Blog by Bryn Thornton

At the end of last half term, we finished up our Romans topic with a full Roman day! We were also lucky enough to have year 2 join us.

To begin with, the children had a maths lesson to recognise Roman numerals. The children did very well and noticing the patterns with Roman numerals and could…

Our geography lessons this term are focused around maps, understanding the symbols, grid references and how to read maps.

In our first lesson, we explored Ordinance Survey maps. Children searched for as many symbols as they could find on their maps and copied them down. Once we had found our…

In our maths lessons, we have been looking at multiplication and division. We have done lots of focused work on odds and evens, understanding which numbers are divisible by two and which are not. We have been working hard to understand the relationship between multiplication and division, where…

Our new topic this half term is how plants reproduce.

To begin, we looked at the different parts of a plant. This included lots of parts we had seen before in lower school but also some new ones. We looked more closely at what was inside the flowering part of a plant and learned the names for…

Middle school’s science topic this half term is electricity! Last week, we investigated which appliances use electricity and where they source their electricity. Some items used batteries and others used mains. This week, we investigated how electricity travelled. We learned about how electricity…

After a lot of asking, Ms Thornton finally brought in her pets for middle school to meet. Although, they are quite unusual! On Thursday, two of Ms Thornton's pet rats came into middle school to meet the children. 

The day began with remembering our science from throughout the year - we worked…

Last Monday, middle school were able to attend an exciting careers fair. Children got to speak to different people from jobs in the STEM field to understand the range of jobs they could possibly one day do! There were people talking about renewable energies and electricity. There were others…

Middle School have been finishing off their maths this year with some data handling. We have reminded ourselves about tally charts and pictograms, but spend some time looking at bar charts and learning how to create and read them. Now it was time to make one ourselves!

We started with a tally…

This week, we had the fantastic opportunity to attend 'Let's Learn Moor 2024'. 
The children participated in many fun and educational activities to learn more about how we manage the moorlands in Lancashire. To start the day, we met with the police. They showed us some of their equipment and…

Middle School's topic in science this half term will revolve around sound. This week, we learned that sounds come from vibrations and that something needs to vibrate in order for a sound to be made. We investigated in and around the school to find places where there were sounds and looked to see…

Our art topic this half term is focusing on improving our drawing skills. To start this off, we began looking at breaking down what we see into geometric shapes - rectangles, ovals and triangles. Children have tried copying classroom objects that they could see, firstly drawing them as geometric…

Our new topic in PE this half term is dance, where we are focusing on our theme - the plague!
Children did some dramatic dancing and movement focusing on how the plague would affect people. Children got into pairs to create four separate freeze frames to demonstrate the symptoms of the plague. We…