The children have been very busy this week. We finished our class novel ‘Harry the Poisonous Centipede’ and the children explored each character using Hot Seating.

The children designed their own toy for a Toy Design competition. All of the designs were really fantastic and original. Well done to everyone involved and thank you to Lorna from ASDA Robroyston who came to judge the competition.

To finish the week off the whole school took part in a Talent Show, well done P, K and A who came second place with their fantastic dance routine.

This week the children have been very busy rehearsing and performing in the Rookie Rockstar Show. All the children had a fabulous time becoming real rockstars this week. In maths the children have been learning to identify the fraction in different shapes. We used the blocks to help us visualise our learning.

For our new Toy topic the children have been learning about different forces and friction, we explored this concept by playing with toy cars and experiementing with different surfaces.

We will be turning into toy designers next week, and to help the children warm up their design knowledge they were challenged to create a new brand of bottled water. The children loved choosing which one they would pay for in real life.

To end the week the children completed short talks about their favourite toys then during our Fun 31 time the children enjoyed playing with all their toys!

The Rights Respecting School Award spotlight this month was focused on Dignity, how we show dignity to others, and the rights which give us dignity. In P3a the children learned how to treat people with dignity through the wonderful story ‘The Invisible’ by Tom Percival. Afterward the children created acrostic poems to explore the theme Dignity.

P3a had a wonderful time seeing all the different animals during our school trip. The children represented our school so well, and as always I am incredibly proud of them all.

On Friday this week the children had a wonderful visit to the community library. All the children were able to choose a book to take back to school with them. A big thank you to our adult helpers who came along with us.

On Friday afternoon we had some very special visitors. Fiona and her wonderful service dog Barnum, came to talk to the children about Canine Partners, the charity who trains assistance dogs like Barnum.  Fiona showed and talked about all the special things Barnum does to help her everyday. The children loved seeing Barnum do all his different jobs, and they loved their stickers too!

Following our evaluation of last weeks DYW activities, the children realised how important collaboration and teamwork is. To support this in P.E we completed a range of activities which require communication and team work. The children particularly loved the ball pass game and working with blindfolds.

In Numeracy and Maths the children are learning to recognise different fractions in shapes and have been learning to read analogue clocks. We have been supporting our learning with practical and active lessons which the pupils engage really well with.

We had such a great week and as always the children worked very hard. Have a lovely long weekend P3a!

This week this children have been learning all about the wider world of work. We were very lucky to have professionals come to visit and talk about their careers. The children loved learning about being a scientist, and fire fighter. We ended our week by discussing all the skills the children have and used improvisation and role play to create their own mock interviews for their dream jobs! What a fabulous week!

This week the children have been very busy with their learning. We had fun recording and taking part in short talks about Ancient Egypt.

In maths we have been working on applying our knowledge of the 4 operations, and learning about symmetry. The children experienced this through play and games. They especially enjoyed our symmetry game ‘anything you can do I can do’. Take a look at their creations!

In P.E for fitness we have been learning about building our stamina. The children tried something different this week and had a go at yoga. Everyone did such a fantastic job creating and holding all of the different poses. Ask us to show you some of our new moves.

In the play area the children got very creative at the origami station, they created origami cats. Some of the children got very creative and tapped into the force (using their critical thinking and problem solving skills) to turn their cats into little baby Yoda’s well done P3a!

Thursday was World Book Day. The children celebrated by dressing up as their favourite book character or coming into school in their pyjamas. At assembly we heard some fabulous readers from all stages in our school, and of course D did P3a proud by reading a passage from his favourite Harry Potter book.

In class the celebrations continued and we turned our classroom into a ‘Reading Restaurant’. The children had the opportunity to discuss their favourite books and use HOT’s question dice to support their discussions. They then used drama to retell some of their favourite stories. The children loved writing sandwich book reports, and they had fun creating new characters at our ‘build a body buffet’. We all really enjoyed ourselves and loved having time to read some of our favourite stories.