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Children have completed their gymnastics routines with their groups this week. The children have practiced really hard and have performed a wonderful routine using balances, rolls and jumps.
 

Here are a few more pictures of our visit to the Mill...

Lower School love learning to count! We enjoy counting the dinner choices on a morning and comparing the numbers saying which one is the greatest / biggest / most and which one is the least / smallest. We enjoy counting out objects, counting on a number line, counting our toys...

We are…

Whilst Reception have been busy mark making, exploring stories and learning to form letters (S, A and T) Year 1 and 2 have been busy revising sounds, learning how to apply these sounds to blend for reading and learning how to segment for spelling words. 

We want to 'BEAT OUR SCORE' every week…

Lower School were unbelievably excited to see the hall transformed with all the apparatus. They listened carefully to our safety rules before starting the timed rotations on the different apparatus. They supported one another with compassion and remembered our safety rules (including no jumping…

Well done to our middle school team who played football at Garstang Academy on Wednesday evening. We worked amazingly as a team! Well done team!

Middle school have been looking at word problems that use addition and subtraction. Children were paired up and given challenges to solve together, including shape problems, word problems and abstract thinking problems.

What a fantastic visit Y5/6 had to Quarry Bank Mill! We started off in the Apprentice Mill Workers’ House where we found out about the food they were given, the work they did, how long their working day was and where they slept. The children were all very knowledgeable about what life was like for…

Well done to Daniel and Tommy who won the Y5/6 Handwriting Competition this week! It was a very difficult decision as there were lots of pieces of excellent handwriting but these two just had to be the winners with their beautiful joined up writing and consistent letter formations. 

Lower School have really risen to the weekly spelling challenges and are improving their scores week by week! Last week, Lower School enjoyed searching for various graphemes (written sounds) in the newspapers and a range of books. They also enjoyed the roll and write challenge to practise their…

Lower School love their PE lessons with Corey! Last week, Lower School learnt how to listen to each other's instructions and pass a small ball carefully to one another. Well done, little ones!

We love visiting the Library Van (and the wonderful Glenys the Librarian!) and having the chance to explore the shelves and boxes for exciting new books to borrow!