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After a lot of asking, Ms Thornton finally brought in her pets for middle school to meet. Although, they are quite unusual! On Thursday, two of Ms Thornton's pet rats came into middle school to meet the children. 

The day began with remembering our science from throughout the year - we worked…

Last Monday, middle school were able to attend an exciting careers fair. Children got to speak to different people from jobs in the STEM field to understand the range of jobs they could possibly one day do! There were people talking about renewable energies and electricity. There were others…

This week we have been learning how to keep ourselves safe out near roads. We have learnt where it is safe to play, dangers to be aware of and how to cross the road safely. In our first activity we stood and watched the traffic the travels along our road outside school noticing the speed and…

Middle School have been finishing off their maths this year with some data handling. We have reminded ourselves about tally charts and pictograms, but spend some time looking at bar charts and learning how to create and read them. Now it was time to make one ourselves!

We started with a tally…

This week, we had the fantastic opportunity to attend 'Let's Learn Moor 2024'. 
The children participated in many fun and educational activities to learn more about how we manage the moorlands in Lancashire. To start the day, we met with the police. They showed us some of their equipment and…

We’ve had an amazing day out at Humblescough Farm in Nateby, Garstang today. Thank you to Diana for inviting us and to Mr Sneddon for all your hard work creating amazing memories for our children!  I was extremely proud of our children today, you were all very well behaved and had enormous…

We made the most of the good weather this week with lots of outdoor learning. One activity we have enjoyed has been creating drinks using leftover orange peelings saved from snack time! The drinks were quite unusual because each one gave us special powers, they made us dance, talk in funny voices,…

Our Reception children have been practising forming letters correctly and building words outside today. 
 

This week the children are being creative outdoors creating mud cheesecakes and sticky hot dogs!  They are being great chefs. Lots of great exploring, questioning, creating and discussion has been happening, lots of great learning through play. Through playing we have explored science queries (eg…

Our Reception children used lots of different art skills and made some cool jellyfish …

We made the most of the great weather this week with lots of outdoor fun …

Our Year 1 children have been doing lots of different activities throughout the week developing their understanding of place value to 100. They have been playing lots of games, challenging each other and themselves and investigated how many tens and how many ones are in different two digit…