Blog by Bryn Thornton

Middle school have been enjoying using the gymnastics equipment in their PE lessons this term. 
We have been focusing on using our bodies for balancing and travelling. 
Children had to create a routine using different pieces of equipment - including rolling, jumping and balancing. 

On our…

We had a very exciting (and very tasty) DT lesson this week!

To finish off our healthy sandwich project, we had to finally create our sandwiches to test them out. 
The first thing we took care of was making sure our hands were washed thoroughly and that our tables were disinfected. We…

It's that time of year again to participate in the RSPB's garden birdwatch! 
Children enjoyed learning about the different kinds of birds that we might potentially see, plus those we probably wouldn't!
Although it was windy and cold, the children managed to spot lots of different birds within…

This week's science investigation into keeping our bodies fit and healthy involved looking closely at our breathing. 
Children learned about how we breathe and how we use our lungs to transport oxygen around our body and into our muscles. We learned that we needed more oxygen in our muscles when…

In our maths lessons we have rounded off our 3D shapes topic by looking at and constructing some nets. 
Children learned that the faces on 3D shapes comprise of 2D shapes that are folded together. 
We carefully cut around various shapes and tried our best to stick them together! It was much…

To continue with our Design Technology theme of designing a healthy sandwich, today we sampled some of the most popular sandwich ingredients to consider their taste and texture. Children sampled a small amount of
- White bread
- Brown bread
- Chicken
- Ham
- Lettuce
- Cheese
We considered…

To round off our poetry topic in English, the children have practiced and performed poems in front of the class.
Children split into 5 groups, each with a different poem to learn:
- Friends
- Bed in summer
- The Tyger
- I wandered lonely as a cloud
- The highwayman
Children then rehersed…

We have been looking at the geography of our local area in lessons, first considering the human and physical aspects around us. Secondly, we began to look at if Inskip and the land around us was always the same as it had been?
Thanks to the wonderful people at Lancashire Archives we were sent…

Middle school have been learning about keeping fit and healthy in their Science lessons. This week, we  looked at our skeleton. 
We considered what our skeleton's job was and why it is the way it is. We looked at what the different bones in our bodies were called (with help of our…

We are focusing on keeping ourselves fit and healthy in our Science lessons - focusing this week on a balanced diet. 
We looked at the different food groups and the eatwell plate, considering how much of each food we needed to incorporate into our meals to be healthy most of the time. 
Children…

This week we have spent some time in class learning about the chronology of how we came to be where we are in Britain.
Understanding the order of historical events that led us to where we are today is extremely important in contextualising many learning points across all subjects. 
Children…

As we have had some lovely weather this week, middle school have spent several mornings having their maths and English outside. 
In our English lesson we used the outside to find objects to write similes about. Here are some that we came up with:

'The grass is as muddy as a pig sty.' -…