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US - Glow Dodgeball
Well done to the children who represented Inskip last night at the Year 5/6 Glo Dodgeball at Garstang Community Academy.
We were so proud of your awesome team spirit and relentless energy…thank you for doing us all proud!
US Art: creating Joan Miro sculptures
The Play-doh is out again!!! Yay!!!!
Upper School decided which of Joan Miro’s statues they wanted to try and recreate using items to hand.
They were incredibly inventive using various objects as different tools and accessories.
We talked about strengthening our sculptures…which lead…
US and LS Reading Buddies!
Upper School invited Lower School for an afternoon reading buddy session! It was GORGEOUS!!
Lower School read their books to their buddy and were asked questions too…
We then swapped to give Upper School the chance to read to their buddy too…
Looking forward to inviting Lower School back…
US: Dance - Conveying characters
Over the last couple of weeks, Upper School have been exploring how to convey character’s feelings and emotions through a sequence of travels, turns, gestures and stillness…
The characters of focus are Robin Hood, Will, Marion and the Sheriff. Each have their own feelings which we have been…
US English: creating characters for our stories
Over the last few weeks, Upper School have been immersed into innovating our focus text - ‘How to Live Forever’ by Colin Thompson.
As part of the journey, Upper School got creative with their new pots of Play-doh (exciting times!!) to bring to life some of the characters or items from their…
US History: What do we know about the Victorians?
Utilising the wonderful interactive learning tool - ‘Blooket’ - we competed to see who could recall facts and memorise facts in the timed game based on knowledge of the Victorians.
We are looking forward to building on this knowledge of this half term as we explore the Victorian era…
US DEAR time: improving our reading stamina
For our daily DEAR time (Drop Everything And Read) we are working on improving our reading stamina. Each day we will increase the time we read independently without the need to get up and move and about. It is such a peaceful and purposeful part of our school day…particularly as we make sure we…
US PSHE: Safety First
As part of our new PSHE topic: Safety First, Upper School explored different scenarios and discussed their choices, options and feelings surrounding the situation.
Upper School took to the task of discussing and debating with respect and confidence. They asked questions and showed brilliant…
US Maths: exploring multiplication practically
Upper School used the base ten resources to explore the different parts of written multiplication questions (2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers).
US Gymnastics Lesson 2
For Upper School’s second gymnastics lesson of Spring, they built on their sequences of balances and travelling from shape to shape from their first lesson. They used canon to vary the sequence and improved their balances (counter tension and counter balance) and ways of travel (sliding, jumping,…
US Art: Joan Miro’s sculptures
Following on from our first Art lesson, we focused on sculptures created by Joan Miro. We observed, compared and discussed any colours and shapes that were similar to his drawings. We discovered that birds and eyes were a common theme of his work.
We sorted photographs of his sculptures…
US Art: exploring our new artist
Upper School thoroughly enjoyed exploring pieces produced by our new artist of focus: Joan Miro.
The children observed closely and discussed various pieces, making comparisons between them. The children listened to one another and shared their opinions brilliantly.
We enjoyed the…
