We have been practising number bonds in mental maths.  We have been looking at number patterns.

We have been learning our French numbers and colours.  We have also been learning our song for the harvest assembly.

We have been reading The adventures of Alfie Onion as our class novel.  We have also read an excerpt from Alfie’s Feet by Shirley Hughes and answered questions about it.

We have designed our own Buddhist temple, thinking about the features that it has.

We have been finding out about the learning pit and why mistakes help our brain to grow.

One of the exciting things we have done this week is to make slime.  We used PVA glue and lots of other ingredients to make it.  We then sold the slime to make money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

To tell the school about the coffee morning we went around classes in the green and purple wing.  We felt proud of ourselves for speaking in front of the older children.

In art, we made flowers as table decorations, which meant we didn’t have to buy any.  We used the milk bottles as vases and put rice to make it stable.

We have raised money by running the Macmillan Coffee morning.  We all worked hard and got a cake at the end!  Thank you to all those who came and helped out!

We have learned about the shape of the Buddhist temple and the meaning of each part.  The square base represents earth, the dome represents water, the spire represents fire, the crescent represents air and the pinnacle represents wisdom.  Next week we are going to design our own temple with these components.

In literacy we made jam sandwiches, we ate them and then we wrote the recipe to tell someone else how to make them

In maths we have been practising following instructions and reading the words we need.

We have started making Christmas cards!  These will be coming home next week!

In RME we have made Tibean prayer flags.  We drew an animal – a dragon, a snow lion, a tiger and a bird – and wrote a nice mantra on on the flag.  Buddhists believe that these good wishes are spread by the wind.

In literacy we have been writing a recipe for the perfect friendship.  We put in things like a spoonful of kindness, 100 ml of funny, 99 litres of honesty and a spoonful of trust.

In maths we have been practising our number bonds to 20 as part of our mental maths and we used money to practise counting in 1s, 10s and 100s.  We have started using a counting stick to think about properties of numbers.

We wrote a poem about our emotions.  We have given and listened to presentations about the eco-committee.  Well done to Zack who was elected to represent P3S!  We have also rehearsed our Macmillan coffee morning presentation.

Whilst learning about Buddhism we thought about the 4 Noble Truths and after watching a short film of the story of the Pigeon and the Crow, we thought about the difference between needs and wants.  We also learned about the 3 jewels of Buddhism.

This week we have been learning about how 10 more than, and 10 less than and some of us have been learning about 100 more or less.  We have been practising  counting in 3s and 4s.

This week we have written a recipe for our own version of George’s Marvellous Medicine.  We have been making posters for the Macmillan Coffee morning – look out for them around the school!

In RME we have been continuing our learning about Buddha and Buddhism.  We have learned about the three jewels of Buddhism. One was Buddha himself, one was his teachings, and one was all the Buddhists in the world.

We have practising throwing and catching in PE and playing possession games.

We have learned about Buddha and Buddhism.  We practised Right Speech whilst we were playing, making sure we were being kind.  We learned that Buddha didn’t want to be rich, even though he was a prince.  He wanted to help other people.

We have written a story about the Frog Prince.  We used story strings to help us remember.

We have been practising counting in 3s and 4s using blocks, a hundred square and whack-a-mole on the computer.

We are settling into our new routine in P3 and we are already working hard. This week we have been practising our story-telling using story strings. We have been revising our number bonds to 10 and 20 by helping a farmer sort out his sheep! We have also started learning about Buddhism in RME and exploring our emotions in HWB.

This term our PE days are Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Please ensure your child has their PE kit in school on these days. Art is on a Tuesday – if you wish to provide your child with an apron, please send it into school so they can store it in their trays.

On 28th February, P3 will be running a Macmillian Coffee Morning. If anyone has any knowledge or skills relevant to this (e.g. cake baking or nursing) that they would be willing to share with the children, please can you let Mrs Smith or Miss Fuller know?

Thank you for all your support!

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