Blog by Jo Hurley

This half term we have split Upper School into two groups for PE. While one group goes outside and learns hockey skills with Corey or Pete, the other group does gymnastics in the hall with Mrs Hurley. Today the group learnt different gymnastic rolls and put a short sequence together using the…

Upper School had visitors from BSYM today who took the place of Helen to teach the children about Jesus the Messiah. Unfortunately, Helen wasn’t able to be with us today however Sue and Julie did a great job of standing in for her and we learnt lots of new vocabulary about the prophecy of Jesus’…

This term, we welcome back Corey from Fleetwood who will be teaching the children PE skills. We look forward to playing the games and learning the skills he will be teaching us over the coming half term. Today we played attack and defence games and showed him all the useful skills we learnt last…

Today the children began a new topic in Science-Electricity. We had lots of discussion first about the uses of electricity and the dangers it poses. Next we investigated the vocabulary of voltage in circuits. The class explored what happens to a bulb in a circuit when more cells (batteries) are…

Today the learning was all about the different processes of separating materials. The children were given the task of separating a mixture of paper clips, raisins, flour and salt. To do this they used a magnet to remove the paper clips, a sieve to separate the raisins from the flour and then they…

The Upper School children have loved finding out about Christian life journeys from our visitors-Helen and Rev. Paul. They have today discussed how Jesus’ life journey influences the way that Christians behave and live their lives. We also learnt a new word…pilgrimage! We watched videos of…

In Upper School the children have been conducting their own experiments to test the best conditions for dissolving materials. Some of the children came up with good ideas for how to do that such as changing the temperature of the water, the amount of water, the type of container…In the end, we…

This week’s Science lesson explored the vocabulary of dissolving materials. We found out the meaning of dissolve, soluble and insoluble through testing whether 8 different materials dissolve in room temperature water. 
The children made predictions about what they thought would happen to each…

The children in Upper School have been learning about how we can see our lives as journeys and the different kinds of journeys people make and choose. We have followed Jesus’ life journey reading from the Gospels in the Bible and finding the places he visited on a map of Israel. 
Today we were…

Upper School have been working hard to learn how to play our class set of glockenspiels and also how to read musical notation. Today we rehearsed and performed the instrumental parts for the song Happy by Pharrell Williams. It’s not as easy as you think to read the music, play accurately and keep…

Today’s PE lesson was all about finding and using space effectively to receive the ball. Pete used demonstrations to teach the class how they should place themselves during a fast moving ball game such as handball. The children worked really well during the handball matches to move into available…

This term, Year 5/6 are working on their painting skills through a number of creative activities. The last couple of sessions have been to explore how to use a mixing palette and mix appropriate colours for a sunset or sunrise picture. The children are only using primary colours plus black and…