Category Archives: Primary 3

Primary 3 – class novel, “Matilda”

 

Matilda by Roald Dahl | Martha Brook

In Primary 3, we have been listening to a wonderful book called “Matilda” written by Roald Dahl.   We have created large posters of the characters and this week we have been thinking of good adjectives to describe them.

Bella – Matilda is smart and extraordinary.

Bonnie – Matilda’s family are horrible and very greedy.  I like when Matilda scared her parents with the parrot when she stuck it up the chimney and they thought it was a ghost

Iza – Matilda is a clever girl.

Karlie – My favourite character is Matilda because she is a polite and nice girl and I think she is a bit of a genius.

Stella – My favourite character is Miss Honey because she is kind, caring, beatiful and she is so nice to Matilda.  She cares about Matilda unlike her parents.

Damon – I like Mrs Phelps because she is the first to know how smart Matilda is and she let Matilda read lots of amazing books.

Luke – I like Miss Honey and Matilda because they are both nice and intelligent.

Jacob – My favourite character is Mr Wormwood because he sells cars.

Annalee – My favourite part in the story is when Miss Honey finds out how clever Matilda is.

Jessica – Miss Trunchbull is definitely not a good Headteacher.  She is a bully and she hates children!

 

Art and design in P3

Our IDL topic this term is houses, homes and castles. We have enjoyed learning about the different parts of a castle and the significance of these different parts.

Stella – Arrow loops are very thin so no one can see them shooting the arrows.

Kiera – Drawbridge – it can be pulled up when the enemy is coming and it lets people out of the castle.

Jessica – The Portcullis is metal and it stops people getting in the castle when the drawbridge is down.

Scarlette – The moat stops the enemy from getting into the castle.

karlie – The battlements are at the top of the castle walls and they are special because the soldiers can hide behind them and then look out and shoot out if enemies are coming.

Annalee – The Bailey is inside the castle.

Bonnie – People do different jobs in the Bailey. The animal stables are in the Bailey.

Peter – The turrets are on the top of the castle.

Ellie – The Keep is the safest part of the castle and the King and Queen can hide there if the castle is attacked.

We decided we wanted to make a castle in our classroom. We discussed how we could do this and what materials we could use. Mrs Gaffney managed to find a very large cardboard box and we got to work. To begin, we looked at castles other people had made which gave us ideas and inspiration. Some of us then drew out a design on the board and we decided what we wanted to include with our castle. One of the main parts we wanted was a drawbridge. We had a great discussion trying to work out how we could make the drawbridge go up and down.  Some of us used measuring tapes to work out how big we needed to make the castle to fit along the wall. This week we drew out our design and painted parts of the castle.

Rights Respecting Schools – Primary 3

Rights Respecting School | Musselburgh Burgh Primary SchoolRIGHTS   RESPECTING   SCHOOLS

At St. Mary’s we are proud to be a UNICEF UK Silver: Rights Aware school.  The Right Respecting Schools Award recognises achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) at the heart of a school’s practice and ethos.

Over the past few weeks we have been  learning more about Rights Respecting Schools.  In P3 we know that all of The UNCRC consists of 54 articles that set out children’s rights.  All of them are important and we  have been focusing on 6 individual rights and in class we created our own class charter. The charter helps everyone to understand the role they play in upholding their rights and those of others.  Also, children have been asked to consider the ways in which adults could support them to make effective choices.

By making our children aware of their rights and how they can respect these, we hope that they can make informed decisions about their learning, health and well-being and become rights-respecting global citizens.

The six articles we are focusing on in P3 are as follows:

Article 1 – All children under the age of 18 has rights.

Article 2 – All children have these rights, no matter who they are.

Article 3 – All adults should make decisions based on what is best for you.

Article 12 – You have the right… to be heard.

Article 19 – You have the right… to be safe.

Article 28 – You have the right to… learn at school.

Primary 3 were asked what they thought about Rights in our school.  Some feedback from P3…

“You need them (rights) to be safe and there’s a lot of them”.

“It’s good to get a chance to have your say and tell everyone what you think”.

“We all have the same rights”.

“You have to be responsible with them.  Like, if you have the right to go to school, you need to listen so you learn”.

“Everyone in the class, even the whole school has got the same rights”.

“Our charter has all the rights on it that we are learning”.

“No one has the right to take away yours (rights)”.

“I like all the rights”.

“I like article 2 because it means we all have rights no matter what”.

“We should have respect“.

 

A great start in P3


Welcome to Primary 3!

What a fantastic first day we had.  It was great to see everyone so smart and ready to learn.  We were excited to explore our new classroom which is upstairs this year. It was great to see our friends and have time to play and chat together and catch up after the holidays.

It is the Feast of the Assumption today and we said some prayers  and sang one of our favourite hymns for Mary. Today we celebrated when Mary ascended, body and soul into heaven. We made some prayers and pictures to add to our wall display.

 

Health Week in Primary 3!

Primary 3 have had the most amazing week! A massive thank you to our Health and Wellbeing team for organising a fantastic week which was packed with lots of fun activities.

On Tuesday, we participated in classroom yoga, went for a walk in our local community, played handball and judo. We made smoothies and watched the Staff V Pupils netball with ice poles, in the wonderful sun.

On Wednesday, Primary 3 had P.E with Mr Boles and learned more about mindfulness.

On Thursday, we went to One Mind Martial Arts and had a great time. We participated in exercise to music, we danced and made Fruit Kebabs. Then, a very interesting football player came in to tell us all about her job.

Finally, on Friday we played in our local park, attended a mini first aid course and exercised in the kick pitch to finish off the day!