Daily Kilometre

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As a class, we have decided to try and build up our fitness and running skills. Every day last week we began the journey to running at least  a kilometre every day!
We started off with 2 laps of the field and have so far built up to 4! 
6 laps will get us to a kilometre. 

Running and exercise…

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Investigating plants

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We have been focusing on plants in our science lessons.
This week, we wanted to investigate what a flower was like. We began by completing diagrams in our books and labelling each of the components. 
After that, children had the opportunity to investigate with real flowers. 
We got our hands on…

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What shape am I?

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Middle school have been learning about shapes in maths. We had a practical lesson on Thursday where we spent time guessing the properties of a secret shape. This encouraged children to use key vocabulary such as vertices, sides, right-angles, acute, obtuse, parallel, adjacent to help guess each…

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Stretching with Yoga

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Middle school has tried some Yoga in the sun this Friday.
Yoga is great exercise that helps stretch your body, build your muscles, helps your balance and helps blood flow to the brain to help with learning.
We really enjoyed all wobbling on one leg and stretching our bodies out!

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Sewing!

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The children have been learning different stitches to use in their DT project. They have had a try at the running stitch, the backstich, the overstitch and some even tried the tricky blanket stitch! 
We needed to get an idea of which stitches would be best for our projects - a passport cover. 

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Let’s Go Sing

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The children in Middle and Upper School are taking part in a virtual ‘Sing Together’ performance this term as it has not been possible to join the other schools from around Lancashire for a real concert at King George’s Hall as we normally do. Instead, we are learning four songs and will be video…

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Singing!

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The children have absolutely loved practising and singing the 'Let's go sing' songs this week. They have particularly enjoyed 'the scuttled sloop' - a pirate song. They have nailed the actions! Well done middle school!

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What I'm Thankful For

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During RE, the children considered the beauty of the world around them and linked this to the creation story. They explored the playground and outdoor areas for things that they found particularly interesting or pretty and wrote about them. 
Children then wrote their own prayer to thank God for…

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Bus Stop Method

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Middle school enjoyed the sunshine in their maths lesson by going out and practising their bus stop method. The children drew cards from a number pack for either two-digit problems, three-digit problems or even four-digit problems! They then worked these problems out on the playground or on the…

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Helping a bumblebee

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Middle school found a unique opportinity to learn some more about bees and their importance when we found a tired bumblebee on the playground. We carefully picked her up and gave her some sugar water to drink. This was a fantastic time for the children to learn about how bees help the environment…

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Composing Musical Pieces

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After some practise keeping a rhythm and listening to different notes, middle school had a try at creating some ascending and decending scales together on the chilme bars. Once we had done this, we practised playing 'twinkle twinkle little star' together - which went quite well! Using our skills…

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Design Technology

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Middle school have started a design project to create a passport holder. After being given their brief they began some research and planning for their product. They had the chance to explore current products on the market and look at the shapes, materials and prices that they could use. They also…

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