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.

This week the children have been very busy getting ready for next weeks Easter Learning Showcase. Our learning has been focussing on expressive arts. We have been singing, using drama performance skills, playing instruments and creating art work to explore our Easter Topic. We have been working so hard and as always I am incredibly proud of what the children have achieved. Well Done P3a!

P3a have had a fabulous time being back at school after the February break. The children especially loved learning to play the recorder, we cannot wait to showcase this new learning to everybody in March.

In R.M.E the children have been learning about Islam and the importance of caring for all living things. We watched two traditional stories then discussed ways we can help care for animals. The children then used improvisation and tableaux to explore this important message.

Finally the children ended the week with an active maths lesson. Thank you to all the parents that were able to come along to observe and support this learning. The children rotated through different maths stations all focusing on the Four Operations, 2D and 3D shapes. They were able to use all of our learned strategies to help solve the different numeracy problems.