Road Safety

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Fire Officers from Lancashire Fire and Rescue came to visit Year 6 earlier this week. They spoke to us about rules of the road including acts of law such as those around seat belts and booster seats, they also emphasised the need for visibility when out and about on the road whether as a…

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Faith Friends - Reverend Paul

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This week we were very lucky to receive a visit from Reverend Paul who shared with us about his time in Tanzania. 

The children loved asking questions about what brought him there and what it was like for him. We learned that he was called by God to Tanzania to visit the people and their…

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Compositions

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Children have put down the ukuleles this week to try their hand at the glockenspiel!

We have been learning about musical notation and how to read and write music - glockenspiels are an excellent way to hear each note. 
This week, children wrote their own very short compositions. These were all…

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Torches

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We have rounded off our DT and Science topics this week by completing our torches.

Children created the housing for their torches using plastic bottles. They created a reflector using tin foil and they wired up a circuit with a switch to make their torches turn on and off. 

Finally, children…

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Safer Internet Day

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Today is Safer Internet Day across the country and we were privileged to have a lesson led by our favourite sports coach, Corey, who taught us all about showing respect to each other online. The children role played text message scenarios and made decisions about whether or not to send particular…

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Let’s Go Sing- the last rehearsal!

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Upper School and Middle School enjoyed a session of singing with Matthew from the Let’s Go Sing team. He was so impressed with how well the children knew the songs and lyrics and encouraged the children to continue practising over the holidays. We can’t wait to perform with all the other schools…

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The Broken Washing Machine

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Our latest mini-topic in German is the broken washing machine, which focuses on clothes! 

This week, the children found items of clothing in the washing basket and described them. 

Year threes can explain what piece of clothing it is and what colour it is.

Year fours can explain a piece…

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Measuring Area

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This week in maths the children began looking at area. 
This short topic had them begin by counting squares and progress onto measuring and finding the area of rectilinear objects in the classroom.

Finding the area of objects takes a lot of maths skill! 

You need to be able to measure…

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Author Visit!

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This week, middle school was able to take part in a very special event!

Author A.F Steadman came to visit our school! 

The children all got to listen to her tell them all about the magical world inside of her fantasy book series Skandar the Unicorn Thief, where they learned that unicorns…

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Junk Models

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Our Reception children have been learning new joining techniques this week and created some great models using junk materials.

 

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Levers and Linkages

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Our Year 1 & 2 children have begun a new design and technology project this week. Their project is to design and make a moving monster.

We began by looking closely at a variety of mechanical and non mechanical toys and answering these questions…

  • Can you name any components (for example,…
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The historical significance of Henry VIII

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This afternoon, Upper School have been learning to recognise why some people might be judged as more historically significant than others. We first of all unpicked the key vocabulary for today and clarified the meaning of some unfamiliar words. We discussed what it meant to be judged and what…

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