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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

The Upper School class had the most amazing outdoor and adventurous visit to Borwick Hall this week! We stayed in Old Borwick Hall for two nights which was an adventure in itself with its long staircases and maze of rooms. We also took part in a programme of activities with the brilliant Borwick…

Lower School have continued learning how to carefully send a ball to a partner so they have a good chance of catching. Lower School learnt the three top tips: face the racket towards their partner so the ball can make contact with the racket; hold the racket with two hands for more control; and…

Year 2 have been busy furthering their understanding of fractions through ‘baking’ cookies and pizza! We ‘kneaded’ and ‘rolled’ out our ‘dough’ before creating our ‘pizza base’ or ‘cookies’ - so much fun!

We talked about how many toppings they could have so each slice had an equal amount of…

Thank you to our lovely Year Six who came down to listen to our little ones read. They were extremely supportive and patient and even helped the little ones to practise writing their names or to write tricky words. 
 

Thank you Year Six!