What is a plant?
As part of our science learning for Year 1 and 2 and developing our Reception children’s knowledge and understanding of the world we have been investigating the question ‘What is a plant?’.
Take a look at their learning …
Self portraits 2026
As part of the children learning about themselves and noticing similarities and differences in each other they painted a self portrait.
They used mirrors to look closely at their faces before drawing then using watercolour paints to create a self portrait.
Musical lines
Today the children practised drawing different lines using music as a stimulus. They were Introduced to Paul Klee, a Swiss-born German artist by looking closely at two pieces of his art. They were Park Near Lucerne, 1938 by Paul Klee and Scaffolding for the Head of a Monumental Sculpture, 1923.
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Harvest Art
Our children enjoyed printing using autumn colours creating pictures to display in church for our Harvest Festival.
The Reception children printed using forks dipping into different autumnal coloured paint. They experimented making new colours by colour mixing.
The Year One and Two…
Humpty Dumpty
Our Reception children learned and performed the rhyme Humpty Dumpty to the rest of the class this week.
Receptions children’s first week
Our new Reception children have settled into school life with ease, they are all super little learners!
Summer Reading heroes
Congratulations to Sofia and Raya in Year one who completed the reading challenge organised by Lancashire Libraries over the summer.
You are both reading superstars!
Visits to a Buddhist Centre and a Hindu Temple
On Thursday we went on a whole school trip to Preston where we were grateful to be welcomed into a Buddhist Centre and Hindu temple.
Lower School and year three visited one temple together whilst year 4 and upper school visited the other and then we swapped over!
We had the chance to see,…
Our fabulous new children …
Our new Reception children starting in September came to visit us this week and we had such a lovely day.
We welcomed Erin, Ginny, Rosie, Delilah, Ella, Arthur, Muhammad and Dominic for the day and what settled, happy children they all were. I was very proud of our Year 1 and 2 (for the day)…
A Day out at Leighton Hall
We have had a fantastic day out today, exploring the woodlands at Leighton Hall learning more about animals habitats.
Thank you to Emma and Kate our guides for looking after us today. Thank you to Mrs Fox and Ms Mayor who came as volunteers also! Emma and Kate commented what a wonderful…
Summer Reading Challenge 2026
We had a visit from Kirsten from Garstang library today where she told us all about the fabulous reading challenge our children can take part in this summer.
This summer, we challenge you to be a Reading Hero and help Dr Paige Turner stop Captain A. Eye and his parrot, Polygon from hacking…