Blog by Jo Hurley

What an amazing day Year 6 have had! We started off with entertainment by Coach Gunn on the school field which included zorbing, inflatables, archery, games, tug of war and dodge ball. Everyone had a smile on their face for two whole hours!

Next we had dinner in the marquee where we were…

Upper School and Middle School Classes had a visit from some very special people today. Mrs Winter (Abi and Daniel’s Mum) and Mrs Parkinson (who used to work at Inskip School) came as representatives of Fulwood Free Methodist Church to talk to us about their faith. They told us all about their…

Here are a few pictures from the first performance of Frankie and Me by Y5/6….

What a fabulous time we had at the Bowland Wild Boar Park! The weather wasn’t brilliant but we still managed to go for a walk around the park to see the wide variety of animals and birds. ‘Big Hat Dave’ told us lots of really interesting facts about the different families of pigs and boar and we…

Great fun was had at the end of year disco! Everyone was up and dancing! DJ Taz made us laugh and astounded us with his fabulous magic too! Here are some pictures of the children busting some moves on the dance floor…

Here are some pictures of the relay races the classes took part in during our Sports Afternoon…

As part of our RE topic about Faith, the Upper School children visited St Peter’s Church in the village to meet the vicar, Rev. Paul, and to find out about how local people show their faith in God. 
We looked around the church to find examples of people of faith and there were many! The stain…

Today the children in Y5/6 explored how the early followers of Jesus put their faith into action. We read three stories from the Acts of the Apostles which showed different ways in which they showed their faith in God. The children discussed these events and put them into their own role plays and…

Today the Year 4s and 5s got a taste of things to come as they spent the day being the new Year 5/6. They completed a poetry activity and a maths activity in the morning and then did some art, archery and a circle time session in the afternoon. The class worked really well together and produced…

The Year 5 and 6s have worked so hard these past few weeks to learn and rehearse their end of year play-Frankie & Me. It’s all coming together now and we had our first audience today-Corey! He smiled and laughed his way through the performance and gave it 9/10 at the end. We can’t wait to perform…

This morning the Upper School class took part in a debate to decide who was responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. The children were already in two groups- the feuding families-the Montagues and the Capulets and they had already prepared their arguments last week. Now all they had to do…

Upper School have been reading and studying Romeo and Juliet in our English lessons. This week we finished the play and discussed the themes that run through the plot. The children then divided into two groups, the Montagues and the Capulets. The objective was to prepare arguments for who was to…