We had a great time at the P3 cluster benchball tournament on Tuesday, walking all the way to Linlithgow Academy, playing benchball and then walking all the way back was no mean feat – but we smashed it! All the children played well – our practise really paid off, there was lots of great passing, blocking and tactical moves. Our behaviour was excellent too and we were a credit to Springfield School. We took our certificate to Mr Wells when we got back and he was very proud of us – it is now on the achievement wall. Thank you to our two fantastic parent helpers for keeping us going on our walk and making sure we got to the correct court at the right times.
We began our Christmas preparations this week. Each year there is a lovely event in St Michael’s Church called The Festival of Trees, it is on from the 6th to the 8th December. Local school, clubs and organisations are invited to decorate a tree. This year the theme is Christmas Around the World. Our Language Ambassadors have been busy planning our tree and they asked P3 to make salt dough christmas tree decorations painted like the French flag. They came to help us make the dough. Please click the link below for further details.
In numeracy this week we began with some problem solving – applying our numeracy skills to work out the answers to word problems. These boys worked particularly hard and were a great team – every answer was correct too – well done!
We also began to learn ‘chimney sums’ or column addition this week. Working on laying out the sums, making sure we use the squares in our jotters to get the numbers in the correct columns as this is very important to allow us to add the right numbers together. Everyone made a great start and most really enjoyed this way of adding.
In outer maths we looked at Venn diagrams, we were sweet shop owners and had to sort our sweets according to the colour and pattern on the wrapper.
In literacy, we have had literacy circles – reading and discussing our reading books with a focus on setting this week. We also worked on a comprehension task for a non-fiction piece of writing about looking after your bike.
In French we are continuing to consolidate our learning of French foods, playing Hangman and pairs using the French words that we learned last week.
We did yoga in the class for PE, using our Yogido posture cards to create stations which we moved around trying lots of different positions – our muscles had to work really hard to help us to keep our balance. We had a little meditation and breathing session at the end.
Next week we will be busy getting ready for the Christmas Fair – we’re looking forward to seeing everyone and we hope you visit our stall!
Have a lovely weekend, enjoy the switching on of the lights anyone who is going along.
