In Learning for life this week Year one have been discussing feelings. We named lots of different feelings such as happy, scared, excited, nervous, sad and angry. We also talked about what makes us feel different ways. The children enjoyed acting out different emotions. We then played feelings charades. We Read more…
All of year 1 had a fantastic time at forest school today. Oaks enjoyed finding things that grow and went on a hunt for different types of seeds. We then carried out a mindfulness activity, thinking about where the seed has come from and what it might grow into. We Read more…
Year 1 Oaks have made a fabulous start to the new school year and have settled into their new class well. We are really proud of how the children have come in showing green behaviour and starting their year one learning journeys. We have discussed the classroom rules, created self-portraits, Read more…
Year 5 have had a great day at Springfield Park today. We started the day in the flower garden, studying some of the wild flowers. We also found some wildflower seeds to bring back to school and plant. We then worked in teams to do some orienteering around the park Read more…
Today Year 5 had a very exciting morning. A scientist from Urenco came in school to carry out some practical investigations with the children. First, we worked together to separate pasta, salt and lentils. After this, we discussed what makes a good scientific observation and the children observed different powders. Read more…
Year 5 had a great day at St Annes beach today. It was glorious weather and the children had lots of fun in the sunshine. The Lancashire Wildlife Trust set up camp for us and carried out some fantastic beach school workshops learning about the wildlife that live in the coastal habitat and how to protect them. The children explored the sand dunes using nets and found lots of minibeasts were living there. We also explored the strandline searching for signs of life such as egg cases and shells. We also carried out some practical activities to learn about the tides and why there is so much life on the beach. The children decided that they didn’t like the litter on the beach and carried out their own litter pick to clean the beach up. There was also some time to play on the beach. Everyone enjoyed building sandcastles, flying kites and frisbees. There was some fantastic teamwork going on.
Today Year 6 Rowan were lucky to visit the Cherwell Centre. They spent time in the gardens and at the farm looking at, talking about and stroking the animals. The staff at the Cherwell Centre were very helpful and knowledgeable, they shared a lot of facts with us about the Read more…
Yesterday, Year 6 had a great time working on five different STEM challenges for the Great Science Share. The Great Science Share allowed the children to develop their own scientific questions, carry out their own enquiries and to gather evidence to answer their questions. The children had five challenges: balloon Read more…
This afternoon, Year 5 had a great time working on an egg drop challenge. The children were given the challenge of creating a parachute to a protect an egg. The children thought about which materials would be best to protect the egg. We then discussed which variables would need to Read more…
This morning was very exciting as we had a visit from a Rochdale Council Recycling truck. This truck was special because Nomin’s artwork won a borough-wide art competition and her work has been printed onto the truck. We were all very proud of Nomin and her work looks fantastic and Read more…
