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Basketball at Garstang Academy
9 Year 5/6 children chose to be part of a girls and boys netball team for a competition at Garstang Academy after school on Wednesday. The children spent three weeks practising their basketball skills during dinner breaks with Corey from Fleetwood Town Primary Stars and were definitely ready for…
Incredible Invertebrates
To finish up our science topic (and prepare us before our wonderful zoo visit next week) children explored how to group and sort invertebrates - focusing mostly on arthropods. Because the weather was too rainy outside, we used our insects and arachnid samples encased in resin. This gave the…
Christmas Dancing
To end our dance topic in PE, we had a one off lesson focusing on Christmas! Children chose movement words from our dance vocabulary and turned them into a four or five step sequence. Our sequences were based around Christmas Day, with many children representing activities such as opening…
Advent Calendars
The children in Upper School were challenged to make their own Advent calendar this half term and to bring it in for the class to use if they would like to. Jayden, Leo, Sophie, Beth and Flo all very kindly decided to bring their handmade designs in and we have all been enjoying opening the doors…
Science- Investigating circuits
The children planned their own scientific investigation into circuits today. They wanted to know whether the length of the wires in a circuit made a difference to the brightness of a bulb or the speed of a motor. The class decided what equipment they would need and how they would record their…
Crafty cards
As a lovely treat, upper school came to join middle school this week for a crafty Christmas card creation! We played Christmas music and collaged beautiful Christmas pictures.
Ancient Egypt Day
This week, the children had a very exciting day of consolidating their knowledge about Ancient Egypt. We begun with some Egyptian mathematics! We learned all about the pyramids in Egypt and discussed why they were made the way that they were. We discussed different kinds of pyramids and which was…
RE - Hanukkah
Our link to world faiths in our RE topic had us exploring the Jewish festival of light, Hanukkah. Last week, the children learned the story of Hanukkah and a little about the Jewish faith. This week, we took part in a Hanukkah tradition of dreidel. The children used lots of skills to help them…
RE- Jesus is Coming!
Today the children thought about the fourth candle on the Advent wreath which symbolises God’s People. We discussed the importance in the Christian faith of the Second Coming of Christ and how God’s people prepare for this in their hearts and minds during the Advent season through prayer and…
RE-Advent Wreath
Over the past three weeks, Upper School has been learning about the season of Advent and the significance to Christians of the Advent Wreath. The children have learnt about the meaning of each of the candles-prophets Isaiah and Micah, John the Baptist and Mary Mother of Jesus. This week we also…
Classifying animals
In science we have been investigating classification of animals. Children have spent some time learning about the groups: mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, mulloscs and arthropods. Children split into small groups to research each classification, create a poster and then feed back to the…
Christmas crafts!
To prepare our classroom for the festive period, the children spent a fun afternoon creating crafts. Firstly, we cut and created paper snowflakes to hang from the ceiling! Secondly, we decorated a Christmas bauble to represent ourselves. Lastly, we had a competition to see which team could make…
