Blog Category: Upper School (KS2)

Today’s Dance lesson focused on team work through a game called ‘Clumps’ and then working in pairs to create a duet dance sequence using the theme of heroes and villains. The children worked so hard using different shapes and movements today. They used the music to move in time and made sure they…

Today Upper School investigated where in the Bible you can find the story of the birth of Jesus. They looked at all four Gospels and discovered it’s only written about in the Gospel of Matthew and Luke! Next we read the different versions and made notes about each story. One half of the class read…

WOW! What a fun morning outside in the fresh Autumn air! 
 

After being placed into their little mixed teams, everyone scoured the bushes, the trees, the fences, the football nets for the puzzles. After solving the puzzle or problem, the children needed to use their code breaker to turn…

This morning, Upper School were provided with a challenge to find the longest possible sequence of factors and multiples until they could find no more. First of all, they asked many mathematical questions to clarify the rules and to gather the right information. They chose various ways of keeping…

Upper School were thrilled to host a Maths afternoon, filled with fabulously fun stalls for all the children from Middle and Lower School to join in with! They designed, organised and managed their own stalls; it was an absolute delight to see them encourage the little ones to attempt their…

This morning, Upper School were presented with a factors and multiples challenge which, whilst testing their ability to apply their mathematical knowledge, required a range of thinking skills...particularly, a positive ‘Growth Mindset’ about it being possible and remembering not to give…

This morning Upper School children came dressed up for ‘wear it Wednesday’. We had a ‘coder’, farmers, blackboard, footballers, chef, Miss Langley, dice and maths jokes as well as school children who love to learn maths.

We have had a challenge morning with a ‘paper bridge structure’ with just…

In Upper School this morning, the children continued their intergalactic mission by solving some more mathematical challenges. The first involved 15 coins and 4 pots. The children had to find a way to arrange the coins into the pots to be able to make all the numbers 1-15. They discovered that…

In our Science lesson today, the Upper School children investigated what happens to their heart rates during and after exercise. They enjoyed finding their pulse in different ways and taking measurements before and after exercise. The results showed them very clearly that their hearts needed to…

It’s Maths Week at Inskip, St Peter’s and Upper School have begun the week with an intergalactic mission! The children have been preparing for a space trip to the planet Turasmara by filling in a mission passport with lots of important details such as their height, arm span, leg length, length of…

What a fantastic day we had on our outdoor and adventurous day at Hothersall Lodge! Here are some photos from our day…

Well done to the Y5/6 children who went along after school to play Glow Dodgeball at Garstang Academy! They had great fun playing against other small schools from the area and it was very exciting playing in fluorescent lighting! 
Mrs Hurley