We have a had a busy few weeks in Primary three! Here’s just a few things we have been up to………
In Maths topic, we have finished learning about Pictograms and Block graphs and today we started using Venn diagrams to sort information. This is all part of our information handling topic. We also started to create a mind map of everything we have learned in our Maths topic so far and will continue to add to this as we learn more.
It was money week last week, so we also set up a Post Office in our cloakroom space for Maths topic lessons. This was an excellent opportunity to combine money week with our Katie Morag topic and use role play to explore what happens in a Post Office just like the one Katie Morag’s family run. We also played a variety of money games.
Last week we also had the opportunity to use Sumdog in school which is a Maths website Williamston subscribe to. We have all had a look around the site and played lots of fantastic Maths games, and this week we will be coming home with our own personal login to use Sumdog from home. Our teachers are asking that we always use our school login to access Sumdog from home and that we all try to play some games before we come back to school after the October holidays. Please can our parents help us with instructions, but try to let us answer the questions ourselves.
Also in our Katie Morag topic, we have been exploring what makes an island and comparing life on Coll (the island Katie Morag’s Isle of Struay is based on) with life in Livingston. We have learned that the one thing that is the same for all islands all over the world is that they are surrounded by water.
In literacy lessons, we have been continuing to develop our flow and expression when we are reading and have been using our skills to illustrate parts of our reading books, create character profiles and identify the meaning of unfamiliar words. We are also writing letters to Katie Morag as we felt this was the best way to get answers to the many questions we have about her life on Struay.
In PE, we have began learning Scottish Country Dancing! The boys are being proper little gentlemen and asking the girls to dance. We are learning a Canadian Barn Dance and next week we’ll try to music!
We have been having great fun in food technology lessons with Mrs Logan. We have made toast and fruit kebabs so far and next week we’re making Katie Morag’s favourite – porridges!
We’ve definitely earned our October holidays!
