Blog by Jo Hurley

It was wonderful to be able to take 19 children from Y5/6 to Garstang Academy  to take part in a rounders tournament with several other small schools in the area. So many children signed up that I had to put them into two teams to take part! The first match was against each other which actually…

This week, Upper school have been given Kindness Activity Packs by Corey, our sports coach. Each day they have been filling them in and thinking about what kindness means and how we can show it towards other people. I have noticed that the children in my class really look out for one another…

This week, in preparation for our class production of Frankie and Me, the children designed and made programmes for the audiences who will be attending the show. This was more difficult than they thought it would be as there was no room for mistakes here! The writing needed to be clear and…

We began a new topic in English this week-Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare! The children are already enjoying reading the script and as part of our lesson on Wednesday, the class rehearsed either act 1, scene 1 where the Montagues and Capulets fight in the streets or Act 1, scene 3 where…

In our Science lesson this week, the children completed their Classifying Living Things topic by taking part in a field study of the school grounds. They took clip boards and species lists outside and identified as many of the animals and plants we have in our school fields. After the children had…

On Wednesday 7th June, 12 children from Upper School went along to Garstang Academy to take part in a small schools netball competition. They play in two teams of 5 with two subs who swapped onto the pitch for each new game. 8 brilliant, 5 minute games were played on three courts and the children…

The Upper School class had the most amazing outdoor and adventurous visit to Borwick Hall this week! We stayed in Old Borwick Hall for two nights which was an adventure in itself with its long staircases and maze of rooms. We also took part in a programme of activities with the brilliant Borwick…

Having learnt about when the first locomotives were invented and the names of some of the famous engineers and trains, today the class found out about the first passenger trains. They learnt that Locomotion 1 built by George Stephenson took 450 people 25 miles at an average speed of 15mph on a…

Today, Upper School focused on improving their running techniques. They began by running between one section of the track and then working with a team to come up with their own teaching points for how to run efficiently and quickly. They then shared these ideas with the rest of the class and…

This after half term, the Upper School children will be studying classification of animals and plants.

Today they began this topic by working with a partner to decide how to group a list of various animals for a new zoo. The children came up with all sorts of groups such as by…

Over the last few weeks, Upper School have been learning about day and night, the seasons and researching the planets of our solar system. This week they completed their facts posters which show all the information they gathered about their chosen planet. The children worked collaboratively with a…

During our final lesson learning about the significance of the book of Exodus in the Bible, Upper School found out about the Jewish festival of Passover and the Seder Plate that they use to symbolise the Israelite’s escape from Egypt. We watched a video of a Jewish boy from Manchester preparing…