As part of our topic this half-term, we are learning about farming, so today we made a special virtual visit to Cronkshaw Fold Farm. A farmer took us on a tour whilst doing his daily farm jobs. We checked in on the goats, collected the eggs from the hens and Read more
Today we learnt about the different parts of a flower and their roles. We then dissected a Lilly, separating and labelling each part, including the stamen, stigma, filament etc. Tomorrow we will be using this knowledge to write complex sentences about plant reproduction.
Today we had an art lesson which was linked to our topic Allotment. We first learnt various shading techniques and practised this using various graphic pencils. We then chose a fruit or vegetable to sketch and shade from observation.
This half-term Year 5’s topic is Allotment. The children have already made a fantastic start by clearing up Kaden’s garden which we will be using for many of our lessons. Today, we had a visit, out in the garden, from Jamie who runs a local allotment. He gave us lots Read more
Year 5 Juniper have had an amazing start back to school. It has been fantastic to see how excited the children are to be back in class and to see all their friends. I would like to say a big Well done to all the children, who have settled in Read more
Hi Birch. Hope you are all well and enjoying spending time with your families. It has been lovely to see what you have been up to on Twitter. I have especially loved seeing your rainbows. I am missing you all and I’m sure you are missing each other too so Read more
Thank you to everyone in Birch who came dressed up for World Book Day today. You all looked fabulous. We could tell this class are big Harry Potter fans. Special well done to Molly who won best costume for looking beautiful as Poppy from Trolls.
Thank you to all the family members that joined Birch for their shared learning and lunch this week. The children had so much fun telling and showing you what we have been learning about in topic this half term. They especially loved you getting messy building volcanoes with them. We Read more
This week has celebrated Random Acts Of Kindness Day. Birch has recognised this by collecting items for Heywood’s Banardos charity shop. Thank you to all the children and parents/ careers who have donated. Miss Lomax will take these to Banardos at the end of the week.
This week Year 3 Birch were lucky enough to visit Dippy the Diplodocus in Rochdale. We travelled by bus into Rochdale centre, thinking about our road safety and stranger safety and all the staff were really impressed with the behaviour of the children. We learnt lots of new facts about Read more