This morning Year 5 were rudely interrupted during our English lesson. The grinch came in whilst we were planning our persuasive letters. He ruined our Christmas tree, stole our decorations and ignored the children when they tried to persuade him to love Christmas. This has given us more of a Read more…
In science this week, Year 5 have been learning about physical changes. The children learnt a song to remind them that physical changes are when a substance changes shape, form or state. We learnt that this is usually reversible. The children used their observation skills to record what happens during Read more…
The ethos team did a fantastic job of delivering collective worship for the whole school. They retold the story of ‘The Good Samaritan’ and spoke about the moral of the story. They also linked the story to our value of friendship and discussed how we should help everyone not just Read more…
Year 4, 5 and 6 have had a fantastic day of prayer and reflection. The children completed a range of different activities, which prompted thought-provoking discussions. Everyone enjoyed using our new prayer cushions to find a spot in forest school where they felt calm and relaxed to have some time Read more…
In RE, we have been continuing to think about why some people believe in God. We recapped the terms atheist, theist and agnostic. We then went on a walk around the school grounds and found amazing things. We found leaves that had 5 different colours on them. We found living Read more…
On Friday evening, some of year 5 visited the AJ Bell stadium as part of a project with Rochdale Hornets. It was a fantastic experience for everyone who went. Firstly, the children took part in a tag rugby tournament with other schools. The played well and persevered despite the rain. Read more…
Today, Year 5 have had a fun afternoon doing Forest School. In geography, we have been learning about slums and we recapped everything we have learnt so far. We spoke about how houses in slums are usually poorly constructed with any materials that can be found. We also spoke about Read more…
This morning, the ethos team led their first collective worship. They did a fantastic job! The children helped to plan the whole thing. They chose to retell the story of Mary and Martha using drama. The told us that it everybody has different personalities and different roles but that it Read more…
Year 5 have been working hard in their computing lessons this half term. We have learnt some new vocabulary and thinking about algorithms, abstraction and decomposition in computer science. The children have used Purple Mash to code a simple traffic light system. We also used a football game and thought Read more…
The ethos team from key stage 2 had their very first meeting today. We discussed what the ethos team will do and that they have been chosen because they demonstrate our Christian values well. Their first task was to decorate some prayer cushions to show to the other classes as Read more…