During this time we designed a logo for the Uniform Swap Shop competition which the Eco Committee launched this week.
We had a great start to cooking club, this week was savoury week and we made pizza rolls .
Everyone followed the instructions well to make a delicious treat. We had to spread, fold, sprinkle, and baste our rolls before putting them in the oven to cook.
We all worked very well collaboratively.
Grace – I shared my pizza at home.
Ellis – my big brother ate it!
Jack – it was yummy.
Mya – I ate it all, it was tasty.
Theodor – I loved mine.
Millie – I enjoyed making them and eating it!
We are all looking forward to next week.
Primary 1 had a fantastic trip to Edinburgh Castle this week. This was a big adventure for us and a lot of walking but we all did very well and made the school proud.
We used our trip to inspire our writing.
On Wednesday we participated in our school committee groups where we get the chance to work collaboratively with children across the school. We all really enjoy working with others and making decisions to shape areas in the school.
On Friday we participated in No Electricity in school hour, for a whole hour as part of Eco schools.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
A busy, busy, week!
We have worked hard on our literacy this week, and have continued to work on our letter formations. We have also practiced writing our names.
In our number work we have seen our peers work with numbers up to 20.
We have also worked on pattern recognition and enjoyed water play too!
We also enjoyed being in the Outdoor Classroom and on the Field.
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! 🍟🚗
