Characterisation

For our writing we have been looking at a big long word – characterisation. We found out that characterisation is when a writer describes a character by how they look, how they behave or act, and how they feel. 

To help us understand we worked in groups to think of a character and create a mind-map for that character. 

The mind-map then got passed on to another group. They had to use the character descriptions to draw the character. This was sometimes hard to do if there wasn't a lot of descriptions. We then shared our drawings to see if they were as the first group had described. A lot of us found this quite funny! 

We now know we need to add in lots of details to describe our characters when we write so the reader can picture the character in their head. 

Trip to Garden Centre

Last Wednesday we went a trip to Glue’s Garden Centre. This was to help us understand how to grow and harvest our own food. Thankfully we managed to miss most of the heavy rain showers and stay relatively dry! Kirsten gave us a talk about how we should plant seeds and how to look after them properly. We all had to listen very carefully so we knew what to do when we planted our own seeds. Kirsten then let us choose a packet of vegetable seeds for us to grow. This was a hard decision for some of us as there was a lot of choice.

In the afternoon we had to prove how well we had listened as it was our turn to plant the seeds.

We remembered that the soil had to be rubbed through to make sure there were no lumps in it.

 

We had to make a little hole in the soil with our finger for the seed to go in.

 

  

Then we had to cover the seeds with more soil.

Finally we added a little water to the seed. We had to be careful and not put too much water in or the seeds would drown and not grow.

 

We will now keep checking and watering our seeds to see if they grow!

Primary 3 class mascots

Primary 3 Class Mascots

At the beginning of term 1 we were set a challenge of creating a class mascot for primary 3. The mascot had to have a special power that could help us in primary 3. We then had to make our mascot. We all had lots of fun doing this and developed our skills in working together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term 1

Term 1

In primary 3 we have had a busy first term. Here are some of the things we have been up to –

In maths we have been learning how to multiply and divide. We then went on to learn the 2x table and played lots of games to help us remember it. This is something we should continue to practise at home and in school.

For our language work we looked at different types of instructions. We made a fruit smoothie and then wrote out the recipe. Here is one of the recipes for you to try –

 

 



Our topic in term 1 was food. We looked at the Eatwell Plate and how to eat healthily. As part of our food topic we also looked at where our food comes from and found out about foods which come from animals and plants. We even had a visit from Daisy the cow! We all had a shot at milking Daisy the cow and found it was more difficult than we thought.

 

On the last day of term we had a local produce picnic where we sampled food from our local shops.  Everyone had a great time and tried lots of different foods – even some new foods for some of us. We all thought the local foods were very yummy!