AWESOME P3

Crazy PJs/Children In Need – Well done to all the children for dressing down today for charity. So much effort has been put into taking part and thank you for all your donations. 

Roots of Empathy

Last week, we had a lovely visit from baby Kelsey with her mummy and daddy. We couldn’t believe how much Kelsey has changed.

Daniel – ‘She is moving her legs and arms more.’

Sophie YM – ‘If a toy is spinning, Kelsey can grab on to it now.’

Ola – ‘Kelsey is teething now and she is chewing on anything she can!”

Alexis – ‘Kelsey’s hair has grown and it looks much darker.”

Katie – ‘She can roll onto her back as well.’

This week, Mrs Brutin visited us and P3 talked about their achievements and drew pictures of lots of proud moments.

Emma – ‘I moved up a level in my dance class.’

Orla – ‘My first Brownie badge.’

Emily – ‘I went down a big, scary water slide and it was fun!’

Sophie R – ‘Riding my bike without stabilisers.’

Kate – ‘When I got Star Writer!’

Cool To Be Kind Week

As part of the UNICEF Outright Campaign, P3 have been learning about some refugees and their stories of how they have had to move away from their Syrian homes. We have had lots of discussions about how these children must feel moving to a strange place and how the new children they meet can make them feel welcome.

Maliha – ‘Teba had to move house six times because of the war in Syria.’

Sophie D – ‘We had to read about Malak who had to leave her home in Syria and travel by boat to Greece. She was scared on the boat. Then we answered questions.’

Niamh – ‘We also learned about a refugee called Bashir who lived in a refugee camp in Jordan. In writing we had to compare Bashir’s life with ours and write what was the same and what was different.’

In RE, we have been preparing for our Class Mass on 24 November. Part of homework next week, will be to practise singing our entrance and exit hymns.  The hymn words will come home on Monday but here are two weblinks to the instrumental  versions of our hymns ‘Here I am Lord’ and ‘Bind Us Together’.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knUvfN0GIKs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLaadLgsV14

 

P3 have been learning about the life of Saint Margaret as it was her feast day this week.

Richard – ‘St Margaret cared a lot for the poor people. She washed their feet and took food to them by herself even though she was a Queen.’

Robbie – ‘She was a very kind person.’

In Number,  P3 continued to develop their recognition of Odds and Evens through sorting activities.  We are really getting used to Number Talks and like the chance to talk about our own strategies as well as listen to the strategies that others have.

We have finished our work on Time for the moment but we will continue to use our class clock to develop our understanding every day.

Michael – ‘We were matching quarter past and quarter to the hour with digital times.’

Jack –  ‘We worked with a partner to make our own matching quarter past and quarter to game.’

Emily – ‘We were using our applying and creating skills to make the game.’

We have also finished learning about Skeletons. We recorded our learning in our Talking Book and checked that we had answered all the questions we had in the beginning!

Christmas CD – P3 will be recording their class Christmas song next week for our whole school Christmas CD. The weblink below is the instrumental version of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town with lyrics. Please encourage your child to practise this at home!

P3 said goodbye to Miss Ross today as it was her last day. We have loved having her in our class as she has been a huge help to us. We have made her promise to come back and visit so we can show her how much we are learning! Thank you and good luck, Miss Ross!

Have a lovely weekend from Mrs Scott and Primary 3.