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Middle school have started a new topic in science - living things. 
We have begun by looking at different living things and considering how we could classify them. We learned that there are lots of ways we could classify living thigs. Here are a few the children came up with:
Legs or no legs.
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A fantastic well done to the three candidates who put themselves forward to be councillors and represent Middle school. 
Emily, Florence and Evie all prepared speeches outlining what their aims were as councillors and why they would be a good fit for the role. 
The three girls were all overjoyed…

Upper School had visitors from BSYM today who took the place of Helen to teach the children about Jesus the Messiah. Unfortunately, Helen wasn’t able to be with us today however Sue and Julie did a great job of standing in for her and we learnt lots of new vocabulary about the prophecy of Jesus’…

As part of PSHE, we have been learning about money, specifically how people are paid and the kinds of deductions that are made to salaries. Using the example payslip, Year 5 and 6  have explored the terms used such as 'gross' and 'net'. They been learning about income tax, council tax and National…

We had more fun than ever in our music lesson this week as we have lots of new musical instruments to use. Huge thanks to our brilliant Friends committee who have bought lots of new instruments for all the children in school with their fundraising.

Have a look at these photos to see us…

We have been reading lots of traditional tales this week.  In our English lessons Year 1 and 2 children are learning the story of Little Red Riding Hood and reading lots of twisted tales before they write their own. The Reception children have been listening to lots of traditional tales and…

Super maths learning this week. Year One have been  investigating the number bonds to ten in a variety of ways and doing addition. Year 2 have been investigating adding 2 digit and 1 digit numbers and crossing 10. 

In middle school we are focusing on the importance of times tables at the moment. 
We have spent a lesson on each times table, learning tricks and tips to help us work them out and use them in our learning. 
The children have done incredibly well using them so far and are really working hard!

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Middle school have had an exciting music lesson this week - unveiling the shiny new ukuleles and having the first try with them!
This lesson we learned how to hold a ukulele, how to strum a ukulele and how to tune a ukulele. 
We tested out listening to some of the sounds our instruments could…

This term, we welcome back Corey from Fleetwood who will be teaching the children PE skills. We look forward to playing the games and learning the skills he will be teaching us over the coming half term. Today we played attack and defence games and showed him all the useful skills we learnt last…

Today the children began a new topic in Science-Electricity. We had lots of discussion first about the uses of electricity and the dangers it poses. Next we investigated the vocabulary of voltage in circuits. The class explored what happens to a bulb in a circuit when more cells (batteries) are…

Barvember 2021 is here!

Barvember is organised by White Rose Maths, a scheme we use in Upper School, to encourage pupils to use the bar model to assist in mathematical understanding and reasoning. Using this method, children can visualise and then solve maths problems.

Each day in November,…