During maths lessons on a Friday we complete an active maths lesson, consolidating everything we have learnt that week. During these lessons, we play games and our lessons are very active and sometimes competitive! Here are some pictures from our recent active maths lessons.
As part of British Science Week, we designed and built marble runs. We applied the skills we had developed during our Skills Builder lessons, particularly teamwork and communication. Each group nominated a leader whose role was to ensure that everyone had the opportunity to contribute ideas and share their thoughts. Read more
During STEAM week, we completed a number of fun activities! This year’s theme was ‘curiosity’. In Science lessons, we looked at the question ‘ Does the way food look change how it tastes.’ We found that in fact it does! During Art lessons, we looked at the artist Alice Tangerini Read more
Year 4 had a fantastic time on their school trip to the Lowry! We started the day with a drawing workshop, where we created our own portrait sketches inspired by the style of Quentin Blake. At lunchtime, we enjoyed our dinner overlooking the beautiful Salford Quays. In the afternoon, we Read more
Yesterday, Year 4 Hawthorn visited St Peter’s Primary School to meet up with their linking partners, and everyone was thrilled to see their friends again. During the day, we took part in two exciting workshops. In the first, we worked with an artist to explore a range of printing techniques. Read more
We started off Careers Week by learning all about Bessie Blount, a famous engineer who invented a machine that allowed people who had lost limbs to eat independently without the help of a nurse. We researched facts about her and then completed a Kahoot quiz all about her work and Read more
The anti-bullying ambassadors set us a task to create something that would put a smile on a class mate’s face. We created some word maps describing another child and then gave it to them. The anti-bullying ambassadors came to help us.
This week we listened to a story all about Webster. He lied about his identity online and was talking to a stranger who was also pretending to be somebody different. We discussed the importance of keeping safe online. We also completed a Kahoot quiz all about keeping safe online.
Today we became predators and preys! Some of us were snowshoe hares. We were safe in our burrows but we had to leave to gather food if we were captured by a lynx we were unfortunately out. Some of us were Lynx’s. If we didn’t capture a hare we would Read more
On Tuesday, we had the amazing opportunity to take part in a virtual workshop called “Soundtrack Your Story” with the inspiring Alim Kamara. During the session, we collaborated with him to create a rap that celebrated all of our unique and positive qualities. After that, we each made our own Read more