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This week we discussed the origins of Bonfire night and how to be safe if we were out watching the fireworks. In numeracy we have started subtraction and are using the link with addition to help us with fact families. eg. 12+9=21 so 9+12=21…so 21-9=12 and 21-12=9 We have also used the word ‘christmas’ thisContinue reading “8th November”

Lots of exciting news this week in Primary 3. The class have had a lovely first week back and wow what fabulous costumes some of children had on today! Our RRS ambassadors received their badges yesterday- well done to Jack, Eilidh, Jorgie and Maisie. Mrs Gillies joined us this week and will be with usContinue reading “1st November”

This week our highlights were playing dodgeball led by the P7s (photos below). This was a house point competition and all the class took part. We also enjoyed our weekly visit to the library where we pick books to enjoy in class. We also spend time reading by herself or with a friend looking atContinue reading “4th October”

It has been another busy in Primary 3.  In numeracy we are looking at 2/3/4 digit numbers and we were partioning them into the/h/t/o. eg. 3412 = 3000+ 400+ 10 + 2 In problem solving we did different challenges than we had to work together and solve. (See jumping/ writing) pictures below In writing weContinue reading “11th October”

It’s been a busy week we were using our number bonds to help us with some Maths Week Scotland stories and created our own story too. But this week’s highlights were meeting some chicks and chickens and doing a science experiment. On Monday Millie’s mum brought some chickens and chicks in for the class toContinue reading “27th September”

It’s been a short week…the class chose to share about our learning walk for today’s blog post. So on Wednesday to prepare for our writing today we took a walk around the school.  In writing we are working on recounts and using ‘first, then, next’; with some of the class challenging themselves with ‘after that’Continue reading “20th September”

Our highlights for this week were creating our Egyptian scarab beetles and doing sudoku in our numeracy lessons. In our topic we have been learning more about Ancient Egypt. We looked at how the pyramids were made and learned about the hieroglyphics that we created last week. Then we created our own scarab beetle choosingContinue reading “13th September”

Welcome 😁 The class will share our learning and our highlights of the week in our class blog. This week our highlights was our virtual music lesson with Mr Thomson and our PE lesson Monday doing team obstacle races. We have started our writing looking at the describing bubbles and are working on expanding ourContinue reading “Welcome to our P3 blog”

In writing this week we were working on our persuasive skills about whether we should have half day Fridays. The class came up with some very reasons for and against. In numeracy we are recapping our times tables and number bonds, some of us were looking at fractions and percentages. We have been very busyContinue reading “31st May”

The P6 class had a fabulous time at the silent disco this week.