Mr Smith from the museum came to the school yesterday to talk to the P3′ s all about William Wallace. He showed us a sword and  leg cuffs. These would have been put on prisoners. He told us about “Blind Harry” a man who travelled to the different villages telling stories about William Wallace.  Mr Smith told  us all about the battles and  how they were won ( and lost). In Art, we painted the Wallace Monument and a portrait of William.

We all started back on Monday,  after a lovely Christmas and New  Year! We began the week by making our resolutions for 2019! Do you think we will be able to keep them?

What  else have we been doing?

Roman Numerals

Sketch books for Art

Alexander the 3rd and king Henry the 3rd.

Scotland

The first join …../ …. ( ai, ay, ey )

Have a lovely weekend!

 

 

 

Well, this  week was “Concert Week”.  All the staff were extremely proud of us. We all did a fantastic job! And , on top of all that, Miss Fuller made us work. Can you believe that! We were rounding to the nearest 10, putting words into alphabetical order and we  made Magical Reindeer Dust ( animal friendly). When are our holidays?

 

Miss Fuller P3F

Dear Parent/Carer

I hope you find the following information useful.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

General Information:

This term the Primary 3 classes will receive Music from the Expressive Arts team to prepare for the Christmas concert but should still bring a painting shirt as Art will take place within the class.

You will be able to follow what we have been doing in class each week by looking at our class blog and Twitter. This can be accessed via the link on our class page on the school website.

Homework will be issued on a Monday and should be completed by Thursday.  There will a selection of Numeracy and Literacy (spelling and reading) activities and occasionally topic related tasks.

Please ensure your child has an appropriate snack kept separately from their lunch.   Your child should also have a clearly labelled water bottle everyday which is filled prior to arriving at school.  Please ensure your child has a labelled weather appropriate jacket as there will be outdoor learning opportunities.

Class Dojo

To promote positive behaviour Primary 3 are using Class Dojo.  Please note we cannot access the messaging aspect of Class Dojo, should you need to contact us please do so by telephone or in writing.

PE days

Primary 3F have PE on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Please ensure your child has their PE kit in school on those days.

Learning focus this term:

Our topics this term are Festivals and Forces.  We are learning about Halloween, Bonfire night, Remembrance Day, Diwali, Wesak, St Andrew’s Day and Christmas.  We are learning about Forces in science and will be designing and making a game using magnets.

Core Literacy:

• We will be working on planning and writing stories, developing characters and coming up with our own endings
• We will be creating posters to learn about firework and Halloween safety.
• As part of our science topic we will be taking notes and using these to present our knowledge.
• We will write instructions on how to play our game.
• We will be writing letters and lists in the run up to Christmas!

Core Numeracy:

• We are focussing on addition, using different strategies.
• We are learning about time in 5 minute intervals.
• We are practising times tables and multiplication facts.

Health and Wellbeing:

As a Health Promoting school we actively encourage and teach our children to make healthy choices, to enable then to become healthy, active and emotionally resilient young people of the future.

We are delighted to be able to continue to deliver 2 hours of PE a week as well as opportunities for children to be active in our fabulous new grounds.

We would appreciate your support in promoting a healthy and balanced diet, both in your child’s morning snack and in their packed lunch.  We would discourage any type of fizzy juice in school or energy drinks.  Children are encouraged to bring in a water bottle, which they can use during class time.  There are water fountains situated throughout the school for daily use.

Please encourage your child to participate in the Active Sports Clubs that are on offer at lunchtimes and after school, as well as any school based clubs that take place throughout the year.  Keep looking in school bags for further information.

A reminder that all children who cycle or scooter to school must wear a safety helmet and ‘walk’ their bikes whilst in the playground. There are bike racks available.

Can we please remind you that Redwell is a nut-free school and nuts must not be brought in in any form (e.g. cereal bars, Nutella etc)

Class Birthdays

We always celebrate if a member of the class has a birthday however we would request that birthday cakes are not brought into school to share with the class. In school, we have children with allergies who may be at risk from some ingredients. The cutting up and distributing of birthday cake also cuts into valuable learning time.

Playground toys:

We have a playground equipment for children to play with during lunchtime.  Please do not bring in your own toys – except for Golden Time on a Friday – so that we can be sure that all toys in the playground belong to the school.  Many thanks for your support.

Golden Time toys:

Children can bring a ‘toy’ to school on a Friday to play with during Golden Time. Please remember that the school cannot take responsibility for the safety of these toys and therefore we request that your child does not bring in expensive/ electronic items without your consent.  We appreciate your support with this matter.

Cuddle On Couch/ Book & Blether:

Please look out for further information on the dates and times for Cuddle on the Couch and Book and a Blether.  These are a chance for parents/carers to spend time with their children promoting reading.

I look forward to working in partnership with you this session.

Many thanks,

Miss Fuller

Well who can believe that week one of term two is finished…. ‘done and dusted!  Miss Fuller was delighted to hear all the holiday news. What an exciting and fun time people had. This week we have been learning  about Compound words, adding on 11 and 9 and have started our Topic which is Forces. Next week is very exciting….. Halloween!!!!

Well, we are delighted that the holidays have finally arrived! Miss Fuller has worked us hard. We have been very busy learning how to form our letters correctly and thinking about the size of the lettters. We have also been learning about the features of  Non Fiction texts and have completed 2 book reviews. We have been acting out scenarios that relate to the 8 Fold Path in Buddhism and working together to practise the 4 x Table. No wonder that we  are in need of our holidays! Have a fabulous time!

Wow…. what a quick term! We can’t believe it is October already and we only have one week until the holidays! This week we have been learning the 3 and the 4x Tables. We have been writing Instructions in our Functional Writing lesson.  Watch out mums and dads…… we now know how to make SLIME!!!! We did lots of work about the Harvest and we are already to sing ‘ Food, Glorious Food’ at the assembly this afternoon. We need to sign off now as it is nearly lunch!

 

Well this week we have been extremely imaginative. We have been learning to plan and write an imaginative story. The creative juices were flowing! It was very exciting! The story was set in the woods. The time of year….. Autumn. We are desperate for Miss Fuller to read them…….we may even put them in the Library along with all the other imaginative stories!

Well this week, we have started preparing for the Coffee Morning. We have been designing posters. Look out for them , they will be displayed all around the school. Miss Fuller has been preparing our lines and getting them ready for next week’s homework. We are going  to visit all the classes in the school , delivering a PowerPoint presentation all about the charity and the fabulous work it does. Wonder when the baking starts………….

This week we have been learning all about our emotions and how they can affect your  physical and mental health. We have learned  some fabulous words (Wow Words) such as anxious and joyful . Miss Fuller is going to put them on the wall so that we can add detail to our writing. We are  in the process of painting ” feeling faces” and are looking forward to finishing them.

In Maths, we have been revising our number bonds our times tables. Jack Hartman has been helping us and we enjoy moving and dancing to the beat as we recite our numbers.