Medals galore for Neva

 Huge congratulations to Neva who took part in the annual gymnastics competition recently. Neva came first in her category for her performance on the floor and third overall for her age group. We are all very proud of you, Neva.

 

Enjoying some homemade rhubarb crumble

Primary 3 would like to say a HUGE thank you to Tiana's mummy, Kirsten, who has given up lots of her time to help us in the garden this year. On Monday she helped us to dig up our potatoes, as well as onions, garlic, peas and rhubarb. It would be fair to say that some potatoes did better than others but we now know that sunlight and lots of water is key! P3 (and the P3 teachers) are extremely grateful for all of your support and expertise! Thank you to all of the other parent volunteers too- we couldn't have done it without you.

P3B would like to say another HUGE thank you to Pixie's mummy, Emma, who used the rhubarb to make us a delicious rhubarb crumble to try. The crumble was devoured very quickly and got a big thumbs up from us.

Thank you, thank you!

From caterpillars to butterflies.

Today was a VERY exciting day in P3B. Our little caterpillars (all five of them) have emerged from their chrysalises as butterflies. We watched as their wings hardened and they started to move about. After a couple of hours we were able to give them food and fill their environment with some pretty flowers for them to explore.
We are hoping to release them tomorrow but have really enjoyed watching them grow from tiny caterpillars into beautiful butterflies.

It would appear that Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore and Voldemort were feeling a little self-conscious about coming out as they popped out quickly whenever we weren't looking. Luckily Ms Dodds was able to catch one of her butterflies emerging so I will try to get the video for all to see!

Here are three of the butterflies (I'm not sure who exactly they are) having just emerged. If you look closely you can see that their wings have not fully formed yet. And one (I'm told it was Ron) was feeling a little sluggish. He came out about 2 hours later!

Caterpillar update #3

I am pleased to announce that Ron, Harry, Hermione, Dumbledore and Voldemort have all survived stage one in P3B! They have now clambered to the top of their pot and will hopefully harden into chrysalides over the weekend before being moved to the butterfly habitat next week!

Triathalon success for Isla

Congratulations to Isla who took part in her first triathalon in Stirling this weekend. P3B are all very proud of you. x

Sports Day

A couple of snaps from this year's sports day. Thank you for all of the support from the side lines!

Of course we couldn't have a class photo without an opportunity to dab!

Caterpillar update!!

Our little friends are not so little anymore. They seem to have doubled in size over the weekend. I sense they may be ready for their next step soon, which is causing much excitement in P3B!

Fun in the tipi for P3B

As part of 'Outdoor Learning Week' P3B got to enjoy some time inside the tipi. They spent the time sharing their Cinderella stories, which were fantastic, and got to sit back and relax during storytime.

 

 

Stick Men

This week, as part of our Woodlands topic, we are doing a couple of activities based on the story Stick Man. To begin with, we set off on an adventure to the nature garden where we gathered the necessary materials to make our own stick men (and stick lady loves!)

Here is our stick family.

New Arrivals in P3B

P3B were very (very) excited today to welcome 5 new arrivals to our class. Meet Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore and Voldemort the caterpillars. Our goal is to look after our new 'class pets' and help them on their journey to becoming beautiful butterflies. Wish us luck! The idea is that in 7-14 days the caterpillars will climb to the top of their lovely tub, where they will harden into chrysalides.
Watch this space for some very exciting updates!

p.s. it is likely that names may depend on who you ask! One minute it's Ron, the next it might be Voldemort depending on the caterpillar's behaviour at the time!

P3 Runners

A very happy bunch of runners this week. Here are our first finishers. How lovely to see some new faces running the whole mile. And a big well done to the rest of P3 who keep challenging themselves every week to run further and further without stopping. Hurrah!

Buddy Time for P3B & P6B

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week P3B also spent some time playing with their P6B buddies, something which they really love to do. They're making the most of the last few weeks of term and learning about what makes a good buddy, before they take on the 'big buddy' role in August.

Mental Health Awareness Week

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week.

To start the week we began by thinking about the things that make us happy. Things like walking the dog, eating ice cream, singing, playing in the park, seeing family and doing gymnastics make P3B happy.

We also had a wee go of Mrs Anderson's loop cards which encourage us to think of different words to describe ourselves. In P3B we are: beautiful, unique, amazing, powerful, valuable, wise, calm and brave.

Mrs Anderson was also kind enough to come and do some Relax Kids with us. She taught us some new games, gave us some teamwork tasks and gave us a change to practise our breathing and relaxation. The Hoberman sphere was our fave- it was so mesmerising!