Primary 3 would like to thank everyone that attended the nativity today and I’m sure you will all agree that the children did very well and we are all very proud of them. We will post the photos on to their Seesaw pages.
Category Archives: Primary 3
P3 at the Safari Park
Today we had a fantastic day at Blair Drummond Safari Park. We loved playing in the adventure playground and sliding down the big bumpy slide. It was so much fun and some of us found it a bit too fast.
We made sure we saw most of the animals. We saw elephants, camels, giraffes, lions, tigers, lemurs, penguins, rhinos, an ostrich, prairie dogs and newly born baby frogs!
We then walked through the Jurassic Park area where we encountered lots of moving, roaring dinosaurs. We had fun humming the theme tune on our way round.
We loved it. We were so well behaved and stayed together as a group, we were a credit to St Mary’s, Well done primary 3.
P3 – Sharing the Learning
SHARING THE LEARNING – 31.5.24
What a super morning we had with parents for our Sharing the Learning event. As usual, we had a great turn out and we appreciate the support you show to your children and the school.
We have been learning about data handling and been focusing on pictograms. This morning we collected data about Primary 3’s favourite fruits and we included parents too. After collecting information, we created a pictogram to display the information and then analysed and interpreted it.
More Health Week fun in P3
On Thursday we enjoyed a visit from local nurses who told us all about the importance of sleep and we made our very own dream catchers! We walked to Polbeth Bowling Club and enjoyed playing bowling in groups – what an amazing sport which we all loved taking part in! In the afternoon we went to our school garden and made flower bombs, which involved mixing soil and compost and water into a mudball, dipping into seeds and wrapping them in a paper towel tightly. We then positioned them on the ground and they will attract butterflies and other insects. On Friday morning we loved doing some fitness work with Mrs Saunders – what a great start to the day! We played some Circle Time games and made posters about what makes us happy.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone involved in preparing and volunteering for this year’s Health Week!
Stella – I liked making a dream catcher and mine was dark blue and purple. I hung it above my bed.
Ellie – I liked the bowling and it was so much fun.
Bonnie – I liked making the mudballs and they will attract butterflies. I put mine next to one of the planters.
Jacob – I loved having bowling because it was fun doing it with my friends. It’s a good sport.
Scarlette – I liked doing Fitness this morning, it was fun!
Alexander – I enjoyed making mudballs with Mrs. Watson.
Bella – I liked playing the playground games in the afternoon and we made up our own games.
Cody – I enjoyed doing Fitness with Mrs Saunders, my heart was beating fast!
Jessica – I liked the bowling because my grandads do it. I would like to try it again.
Iza – I loved bowling. I could hit the white ball three times.
P3 day 3 of Health week
To start day 3 of Health week we had a football session with Davie. He taught us that there is 4 parts of the foot you can use to kick the ball. We played lots of fun games where we had to dribble the ball and try to get the ball off of each other.
We then completed the Daily Mile. Some of us managed to do more than a mile today.
We learned that in Guatemala children make Worry Dolls. They tell these handmade dolls their worries and then put the doll under their pillow. When they wake in the morning the doll has taken away all their worries. We decided to make our own worry dolls out of wooden pegs. We used fabric, wool and pipe cleaners to make our Worry Dolls.
We are really looking forward to sports day this afternoon!
P3 day 2 health week
We have had another, busy, fun and healthy day. It was lovely to start our day with a fruity smoothie which we made ourselves. We peeled and chopped the fruit and we then cycled the smoothie bike to blend the fruit together to make our smoothie. They were delicious.
We then went outside to the garden. We have our own planter to look after. We emptied all the weeds out first and then added fresh compost. We then planted some cucumber seeds and Chinese Lantern flower seeds. We will keep an eye on the planter and weed it when needed.
We then did some yoga in class.
P3 Health Week Fun
What a fantastic start Primary 3 had to Health Week. Our first activity was with Destination Judo. We had fun trying to escape from our partner and using our strength to hold each other down.
After break we had an interesting talk from Nicole who plays, coaches and referees football. She talked to us about the rules of football and showed us her yellow and red cards. We enjoyed chatting to her and asking her lots of questions.
We then walked over to the Community Garden where we had a colour wheel and we walked around the garden and through the woods looking for these colours in nature. We added little pieces to our wheel to complete it. We found flowers, leaves, petals and grasses. We had the chance to smell some herbs and flowers. one smelled like toothpaste.
In the afternoon we played some table top games. Whilst playing these games we were learning to take turns, show consideration for others, understand that we can’t always be the winner and to be happy for our friends when they win. It was a relaxing, calm time in class.
We also spent some time out in the trim trail. The weather was perfect. We climbed, shuffled, balanced, ran and took turns. We have had a great day. can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.
Primary 3 – The Ascension of Our Lord
The Ascension of Our Lord – 9.5.24
A huge well done to our wonderful Primary 3 children for leading Mass this morning on the Feast of the Ascension. We are very proud of you all for your wonderful participation, readings and singing of hymns. This is a Holy Day of Obligation and it was lovely to welcome parishioners and children and staff from St. Thomas’ Primary School.
Stella – I enjoyed seeing my mum and dad at Mass.
Iza – I read a bidding prayer and I did the Offertory with Rocco.
Annalee – I was nervous before my reading but I was happy with myself for reading it, and I read out all the words in my bidding prayer.
Bonnie – We were quite nervous but we practiced and we read our parts very well. I did the First Reading.
Alexander – I did the Gospel Acclamation. It was an awesome Mass.
Jessica – My mum and dad came to Mass and I read the First Reading with Bonnie and Stella.
Cody – Ascension Day is 40 days after Easter. It’s when Jesus went up to heaven.
Bella – Jesus appeared to his disciples after Easter. He did this for 40 days.
Hudson – We all sang the hymns.
History Detectives in P3
We have made an interesting start to our new IDL topic of Ancient Egypt. We were given an ancient artefact to study and investigate . We used our skills of observation to discuss with our talk partners what we thought our artefact was, what it is made of and how it is decorated. We then visited some websites to find out more information about our artefacts. Some of us had a pyramid, a Mummy, an Egyptian God, a sphinx and a sarcophagus.
Reading in Primary 3
In the mornings, we enjoy choosing a book to read at our desks. It is a lovely soft start to our day and we all enjoy having some quiet time to read for enjoyment in class.
Bella – Reading is really nice and it makes you calm.
Alexander – I love reading. I love reading in school.
Jacob – I love “Where’s Wally?”
Damon – I love reading “Minecraft”.
Bonnie – I like to read information books to find out new things,
Annalee – I love reading “Matilda”.
Stella – it’s fun to read in class and it is nice and quiet.
Peter – I like reading and the pictures too.
Luke – There’s lots of them (books) to choose from.
