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Category Archives: P3
Primary 3b Low Port Residential Experience
We returned today from our overnight stay at Low Port Centre in Linlithgow, exhausted but happy! On our arrival we headed to Linlithgow Palace where we were met by the Palace Guides from Primary 6 and 7, Linlithgow Primary School. They did a fantastic job showing us around the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. We then headed to the Peel where we played football and rounders before dinner. After a yummy three course meal Mr Brice taught us some games again on the Peel. Our favourite was Giants, Wizards and Trolls. Mr Brice’s demonstration of a troll was extremely funny. It was then time for pyjamas, dvd and supper before retiring to our comfy beds. Today it was rise and shine at 7.30am, an amazing breakfast then off to the Canal Centre. We went for a short trip on the canal boat, found out how the canal was built and what it was originally used for. Did you know all the “poo” from Edinburgh was transported out of the city by canal? After lunch we got back on the bus to Cockleroi and finally Beecraigs Country Park.
Low Port was a fantastic experience and one which we will remember for a long time.
An early night is in order, especially for all the staff members who made our trip such a great success!
More photographs to follow…….
Primary 3a research ladybirds
As part of eco-week last week, every class chose an animal that could be found in Scotland to research and put together a page for a book on Scottish wildlife. In P3a we had the ladybird and used our researching skills to find out some interesting facts about these little beetles. As a whole class, we then put together a fact-file page to be included in the books we are making – one of which is going to our partner school in Mumbai. Here is our fact file page on the ladyird
We have also been set a challenge by Mr Brice to make a ladybird house to put out into our playground to see if we can find any ladybirds at school. Watch this space for the final product!
Judo in Primary 3
We had fabulous fun in Primary 3 on Monday morning when we went to a Judo session in the big hall with Marvellous Marv. Marv played some super games with us where we began to learn some of the basics in Judo, such as trying to roll our partner off their knees and trying to stop our partner rolling us over!
Marv told us that Judo is only to be done in classes where it is safe and will soon be bringing invitations to school to tell us all about classes in Livingston.
What’s happening in Primary 3
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!
Primary 3a Outdoor Active spelling
We chose to make the most of the lovely weather in P3a this afternoon and took our learning outdoors!
We worked with a partner and searched the playground for a variety of items such as sticks, stones and flowers to spell out our new spelling words for this week. It was a great way to help us remember our new spelling patterns and we had so much fun outdoors. We also used chalk to write our words and draw pictures to represent them.
Primary 3 Update
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!
Easter Greetings from India
To the Staff and Students of Williamston Primary School,
With love from all of us at The Universal School, Ghatkopar, Mumbai, India
Celtic Roundhouses in P3a
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!
Primary 3 Roman Day
On Tuesday the 24th March, we had a very special visitor! Decimus Gaius, a Roman soldier, came to Williamston to teach us all about life in the Roman army. We learned lots about Soldiers’ uniforms and weapons, the food they ate and even their toilet habits. We then got dressed in our own army uniforms and were taught battle formations! Decimus Gaius was in charge, and gave us battle commands in Latin. We learned how to attack in Tortoise formation, how to stay in army ranks and how to protect against attacking horses.
As part of our Roman day we also enjoyed a Roman feast. We relaxed in our togas and laurel headbands and tried various Roman delicacies. This included bread, grapes, cheese, dates, red wine (blackcurrant juice!) and dormice (of the chocolate variety!) The children took turns being slaves and served the others, and everyone lay on the floor and enjoyed the experience.
