Hello P3A families,

Here are this week’s highlights from the Blue and Red tables:

Alicja liked PE this week where we continued to practise the 3 passes needed for bench ball.  We also practised having the ball travel from one side of the hall to another, with our partner, using these passes and not moving our feet when we held the ball.

Caleb and Caiden both report that playing football with Miss White was the highlight of their week.  The children could not get outside for football the last number of Thursdays due to the weather.

Ethan loved litter picking this week.  We walked around the local community picking up litter.  We co-operated well with our partner as one person had the picker and one had the bag.  They swapped regularly especially as the bag continued to get heavier.  Great job P3A!

Chahiti has been enjoying learning about boats from the past, present and having a think about boats in the future.  We saw one design online we were impressed with.  We thought it looked like a fish and thought the design allowed for it to go underwater and above the water too!  We then used tinfoil to make our own boat.  We manipulated the foil.  It had to hold the weight of 5 cubes and float for 10 seconds. We had a few that sunk.  We then thought about why it might of sunk and how we could of designed it differently.

Zion liked learning about germs with Mrs Callaghan.  We know to sneeze and cough into our elbow if a tissue is not available.  The children then practised washing their hands for 20 seconds (the length of time it takes to sing ‘Happy Birthday’).  We then rubbed bread onto different surfaces in our classroom to investigate which one had the most germs.  We choose: clean hands, a table surface, the carpet, a device and a pencil.  We will watch with interest over the coming weeks!  Watch this space!

Jiade enjoyed going to the Book Fair.  The children took home a slip with 3 titles of books they wanted.  They hoped Santa might bring them or indeed, as a treat, they might get 1 ordered.

Tadwia and Deveena both said the learning highlight of this week was listening to the Parable of ‘The Lost Son’.  We learned that Jesus used stories with a message.  We listened to ‘The Lost Coin’, ‘The Lost Sheep’ and ‘The Lost Son’.  The children were overjoyed to hear that the angels rejoice in Heaven when one sinner returns to God and repents.

Jack loved sharing his maths jotter with his family last night during Parent Consultations.  He was very proud of how he managed to put each digit in the small squares.  Well done Jack!

My highlight was our RE lesson on November being a month when we especially pray for those who have died.  The children went around in a circle and shared who they would like to pray for.  We had a lovely flickering candle on the Smartboard and music playing.  It was a reverent, special time.

Congratulations to Riley, our hot chocolate award winner this week!

 

Regards

Mrs Brown