We are still very busy in Primary 3 and learning lots of exciting new things!

In topic, we have started working in pairs to design our own island.  We started by listing everything we would have on an island and then learned about Map Keys and made a Key for all the island features we had chosen.  Today we drew the coastal outline of our island and we will soon be ready to add all of our Map Key symbols.  We have also written and sent letters to Katie Morag and are anxiously awaiting replies.

We are doing a super job in PE at the moment and can now dance a Canadian Barn Dance to music.  We have even learned to make the dance progressive which means the boys move on to a new partner!  We have also learned the beginning of the Gay Gordons, which is quite tricky.  We will soon be ready to try that to music as well.

We are coming home today with letters to invite our family to come to school and see all that we have been doing in Topic.  We are planning to put on a fantastic showcase and are excited to share our learning on Thursday 3rd December.

In topic maths, we are soon finishing our data handling topic and enjoyed learning about Carroll and Tree Diagrams recently.  We will soon be moving onto learning about Grid References, which ties in nicely with our Katie Morag island activities.

We have signed up to take part in the West Lothian Sumdog challenge which begins tomorrow.  We can play Sumdog at home as normal but are competing against classes in other West Lothian schools.  The more we play Sumdog at home over the next week, the better chance we have of doing well in the challenge.

Look out for more updates soon!