P3’s Mindfulness March

P3 shared the story ‘The Princess and the Fog’ by Lloyd Jones. We had a big discussion on what we thought the story was about and came to the decision that when the princess was talking about fog she meant she was feeling sad. In the story the princesses friends and family tried different ways…

Beamish Wild Habitat Hunt!

P3 have been on another adventure to Beamish Wild. We went on a walk looking for different animals and possible habitats. Today we saw lots of birds in the trees and insects hiding in the mud. We decided to use modelling clay to make our own animals that we thought might be living in Beamish…

Pancake Day

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…

P3’s Active 10!!

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 Minibeast hunt

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…

Martin Luther King Jr Day

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 Australian Bake Sale

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…

Bake Sale for Australia

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…