Awesome P3

Primary 3 have had a very busy week

Here are some of their highlights…

RE – Sacramental Preparation

Fr Kenneth paid us a very important and lovely visit yesterday as part of our P3 Sacramental journey towards making our First Reconciliation in March.  The children discussed some of the important stories – ‘The Lost Coin’, ‘The Father & Two Sons’ and ‘The Lost Sheep’ which show God’s love for us. The boys and girls were able to confidently give examples of actions that show love and actions which don’t. Fr also told us that he is going on a well-deserved holiday to Jerusalem soon so we will look forward to hearing all about it when he comes back.

Maths (Money)

Learning about equivalence –  many 1ps, 2ps, 5ps and 10ps are in given amounts of money. Really quite tricky… but loved being able to use real coins.

‘I liked using different coins to make different amounts – it was fun using REAL money!’ – Emma

‘I liked adding the money up in Maths’ – Sophie YM

ART

‘I loved making Egyptian bracelets’ – Ethan ‘I loved making my own bracelet especially as finding out what Egyptians wore was something I wanted to learn’ – Emily

Literacy

P3 were super this week at singing their VCOP song which is always part of our writing warm up!

The storybook ‘Prince Cinders’ was a big hit as a context for  writing, reading comprehension and listening and talking. Our writing focus was using interesting openers as well as still including a connective to write longer sentences. Super focus too! The children also worked in pairs or small groups, asking and answering different types of comprehension questions to show their understanding of the story.

‘Prince Cinders story was funny and it was fun to write about it’ – Sophie R, Kate, Niamh

‘I liked drawing my pictures first in my plan and then writing about it because it helped me remember what I was writing’ – Emma

Music

Last week, we had a special visit from NYCOS  where we learned that the pulse in music is a steady beat. We also practised this funny rhyme when clapping to help us with rhythm too:

‘Coca-cola went to town’

‘Pepsi-cola knocked him down’

‘Dr Pepper fixed him up’

‘Turned him into 7-up’

Roots of Empathy

We had a really interesting session this morning where P3 learned about ways of keeping a baby safe, especially once a baby has started to grab things, crawl and walk. We impressed Mrs Brutin with our sensible contributions and our good examples of real life situations which demonstrated our understanding. We also had an informative discussion about the importance of keeping a baby safe in mummy’s tummy before it is born – the boys and girls displayed a very good insight into the dangers of smoking and drinking alcohol.

 

P3-7 Show

P3 have worked so hard this week  and have been fantastic at learning our songs with actions. They will definitely amaze you at their performance – keep up all the great help you are giving them at home!

Have a lovely weekend from Primary 3 and Mrs Scott.