Awesome P3

World Book Day

First of all, thank you so much for encouraging your children to dress up as their favourite book character. They were all able to explain which character they were and why they liked them. They all arrived in school very excited and engaged!

Primary 3 became authors and illustrators of their very own book. Yes that’s right, they collaboratively wrote a story as a class from beginning to end following the Storysteps of real authors!  First of all, as a class, P3 decided on a genre which was SCARY. Next they discussed and agreed a SETTING for their story just like a real author would.  Then they worked collaboratively in groups to illustrate and write about different parts of the story –  CHARACTER, PROBLEM, MOTIVATION, SURPRISE, RESOLUTION  & ENDING. Our book is not quite finished yet as we still have to edit what we have done so far, design a front cover, come up with a title and contents page – we do hope to have it on display in our classroom in due course for any visitors to read though!

WRITING 

Kate – I liked doing our writing assessment this week as we wrote instructions on how to make a mummy and I thought really hard about the writing skills I have learned so far.  It was fun!

MATHS

In Maths we have been looking at how to calculate change and talking about different ways to work this out. We have been building on our existing understanding of addition and subtracting – linking our learning!

Roots of Empathy

More excitement in P3 with baby Kelsey!  We learned  that she likes different toys now and if she sees one that she wants she will crawl to get it. Her mummy sometimes uses toys as a distraction.

Sophie YM suggested everyone sing ‘Head Shoulders Knees and Toes’ in Spanish which the whole class did – well done, it was super and baby Kelsey loved it!

Here are some of the questions asked:

Emily – does she have lots of toys and does she have favourites? She likes knocking down building blocks.

Emma – Does she try to eat the covers in her bed? Not really but hard things like the remote control and mobile phones.

Cameron – does Kelsey sleep in her own room? She sleeps in her own bed at first but during the night she cuddles in with mummy and daddy.

Alexis – can Kelsey come again when she is older?

 

 

ANCIENT EGYPT

The excitement has continued to build this week as we prepare for our Death In Ancient Egypt Assembly.  Thank you to those who have been practising their Assembly lines at home, especially working hard on projecting their voice and expression. We have even had a few ad libs and an extra line or two added in – brilliant! We have also been preparing various props…

Your child will come home with an Egyptian Collar and colouring instructions today. As it will be worn  during our Assembly, it needs to be decorated  and returned to school by THURSDAY 9.3.17 at the latest. If your child could also cut up the thick black line and cut out the inner and outer circles it will be ready for wearing!

Have a look at the link below for the Mummy Dance – the children loved it. Additional practise at home with the actions would be helpful in preparation for our Assembly.  We’re not learning the words, just the actions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMXcSVAheNk

Have a lovely weekend from  Mrs Scott and Primary 3!