It has been all systems go this week in P3!

In Literacy, we have continued our unit on Michael Foreman and have explored direct speech within his stories. The students have done an amazing job writing dialogue of their own, using direct speech punctuation. We have also been expanding our knowledge of using verbs and conjunctions, in preparation for our writing composition next week!

Throughout Numeracy, we have been building on the students’ place value knowledge by learning techniques to add and subtract 1, 10 and 100 to/from 3-digit numbers. Everyone has been fantastic at delving into the world of money and using place value to make, add and subtract different amounts.

In our Keeping Healthy science unit, the students have been learning about what constitutes a healthy meal, and looking at what keeps our bones and skeletal system healthy and strong. Next week, we will have additional homework to keep a ‘food journal’ of the fruit and vegetables eaten by them and their family members. This is to help encourage them to consume their 5 a day.

There was great excitement through the week with our Topic: Ancient Rome! We began with some atlas work to find out where Rome actually is, and then looked at the rise of the Roman Empire and how and where it spread to. We have also read the story of Romulus and Remus to discover how the Roman Empire was supposedly founded.

Hope everyone is having a lovely long weekend and enjoying the holiday!