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Today Year 6 were delighted to receive their colourful ‘leavers’ hoodies’ which were kindly given by our generous Friends’ Committee. Each boy chose his own colour and they will be able to wear the hoodie each day until the end of term. 
They look…

Today the focus for our D&T lesson was to find out about mechanical systems-in particular, levers and pulleys. The Upper School children watched short videos about these systems and then had a go at making some themselves. Spencer, Eddie and Harry used the K’NEX to build a seesaw lever model…

We had an amazing day on Friday when we all came dressed in red, white and blue to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. 

We had a delicious lunch with a very special visitor, lots of fun activities and watched as Ms Leyland planted a commemorative tree in our field. Take a look at these…

Progressing from drawing (see previous blog post https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-06-03-08-39-26-art-portrait-drawing) the children have used watercolours to paint their portraits of the queen.

For most of the children it was the first time they had used watercolour paint and a chance to…

As part of our celebrations of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee we have been learning about the Queen and her life, we have looked at some historical artefacts (a souvenir brochure from the Queen’s coronation), images and videos on the internet and photographs of her taken throughout her life.

All…

The Year 1 and 2 children have finished their design and technology project! Take a look at our previous blog https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-05-22-17-44-41-dt-textiles-learning-stitches since then the children have sewn their pieces of felt together with a running stich, planned the design…

We were so excited to watch catch sight of two different butterflies emerge from their chrysalis on Friday! It was an amazing experience for the children to watch and experience. 

We had lots of discussion and excitement as the children watched the final stages of the life cycle of a butterfly…

In Lower School the children have the opportunity to vote for the book they would like me to read to them every day. Each morning they come into school and look at the choices then place a shell in the bowl in front of the book they would prefer. 

We have a great selection of fiction,…

The Upper School children enjoyed a day of Platinum Jubilee activities today including drawing portraits of the Queen, making crowns, a jubilee lunch and a special jubilee worship with Helen. We ended the day by planting our Queen’s Jubilee oak tree and singing the National Anthem. Here are some…

After our fantastic visit from Lauren Child last week, we came away feeling inspired! 
Children have spent several days carefully creating their own versions of Lauren Child's beautiful books. They have attempted to emulate the style of her writing and illustrations to create their own…

As you may know, middle school have been working on designing and creating bags in their DT project this half term. The children have worked incredibly hard throughout the topic with their researching, designing and learning techniques for sewing and stitching. 
Finally, all of their hard work…

Middle school have been celebrating the platinum jubilee today!
We have been creating portraits of the queen in pencil and then drawing them onto A3 sheets, painting them with watercolours. We all did a wonderful job at carefully copying the queen's features.
Children also enjoyed a jubilee…