P3 enjoyed learning about Shrove Tuesday. Mrs Convery explained about why we make pancakes today and discussed the meaning of Lent. We took it in turns to measure the ingredients and mix them together. We then went to the cookery room to cook our pancakes. Mrs Convery made us all laugh when she started…
County Durham have introduced ‘The Active 30 Durham Campaign’ it aims to help schools in County Durham to support every pupil to participate in 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity activity everyday at school – as recommended by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO). P3 have started with their own ‘Active 10 Campaign’ where they…
P3 went outside in the OPAL area this afternoon to investigate different habitats and to see if they could find any minibeasts. We used magnifying glasses to try and find even the smallest of insects. P3 found a birds nest and some worms, slugs and…
In memory of Martin Luther King Jr P3 read the story ‘Tusk Tusk’. We discussed what we liked and disliked about the story. Majority of the class liked when the grey peacekeeping elephants came out of the jungle and were friends and disliked when the black and white elephants were fighting. We looked at the…
P3 just want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who bought sweet treats from the bake sale on Friday. We raised over £100 for an Australian bush fire charity. The pupils in P3 are going to have a discussion about which charity they want to support, whether it be a charity to help…
P3 have been working hard this week learning about Australia. We spoke about the bush fires and the pupils wanted to do something to help. We decided a bake sale would be the best way to raise money. During Maths lessons P3 have been making some delicious treats, weighing the ingredients and following…
P3 enjoyed a wet adventure to Beamish wild. They went on a little walk to look for animals before enjoying the adventure park. They practised moving in different ways and like different animals. P3 worked together as a team, showing resilience when they found something difficult. Co-operation and thoughtfulness supporting each other when…
P3 were introduced to the new topic ‘All creatures great and small’. Pupils were asked the big question ‘How do we know we are alive?’ Some answers were: “because your heart is beating”, “because our blood and our heart”, “because we are breathing” and “because we eat and drink”. We then discussed different things…
Today in P3 some of the pupils went to Pizza Hut. We took the opportunity to use our PECS skills in a different way. Generalising our PECS communication to request different items from the menu. As you can see we had lots of fun and are very full. Communication is fun!
During P3’s art lesson today we looked at famous paintings by a variety of artists. We discussed how we thought the people felt in each painting, for some of the pictures we got a mixed response. Kinder im Fenster, by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1853 “Happy” “Exploring” “Mean” “Little bit worried” …