Hello P3 families!

Here are this week’s learning highlights from The Red Pandas:

Leighton  and Daniel said they loved making the instructional drawing firework picture and choosing a sound word for the inside of their firework.  Some onomatopoeic words suggested were: boom, crack, fizz, pop, bang, zip….

Tyler T said the highlight of his learning this week was our work about the long u sound oo/ew/u_e.  The children drew pictures to match a story which had many of these long u sounds within it, looked up recipes for our own cookbooks and some children used blocks to recreate pews within a church!

Maja loved the story of  Zacchaeus as part of our learning about God’s forgiveness.  We acted out the story in groups.  We learned that when we ask for God’s forgiveness, we can change, like Zacchaeus did!

Dawid loved learning about Ancient Roman Numerals.  He won a prize for the neatest work!  We were very interested to learn why Kings and Queens still use Roman Numerals today as part of their title.  We researched this in non-fiction books and online and found out that it is to show their Royal lineage.

Nathan LOVED tasting honey today.  This experience will kick start our learning about honeybees next week as we study a descriptive piece on these important creatures.

Laaibah and Viaan enjoyed learning basic hockey skills.  The children held the bat correctly and manoeuvred the hockey ball between cones.

Amelia said the best part of her week was assembly about the important work the charity, Missio do; children helping children around the world.

My highlight this week was seeing how enthusiastic the children were when we were learning about Roman Numerals and the rich discussion we had about what the letters represented and the links to addition.  Some children recognised that they had clocks at home with Roman Numerals on them and how they couldn’t wait to tell their parents what these letters represented and why.

Just a reminder to respond to the message from the school regarding our new homework starting next week.  If you choose to ‘Opt-in’, be sure to look out for this new homework in your child’s homework pack on Tuesday.

I hope you enjoy the weekend.

Best wishes,

Mrs Brown