Lower School (KS1)

Look at our great paintings ...

We were so lucky to have a visit from Jill Reidy an author today. She told the class a little bit about herself (she is a photographer as well as an author) before reading us some exciting parts of her book 'All Change'. After listening to the story the children took part in a competition Jill has…

This morning we have been lucky to have a visit from Sonia, Caitlyn's mum, who is a physiotherapist. She came to tell us about the one of the special robots that works at the hospital.

This very special robot moves down long corridors where all the medicines are kept for all the patients…

Just in time for the hot weather our school nurse came to visit us with her bear to talk to the Reception children about keeping safe in the sun!

Year 1 and 2 please check your mymaths page, everyone has been set new homework tasks! Remember your login details are in your reading diaries. If you have an IPad and want to do your MyMaths tasks on there you may struggle as MyMaths uses flash player. However, if you download the free app called…

Today Magda from the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service came to visit us. First of all we talked about smoke alarms, Theo explained what a smoke alarm was and what it did extremely well to Magda and the class. Spencer and Sofia told the class why the best place for the smoke alarm is on the…

What a fabulous morning we have had, I am really looking forward to reading the stories lower school children write this week after our writing workshop with Damian our visiting author ...

Well done Isaac! The robot you have made at home with your grandma is fantastic! 

We are busy reading lots of robot stories and doing lots of different activities around one book 'No Bot the robot with no bottom' by Sue Hendra learning how stories work before we write our own. Today in one activity we played magic microphone' and took it in turns to be the main character…

This afternoon the children had a visit to the robotics factory and met Professors Kempbot and Smith! The children talked about what they already knew about robots and helped Professor Kempbot by designing some new robots for the factory. It was great fun. 

Our topic in Reception this half term in Reception is ‘Toys’ and in Year One and Two ‘Robots’. As part of their learning we will find out about real robots working around the world helping humans in many ways, and also about some famous robots from our television screens.

The children are going…

We had a great visit from SMJ Falconry and learnt lots about birds of prey. Lower School had the chance to ask their questions and find out more about the different falcons and owls to help them write their reports. They even had the opportunity to hold the birds and see them up close. The whole…