Happy Halloween!
The past few weeks have been filled with spooky Halloween activities! Primary 3c made wands in the forest using pipe cleaners, pompoms, tissue paper and of course leaves and sticks. Then we wrote magic spells and potions in our writing lessons. We couldn’t stop laughing at the crazy ingredients we put in our potions. Daniel put his grannies teeth in his! Nico included some Xbox dust. Harry stirred in the legs of a black widow spider. Luca poured in some sunshine. Andrew was out star writer with a huge list of WOW ingredients, a numbered list of directions and adjectives- great job Andrew!
We also learned about ‘The Pumpkin Story’ in RE. Did you know that followers of God are actually just like pumpkins?! God picks you from the patch, takes you into His home, washes all the dirt and scoops out the seeds of hate, doubts and greed, carves a big smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine to the world. P3c did an incredible job of helping scoop out the seeds and carve our pumpkin. It was very slimy inside!
We have also been learning about 2D and 3D shapes in Numeracy, talking about shapes edges, corners and faces. We also learned how to play Sudoku. It was very tricky but we’re cleaver cookies and with some more practice we’ll be able to get the hang of it soon! We enjoy playing it from time to time in the outdoor classroom.
The pupils voted and said they would love to learn about Pirates, Mermaids and Mythical Sea Creatures as part of their oceans and seas topic. We love hearing their opinions and ideas, so we have included a bit of Pirates into our topic these past few weeks. We have learned the different roles Pirates had on the ships and some famous pirates like Black Beard and Anne Bonny, as well as Captain Hook and Jack Sparrow. Thank you Mrs Brennan for leading us through Orienteering! Primary 3c loved being outside, working in teams and using the maps to help us find the clues. We felt like we were pirates searching for treasure and had a great time! It was a little rainy but we are moving into our winter weather now and a lot of our lessons will still be outside, so feel free to send your child to school with jumpers/hoodies, joggies, warm leggings, wellies, full waterproofs and a spare pair of socks is a must!
The Christmas Nativity! We are unable to have parents come in and watch our show as we would in previous years, however we will not let that stop us! St Cadoc’s have organised a videographer to come in to professionally film the production and these will be available to you on DVD. Our show is called ‘Gabriel’s Big Break!’ Our class are super at drama and so already most pupils have auditioned! Watch this space…
Once again thank you Mums and Dads for all your support. It was lovely to speak with you all via phone calls last week. You have incredible children and I am very blessed to watch them grow and learn. We have been having lots of fun in P3 but we are also working very hard!
Miss Hillhouse and P3c
