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Upper School were invited to go and spend the day at PNE stadium today and take part in a special STEM project where they got to learn to use all the latest school coding gadgets and compete against other schools. 
We began the morning using the OZOBOTS and the class were set a challenge to…

Our new Reception children starting in September came to visit us this week and we had such a lovely day.

We welcomed Erin, Ginny, Rosie, Delilah, Ella, Arthur, Muhammad and Dominic for the day and what settled, happy children they all were. I was very proud of our Year 1 and 2 (for the day)…

Today, the Upper School class completed the level 2 cycling proficiency certificate with the teachers from the Bikeability Academy. 
They were split into three groups for the day and began by learning how to check over their bikes and use their helmets correctly. Once this was completed, the…

We have had a fantastic day out today, exploring the woodlands at Leighton Hall learning more about animals habitats. 
 

Thank you to Emma and Kate our guides for looking after us today. Thank you to Mrs Fox and Ms Mayor who came as volunteers also! Emma and Kate commented what a wonderful…

Last week we were very excited to welcome lower school into our classroom for a ‘dragon day’!

We began by reading and looking at ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ and coming up with our own ideas for dragons.

Year 3s helped year 1 and 2 to use the computers and create a digital drawing of their…

We had a visit from Kirsten from Garstang library today where she told us all about the fabulous reading challenge our children can take part in this summer. 

This summer, we challenge you to be a Reading Hero and help Dr Paige Turner stop Captain A. Eye and his parrot, Polygon from hacking…

After a number of lessons our year 1 and 2 children have designed and made their fairground wheels. They practised lots of different skills, reviewed and altered their designs as they went and really enjoyed making them. 
 

Today the PNE staff taught the Upper School class how to use the OZOBOTS programming app on iPads so that they could code their bot to move around obstacles on a table top football pitch. The children picked up the coding skills very quickly and enjoyed experimenting with the programming to get…

We were privileged to be able to have a visit from Rachel and Mhairi from STEM Ambassadors this afternoon. Today’s session was all about setting up an (paper) aeroplane business! 
The children were asked to organise their teams to come up with a plane company and logo first of all. Next they were…

Last week, we had a wonderful trip to the Lakeland Wildlife Oasis. 
The focus of our trip was to consolidate our knowledge about biomes and climates as well as to remind ourselves about our rainforest topic from earlier in the year.

Our morning started by investigating some interesting objects…

At the end of the last half term, middle school combined their learning from geography, science and DT to create a diorama of a biome of their choice.

Children began by choosing one of the world biomes from ice, tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, desert, rainforest or grassland.…

Today Upper School had their first STEM session with the PNE staff in which they were introduced to  Ozobots. These were tiny wheeled robots that were able to follow instructions using special pens.
The class were told to draw an oval shape with black pen on a white piece of paper and then put…