In Primary 3 we have been learning about how length was measured long ago, before metre sticks and rulers were invented.  Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used the hand, foot and finger to measure with.  We discovered the Egyptians used the “cubit”, the distance between your elbow and the tip of your fingers and the “half cubit” which was the same as a hand span.  We have had great fun measuring objects around the school using these units.  We have now begun to use metre sticks to measure more accurately and are developing our skills of estimation.

Inspired by our visit from the Roman soldier, we have designed and created our own Roman shields.  We have had to use our problem solving skills to ensure the shield is curved to protect our body and has a secure handle.  We have also been working in groups to research a mini topic on the Romans and have been putting our non-fiction reading skills to the test.  We have been using books to find interesting information which will we use to make a Roman fact-file on our mini topic to share with the rest of our class.

This term, P3a will be having art lessons with Miss Notman and PE with Mr Muldoon.  P3b will be having drama with Mrs Thomson, Science with Mr Taylor and PE with Mr Muldoon.

As part of Eco week, we went out into the playground today and did some litter-picking.  We were responsible for ensuring that our field and both playgrounds were litter free.  Miss Robertson and Mrs Stephen thought we did a super job!

After our Roman soldier visited last week we have been inspired to make a joint class display.  At the moment it has our wonderful painted Roman solider, a Roman word wall and some Roman artefacts and books.  As the topic continues, this display will be added to.

After the holidays, we will be working in groups to research different aspects of Roman life.  We will use books and ICT to find information and then create our own Roman factfile.  We will then present our factfiles to the rest of the class and teach them all about our research topics.

In Maths, we have thoroughly enjoyed learning about Roman numerals and are now confident in using them to represent different numbers.

We really enjoyed our French day on Tuesday 31st March and had great fun joining together with the children in P4!  We chose our own activities from French Cafe, French Art (Monet), Books and Games and French Quiz.  We spent the day talking French and learning about French culture.

We hope everybody has a really lovely Easter holiday!

As previously posted, we have recently been busy making Celtic roundhouses as part of our topic on The Romans.  We worked super hard to ensure we had round walls that looked like they were made of mud and clay and cone shaped roofs that appeared to be made of straw.  We took great care in decorating our houses to look like they would in The Iron Age.  Here are some photos of us during the building phase and some final shots of our wonderful creations!

In maths topic this week, we have been exploring different number systems from the past.  We looked at Greek, Babylonian, Arabic, Egyptian and Mayan numbers.  We then used these number systems to design our own everyday items including watches, clocks, calculators and remote controls.  The children had great fun using the symbols and shapes to represent numbers.

In Primary 3 we have been looking at The Celts  as part of our Romans topic.  We have been learning about how they lived, the types of houses they lived in and the blue body paint Celtic warriors used to make themselves look fearsome – the swirlier the better!

We have begun to create our very own models of Celtic roundhouses.  In pairs, we have been exploring the best materials to build our models with and our problem solving skills have been put to the test.

Stay tuned for our final masterpieces!

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For the past couple of weeks we have been very lucky to have had a Tennis Coach in for our PE lessons on a Tuesday.  Iain has been playing some super fun games with us and we have been learning some fantastic new skills.

We have just begun our new topic on The Romans.  We have come up with some wonderful questions we would like to be answered during our topic and some fantastic ideas for activities that will help us learn.  We have started looking at Timelines and will also be learning to extract key information from non-fiction sources and make notes in our own words.  This will help us with a Roman research task where we will be creating our own Roman factfile.

In Maths we are continuing to learn about giving and following directions and are developing our use of Maths vocabulary.

In RME, we are exploring Christian Bible stories and the values that they teach.  We started with Joseph and his Brothers and learned about forgiveness and jealousy.

We recently spent time with Mrs Black and Mr Taylor to develop a new action plan for our classes.  We will be working with our teachers to implement our ideas and meet our class targets for learning.

Enjoy your holiday weekend!