Year 3 | Harton Primary School

Canny donations all around!

By admin29th March 2017

In addition to counting the total number of cans received for each Canny Friday, our School Council members have also been busy recording the total number of donations received from each year group. School Council member Keira suggested this at our last meeting and the other children agreed that this would be an interesting idea. Year 3 are even going to analyse some of this data in their maths lessons next half term!

Last week, the Year 4 children helped to collect and count the cans. Thank you to everyone for your generous donations. A particular thanks go to the children of Y3R, who managed 33 cans, and to Nursery and Reception. In total, the children and parents from our Foundation Stage donated 46 cans for the South Tyneside Food Bank.

Definitely a Canny Friday!

By eclark20th March 2017

The Year 6 School Council members had a busy Friday afternoon as they collected and counted all of the cans and dried foods brought in for Canny Friday. They were amazed to find that we had received 56 more donations for the South Tyneside Food Bank than the week previous. Jake was particularly pleased as he discovered that we had even managed to collect tea, coffee, UHT milk and several pasta sauces. These were all items that Maureen told us were in short supply at the food bank.

Our current total for Canny Friday stands at 554 cans, jars and packets. We’re looking forward to the next one (on Friday 24th March) already.

Wow! 249 cans so far!

By eclark13th March 2017

Our School Council members have been carefully counting your cans of food. They were thrilled to find that our first ‘Canny Friday’ resulted in 249 cans being collected for the South Tyneside Food Bank.

We’re looking forward to our next Canny Friday (17^th March) already!

Hospitality and Hope visit the School Council

By eclark12th March 2017

School Council members were thrilled to receive a visit from Maureen, a volunteer at Hospitality and Hope. Maureen brought many boxes with her so that all of your cans and dried foods, received as part of our ‘Canny Friday’ initiative, can be stored safely.

The School Council cannot wait to count all of the donations received so far.

Canny Friday!

By eclark12th March 2017

This half term, our School Council are collecting donations of canned and other dried foods to help the South Tyneside Food Bank. Providing emergency food parcels for local individuals and families in crisis, the food bank is run by ‘Hospitality and Hope’. This is a Christian faith based charity that was established in 2002 to help support vulnerable individuals from within our community. Webpost_cansoffood

Donations of canned and dried foods for the food bank can be sent into school with your child each Friday. Our School Council members will be involved in sorting these donations, prior them being collected by the charity.

The first ‘Canny Friday’ will be held on Friday 10^th March. The event will continue to be held, each Friday, until the end of term.

School Council visit to Jarrow Town Hall

By eclark24th January 2017

On Tuesday 17^th January, our School Council were invited to Jarrow Town Hall to meet the Mayor and Mayoress of South Tyneside.

After viewing the outside of the building and looking for clues regarding its age, the children enjoyed moving inside to visit the Jarrow Crusade exhibition. They learnt that the (council organised) 300 mile trek to London occurred 80 years previous.

Next, our School Council moved into the Parlour where they were able to handle the Mayor’s mace and ceremonial chains. They were amazed at the weight of these, not to mention their value.

Finally, the children explored the Council Chamber. They learnt about local democracy and were granted special permission to sit in the Mayor’s chair, before signing a special book to show that they had been.

Many thanks to our parent helpers for accompanying us on this visit.

Year 3 writing letters to Italy – buona Pasqua!

1st July 2016S Robson

Year 3 had a great reason to put their informal letter writing skills to the test recently. They teamed up with Scuola Primaria San Biagio in Italy, and were soon receiving letters and Easter cards from the children there. So, Year 3 replied, writing some fabulous letters containing all sorts of interesting information, and creating some lovely posters on Purple Mash learning platform.

Children from a school in Brno, which is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, are also corresponding with us. They’ve sent us some letters, an Easter powerpoint presentation and some Easter cards. We hope they like the class card that Y4R made them. Vesele Velikonoce!

Year 3 Technology Visitor

By P Steadman30th June 2016

On Wednesday the 29th of June Year 3 were visited by Technology Tom. He helped the children to create toys of their own and explained how different materials are used to make toys. The children really enjoyed making their own toys from a range of materials.

Year 3 Visit to Segedunum

By P Steadman29th June 2016

On Tuesday the 28th of June Year 3 visited Segedunum Roman Fort. During the trip the children took part in workshops based on everyday life of the Celts and the role of a Roman Soldier (we all got dressed up as Celts and the teachers were dressed as Roman soldiers). In the afternoon we had a tour of the site and were able to stand on top of a replica of Hadrians wall. The children had a fabulous time.

Road to Rio workshop – Y2 and Y3

By S Robson29th June 2016

Year 2 and 3 have had a fantastic time learning about the whole ceremony and values surrounding the Olympic Games, by participating in a dance workshop. Zubaidah Saebu from Education Group, asked each class chose a country to represent from a choice of USA, Australia, Brazil, Greece, Mexico and Ghana. Each class took part in the opening ceremony where pairs of children were chosen to be flag bearers, and had some statements to read out about about their particular country, and the values they aspire to. After every individual dance workshop had been completed, there was a closing ceremony where each country’s dance was shared and and celebrated.