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As part of our overall topic this term, the Lake District, children have been exploring artists who were inspired by the region. 

We began the lesson by watching some aerial footage of different places in the Lakes and were given 5 minutes to experiment with our new medium of watercolours.…

Our topic in science this half term is light and dark. 

Last week, we identified light sources and learned what light and dark are. 

This week, we began to investigate reflections and why surfaces were reflective. We moved into the darkest room in the school and experimented with different…

This week, Upper school have been given Kindness Activity Packs by Corey, our sports coach. Each day they have been filling them in and thinking about what kindness means and how we can show it towards other people. I have noticed that the children in my class really look out for one another…

This week, in preparation for our class production of Frankie and Me, the children designed and made programmes for the audiences who will be attending the show. This was more difficult than they thought it would be as there was no room for mistakes here! The writing needed to be clear and…

Our first maths topic this year has been measuring mass - the children have revised how to read a scale and had moved onto measuring real objects in the classroom.

Children estimated the weight of the objects beforehand and then read their scales to write in the accurate measure.

Middle school have been participating in '30 days wild' from the Wildlife Trust - alongside this we were sent some wildflowers to plant at school!

Luckily, we already have a wonderful designated wild meadow area next to the drive. This was a perfect place to put our flowers!

Wildflowers…

We began a new topic in English this week-Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare! The children are already enjoying reading the script and as part of our lesson on Wednesday, the class rehearsed either act 1, scene 1 where the Montagues and Capulets fight in the streets or Act 1, scene 3 where…

In our Science lesson this week, the children completed their Classifying Living Things topic by taking part in a field study of the school grounds. They took clip boards and species lists outside and identified as many of the animals and plants we have in our school fields. After the children had…

On Wednesday 7th June, 12 children from Upper School went along to Garstang Academy to take part in a small schools netball competition. They play in two teams of 5 with two subs who swapped onto the pitch for each new game. 8 brilliant, 5 minute games were played on three courts and the children…

As part of Viking day, children learned to play the Viking game of Kubb.

We split into teams with the aim of knocking over the 'king' piece! This game showcases many things we have looked at in our PE lessons including underarm throwing and throwing with aim and accuracy. 

Children also…

Over this half term, middle school have been busy learning about the Vikings and Anglo Saxons in Britain. 
As part of our ongoing learning, we have mixed in a little DT and Art by creating our own Viking inspired shields. 

The last day of the half term was Viking day! This meant that the…

Here are lots more pictures from our visit to Borwick…

Jo Hurley