Upper School (KS2)

This afternoon, Upper School had a visit from Prags who came to talk to us about being a Hindu. She told us all about her very interesting life and some of the important traditions of being part of a Hindu community/family. The children were fascinated by her stories and particularly about her…

Upper School have been exploring the identities represented in Tudor portraits. We learnt that portraits were used to signal many things including three main aspects: character, status and power. 
 

We then explored modern-day portraits, including digital and mixed media portraits. Some of us…

Today is Mars Day! We (and the rest of the nation) are celebrating all things space! The class have spent the morning learning about space and space missions. We watched a live lesson about the Artemis Mission to the Moon and then we watched a live interview with Sir Tim Peake. The children have…

Some of Upper School kindly brought in books they enjoyed when they were younger. Mrs Allen, Mrs Dalton and I particularly loved sharing our memories of reading The Magic Faraway Tree when we were younger! 
 

Thank you for sharing! 

Upper School put their knowledge of children’s authors and books to the test! Well done to Florence, Alfie, Ted and Isaac for reaching podium spots! 
 

We have all LOVED exploring books with a buddy around school this morning! 
 

Make sure you check out Middle School and Lower School for more photos of our lovely lot enjoying a book…in a nook!
 

This morning, we all found a book with an interesting front cover to explore and recreate…(we do sometimes judge a book by its cover!)

After some technical issues, I am finally able to share photos of the fabulous morning we had with Lancashire’s Heritage Learning Service. Through talk, dance, drama, freeze frames and artefact-handling, Upper School found out a vast array of facts about Tudors and Tudor life. 
 

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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…

Today we had a fascinating lesson given by Pagpa, a Buddhist monk from the Preston Buddhist Centre, who taught us about the religion of Buddhism. The children could immediately see the similarities between Christianity and Buddhism but were also very interested in the differences. They…

Rev. Paul came to talk to Upper School about the book of Exodus in the Bible. He explained why it is such a significant event for Jewish people and Christians alike. The children showed their knowledge about what Moses was tasked to do by God and learnt about the way that the story of the…

Upper School have learnt that times tables crop up in such a vast amount of their learning so we love finding new ways to keep our times table recall fresh and speedy!

See if you can improve your rate of answering…can anyone beat Miss Langley’s rate of 43 questions per minutes?

Happy…