Primary 3 have been learning more about France this week. We were able to locate France on a world map, (thanks Aston!), we made French flags and enjoyed tasting French foods. Unfortunately it was too difficult to source frogs legs and snails so we tried baguettes, brie, croissants and pan au chocolate. Some foods were more popular than others!

We also introduced this term’s IDL topic which is Ancient Egypt. The children worked in groups to identify what they already know and what they would like to find out about Ancient Egypt over the next few weeks.

We had the very important job of voting in our school elections for our House Captains and Vice Captains. We tried to keep our votes secret before posting them in the official Ballot Box. It was all very exciting as election fever took over!

We finished our busy week with a lovely, welcome back to school mass with Father Marcine where the hymn singing was outstanding.

Well done al!!

The routines in Primary 3 are well underway and children are comfortable in their classroom and within the school environment.

Read, Write, Ink groups have been firmly established and children know when, where and with which adults they are learning for Literacy.

The children have enjoyed learning about road trains this week which has been linked to our descriptive writing where we identified nouns and adjectives from a descriptive text.

Our numeracy tasks have included demonstrating different ways to partition numbers up to 99 using concrete materials and the whole/part model.

We had an exciting Assembly this morning where the Primary 7 candidates for House Captains and Vice Captains began their election campaigns to win votes. It’s going to be a tough decision when Election Day arrives!

Our first full week in Primary 3 has been another busy one. We are beginning to find our feet with class jobs being allocated where we have the opportunity to demonstrate being responsible citizens around the school.

We have completed our Class Charter, our “Recipe for a Rights Respecting Classroom”, which helps us to connect pupil actions to our rights in the classroom and focuses on mutual respect, kindness and inclusion.

RWI has been successfully launched across Primary 1 – 4  and all children have worked hard in their respective groups with staff delighted with what a fantastic start the children have made to their Literacy this term.

Other highlights this week include Building Thinking Classrooms where pupils worked collaboratively in random groups on problem solving strategies as well as having a super introduction to outdoor learning with Mrs Ferguson.

Primary 3 have had a busy week settling into their new classroom, creating a safe and welcoming environment and becoming familiar with new routines. It has been a  super week focusing on building relationships and community and setting expectations for the year ahead.  It has been fantastic to see all of the children back in school, ready to learn, wearing school uniform and big smiles! Lots of learning has taken place across all areas and it is great to be back together. We are all looking forward to lots of exciting learning opportunities in the coming session.