Welcome to P3!
P3 is a fun, hardworking class! We strive to develop each child’s independence, gifts and talents through lots of different learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom. We recognise and celebrate each child’s unique personality through our daily ‘Pupil of the Day’ in our PATHS programme.
Throughout the year, in our exciting topics, we find out all about our bodies and how we can keep healthy, we follow Paddington on his adventures looking at all the different kinds of animals he sees, we explore space and we study all sorts of mini-beasts.
We build on literacy work aiming to have confident readers and writers benefitting from phonic knowledge gained through our Sounds Write programme.
We enjoy a practical, ‘hands on’ approach in numeracy encouraging the boys and girls to think for themselves, challenge themselves and problem solve.
Throughout the year the class have lots of opportunities to use ICT to help with learning: using the Reading Eggs and Mathletics apps for homework; exploring with Spheros and Beebots in play; becoming familiar with green screen, animation and film making tools; using iPads to extend and consolidate learning.
In P3 the boys and girls are at the centre of everything we do!
Welcome to the Autumn Term in P3!
After a relaxing Christmas break P3 are excited and ready to jump right into our new topic ‘On an Adventure’, where we will be reading lots of stories about Paddington Bear and his many adventures. The class will also be finding out lots about different animals from all around the world and looking how explorers from years ago have changed life for us. During activity-based learning we will be designing our own transport using different materials, using spheros to sequence an adventure story, make our own suitcases and passports to go on our own adventure, amongst many other things.
In Numeracy we will be using our Base 10 to help with adding 2-digit numbers, practise our money skills, discover lots about 3D shapes and experiment with our weighing skills. We will also continue to work on our problem-solving skills. In Literacy we will be continuing to follow our Sounds-Write programme to help with our spellings. We will also be finding out all about the features required when writing a report, using Textphoto app to create amazing descriptive pictures on our favourite animals and creating Paddington’s favourite meal marmalade sandwiches. Then creating a flow chart for this and write clues for our favourite animal for the class to guess what it is.
P3 are really excited about all the different things they will be learning this term!
As always, if you have any concerns regarding your child, please contact either Mrs Peden or myself via Seesaw or through the school office.
Thank you
Mrs Radcliffe & Mrs Peden
