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Our new topic in science this half term is habitat helpers.
Children kicked-off the topic by refreshing their memories of what a habitat was before venturing out to find some habitats within our school grounds. Children explored both flora and fauna that they found and discussed where we found…

This half term, we will be observing birds’ nests and, using a range of media, will draw, paint and then create our own nests using clay or textiles. 
Today the class looked closely at the different nests that I brought in. We decided which birds they might have belonged to by looking…

Top Tips for SAT week

Year 6 SATs take place soon. Here are some top tips to make sure they go as smoothly as possible.

• Get plenty of rest- It is really important to be well rested before SAT week; this will help you to be able to focus.

• Eat well- each morning of SAT week,…

After accepting the challenge to make a healthy wrap for their DT learning (you can see it here  https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-03-31-16-00-00-dt-design-challenge) the children have done much cross curricular learning through science and English. As an English writing task the children had…

The results are in! After planting cress seeds last week (learn about it here  https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-03-31-17-15-00-how-do-you-keep-a-plant-healthy) the children were really interested to see what had happened to the seeds in the different pots and recorded their findings. 

They…

Continuing our science learning about plants the children have been investigating what makes a plant grow and how does it stay healthy by setting up an investigation. 

They tested their theory that a plant needs water, light, the right temperature and soil to be able to grow healthily by…

The children really enjoyed making a healthy wrap this week after accepting the challenge from Mrs Billington (see this previous post https://inskip.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-03-31-16-00-00-dt-design-challenge ). 

Building on their prior learning about different food groups the children sorted the…

Last week we received a letter from Mrs Billington our school cook asking us to help her design a new wrap for the school lunch menu.  Naturally we said yes, of course we will help!

The design brief was to create a healthy wrap. It must contain a protein, carbohydrate, vegetable or fruit and a…

After handing out our Easter biscuits that we hand made this morning, the children of Upper School put on a performance of the songs we have learnt over the last term. 
The first piece was You’ve Got a Friend by Carol King and as well as singing it brilliantly, the children performed an…

This morning, the children all took part in making Easter biscuits using a gluten free and low sugar recipe that we came up with to fit nicely with our, ‘Eat Like a Champ’ Science topic. 
The children measured out their own ingredients using their maths skills and mixed, rolled and cut out their…

At the end of our topic on Victorian childhood, Upper School wrote diaries as if they were a Victorian child in Inskip. Our 'Decade corridor exhibition' was extremely useful in providing us with real events that happened to children in Inskip during the Victorian times. Several wrote about the…

We have been reading picture books written and illustrated by the fabulous artist Petr Horacek over the past few weeks. The fiction theme of our topic ‘The Farm Shop’ led us to read ‘The Greedy Goat’ and ‘Look Out, Suzy Goose’ (which the children made the connection to another story we had read…