Library Visit

Tomorrow (29/02/26) P3 will be making a visit to Kincorth Library where we will be read a story and get to choose a book to take back to school with us! 

Please make sure children are dressed appropriately for the weather as we will be walking!

The boys were very proud of their model they made during indoor lunch!

Welcome back! (Eventually!) 

Our spelling and CLIC targets will stay the same this week to check our understanding in class! Please see them below for a reminder!

   Snow Day 09/01

Hopefully I will get to see you all on Monday, enjoy your weekend when it comes!

Here are some things you can do today! If you haven't already, you can go back and have a go at some of the other activities that have been posted this week! 

• Sumdog - https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in?to=%2Fschool

• Readingwise -  https://app.readingwise.com/

• Try Big Maths at home - Big Maths 

  • • The children use the same login details as they do for the main Big Maths website each Friday. When they login each child will be directed to tasks matched with their personal next steps. 

    • School code - 1460

    • Firstname.secondname

• Use our Big Maths targets below to help you practise!

Maths Challenges

• Use a plastic bottle filled with warm water. Carefully squirt the water onto the snow to try to write some numbers. In the snow, can you write: 

  • any of the times tables? 

  • the number bonds to 10, 20 or 100? 

Literacy Challenges

• Choose your favourite toy and write a story that uses openers and punctuation, if you want to challenge yourself our target this term will be connectives (e.g and, so, but) so try and add one in!

•  Practice your spelling sounds/words by typing them into the spelling training website- https://www.spellingtraining.com/ (remember everyone's spelling words are on the website).

   Snow Day 08/01

Here are some things you can do today!

• Sumdog - https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in?to=%2Fschool

• Readingwise -  https://app.readingwise.com/

• Try Big Maths at home - Big Maths 

  • • The children use the same login details as they do for the main Big Maths website each Friday. When they login each child will be directed to tasks matched with their personal next steps. 

    • School code - 1460

    • Firstname.secondname

• Use our Big Maths targets below to help you practise!

Maths Challenges

• 8 snowballs were made. 5 were thrown. How many snowballs are left?

• 6 children are sledding. 4 more join them. How many children altogether?

• 9 buttons are used on snowmen. 3 fall off. How many buttons remain?

• There are 7 icicles on a roof. 2 melt.
  How many icicles are left?

• A snowman needs 10 stones for eyes, buttons and mouth. You already have 6 stones.
  How many more do you need? Show it in two different ways (drawing & number)

• 12 snowballs are shared between 4 children.
  How many does each child get? (Use counters / cubes / small objects)

• 5children are playing. 3 more join. Then 4 go inside.
  How many children are left outside?

• Each child wears 2 gloves, 1 hat and 1 scarf. 5 children get dressed.
  How many items of clothing altogether?

• A snowman is made from 3 snowballs. There are 12 snowballs.  How many snowmen can you make? Are there any snowballs left over?

• Use snowballs to make 10.
    How many different ways can you show 10? (e.g. 6 + 4, 7 + 3)

Literacy Challenges

• Do you have any snow-themed books at home? Try to read them independently or ask an adult for support if they can!

• Can you write a book review on the book you read? What would you rate it out of 5? What was your favourite part? Is there anything you didn’t like? Would you change anything and why?

• Can you write a diary entry about one of your snow days this week, tell me all the details from what you had for breakfast right up until bedtime!

•  Practice your spelling sounds/words by typing them into the spelling training website- https://www.spellingtraining.com/ (remember everyone's spelling words are on the website).

AI Snowman Challenge

Mrs Kazmierska has made an A.I. snowman challenge for all the classes. 

If you are interested in learning more about A.I and giving it a go, click the Canva link to see the presentation. 

I'd love to see anything you create - photos can be emailed to Miss Radin.  

https://www.canva.com/design/DAG9keGS48Y/JVnmYi_8jGYshxI8H6wrZA/edit?utm_content=DAG9keGS48Y&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Keeping Warm

Why do we need to keep warm?

How do our bodies feel when we are cold compared to warm?

Can you draw a person and show the places we need to keep extra warm and add the clothing we need to help us do this? (e.g. a hat keeps our head warm!)

   Snow Day 07/01

Here are some things you can do today!

• Sumdog - https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in?to=%2Fschool

• Readingwise -  https://app.readingwise.com/

• Try Big Maths at home - Big Maths 

  • • The children use the same login details as they do for the main Big Maths website each Friday. When they login each child will be directed to tasks matched with their personal next steps. 

• Use our Big Maths targets below to help you practise!

Maths Challenges

• Find an object that will print a 2D shape in the snow. Your 2D shape print could be a square, a rectangle, a triangle or a hexagon. Can you make a tiling pattern in the snow using one or two different shapes?

• Do you have sprinkles or marshmallows at home? If not, any small objects will do! Take a small plate and a teaspoon and put a spoonful of your objects onto a plate. Can you estimate how many there are? Count them carefully! How accurate was your estimation? Repeat this and see if you can improve your estimation skills!

• What time did the sun rise today? What time will it set? Can you draw a clock to show sunrise and one to show sunset? How many hours of daylight should there  be today?

• If you were to do this in the summer months, how might your answers be different?

Literacy Challenges

• Can you tell someone how to build a snowperson? Can you write instructions for making hot chocolate? Think of a winter activity and write, draw or record a set of instructions so that someone else could complete the activity safely. Remember to say what you need for the activity!

• Think of a winter word, e.g. snowflake, snowman or December. How many new words can you make using letters from your winter word? You can only use the letters that are in the word. You can only use each letter the amount of times it appears in the word. How many words can you make?

•  Practice your spelling sounds/words by typing them into the spelling training website- https://www.spellingtraining.com/ (remember everyone's spelling words are on the website).

How much snow?

You will need:

• containers that are the same, e.g. large yoghurt pots or butter tubs

• snow

•  water

Fill one tub to the top with snow.

Fill the other tub with water.

Leave your tubs in a warm place until the snow melts.

What do you notice?

Experiment!

Try packing the snow into the tub by pressing it down. Weigh the tubs. What happens when the snow melts?

Investigate!

Do water and snow have the same volume?

   Snow Day 06/01

Here are some things you can do today!

• Sumdog - https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in?to=%2Fschool

• Readingwise -  https://app.readingwise.com/

• Try Big Maths at home - Big Maths 

  • • The children use the same login details as they do for the main Big Maths website each Friday. When they login each child will be directed to tasks matched with their personal next steps. 

• Use our Big Maths targets below to help you practise!

• Explore the first level numeracy and maths kitchen - https://www.thinglink.com/card/1426237440485490689

• Move your body - Get outside or do some Danny Go! (https://www.youtube.com/@DannyGo)

  • Melting challenge – collect cups of snow and attempt to either stop the snow melting or make the snow melt as fast as possible.

  • Try mark marking or writing in and on the snow. Can you write your spelling words?

• Make a poster of everything you know about Scotland! Think about our Weather (like all the snow we have!), Geography and kings and queens!

• Draw a picture of a snowfamily!

• Can you write a short story about the Winter wonderland you can see outside! Remember to use your capital letters and full stops, exclamation marks, and question marks.

  • Challenge – use speech marks and commas in a list!

Snow Day 05/01

Here are some things you can do today!

• Sumdog - https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in?to=%2Fschool

• Readingwise -  https://app.readingwise.com/

• Draw a picture of what you can see from your window

• Move your body - Get outside or do some Danny Go! (https://www.youtube.com/@DannyGo)

  • Can you  build a snowperson? Will your snowperson be made of two or three large balls of snow? What will you use to dress your snowperson? What will you use for their eyes, nose, ears and mouth? Take a photo with your snowperson  

  • Who or what has been walking in the snow? Look around your garden or take a walk around your area. What footprints can you see in the snow? Are there birds, animals and human footprints? Can you describe them? Can you identify who or what made them? What do your footprints look like? Take pictures of the footprints you find and see if you can identify the birds or animals that made them!  

• Using the word ‘winter’, can you write an acrostic poem describing winter, what happens in winter and how winter makes you feel?
  Remember that each sentence in your poem must begin with a letter in the word winter. 

Wind blows cold. 

I love snow! 

No warm sunshine. 

Time for cosy clothes. 

Even my nose is frozen! 

Ready to build a snowman?  

• Choose some winter words, e.g. snow, cold, wind or chill. How many words can you find that
  rhyme with your chosen winter word? Why not create a rhyming winter poem using some of the rhyming words you find?

Term 3 Overview

Lower Stage Christmas Sing-along!

Song order:

1. Calypso Carol (all)

2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (P1)

3. It was on a Starry Night (P1/2)

4. Santa Claus is Coming to Town (P2/3)

5. The 12 Days of Christmas (P3)

6. We Wish you a Merry Christmas (all)

Calypso Carol

Verse 1

See him lying on a bed of straw: a draughty stable with an open door; Mary cradling the babe she bore, the prince of glory is his name.

Chorus

Oh now carry me to Bethlehem, to see the Lord appear to men

Just as poor as was the stable then, the prince of glory when he came.

Verse 2

Star of silver, sweep across the skies, show where Jesus in the manger lies; Shepherds, swiftly from your stupor rise, to see the saviour of the world!

Chorus

Oh now carry me to Bethlehem, to see the Lord appear to men

Just as poor as was the stable then, the prince of glory when he came. (repeat once more)

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows

All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games

Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

Then how the reindeer loved him, as they shouted out with glee Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer you'll go down in history (repeat 2 more times)

It was on a Starry Night

Verse 1

It was on a starry night, when the hills were bright

Earth lay sleeping, sleeping calm and still

Then in a cattle shed, in a manger bed

A boy was born, king of all the world

Chorus

And all the angels sang for him, the bells of heaven rang for him

For a boy was born, king of all the world x2

Verse 2

Soon the shepherds came that way, where the baby lay

And were kneeling, kneeling by his side

And their hearts believed again, for the peace of men

For a boy was born, king of all the world

Chorus

And all the angels sang for him, the bells of heaven rang for him

For a boy was born, king of all the world x2

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

You better watch out, you better not cry,

You better not pout, I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

He's making a list, and checking it twice;

He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice

Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake

He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake! (repeat)

The 12 Days of Christmas

(starting from day 10)

On the twelfth day of Christmas My true love gave to me Twelve drummers drumming 

Eleven pipers piping 

Ten lords a-leaping 

Nine ladies dancing 

Eight maids a-milking 

Seven swans a-swimming 

Six geese a-laying 

Five golden rings 

Four calling birds 

Three French hens 

Two turtle doves 

And a partridge in a pear tree

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year

Good tidings we bring, to you and your kin, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year

So bring us some figgy pudding, so bring us some figgy pudding, so bring us some figgy

pudding and bring it right here!

Good tidings we bring, to you and your kin, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year

We won’t go until we get some, we won’t go until we get some, we wont go until we get some so bring it right here!

Good tidings we bring, to you and your kin, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year

We all like our figgy pudding, we all like our figgy pudding, we all like our figgy pudding and all its good cheer

Good tidings we bring, to you and your kin, We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year

We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year

Thank you for joining us!

We enjoyed some quiet time in the library after break this morning and chose a book to bring back to class!

Outdoor learning fun! We loved exploring the autumn nature within our school grounds!

Term 2 overview 

This term in our genre based writing lessons with Miss Main, we have focused on writing a recount. We are now able to self assess our writing, identifying openers, adjectives and verbs that we include (all targets we are focusing on)! Super proud of everyones effort and enthusiasm when it comes to writing in P3.

End of term fun with Miss Main this Wednesday morning! Using our knowledge of 2d and 3d shape this term, and our knowledge of NETS, we drew and built our own fabulous pumpkins! 

Miss Main's CLIC expert this Monday afternoon! We are demonstrating our knowledge of how to double 2d numbers, and supported our class mates! These two students can now double 2d numbers brain only!

Fantastic recount writing today with Miss Main! We are retelling a story about a stop start animation video! We are focusing on using interesting openers that tell us when things happened, we also included interesting adjectives and verbs! Our ideas are all different showing our great imaginations!

WOW! Today in Primary 3 with Miss Main have been successful in creating characters/ robots/ animals this morning recognising the 2d shapes used! We then continued to look at 3d shapes and explored what a net is! We made special friends!

We had so much fun jumping, laughing and playing in the pouring rain this outdoor learning session!

We had so much fun planting our flower seeds with Miss Main! We now have the great responsibility to care for our seeds, watering them daily and making sure they have enough sunlight and warmth! We are excited to see them grow!

A fantastic science lesson in primary 3 with Miss Main. We were learning about the life cycle of a plant!