Juniper had a visit from Scarf today and took part in a workshop all about ‘Friends’. We carried out some activities that involved us making some important decisions. We discussed what ‘peer pressure’ is and how we can deal with certain situations that may arise with our friends. We learnt Read more…
Juniper had a fantastic day at Lytham St Anne’s Beach School yesterday. The weather was glorious and the children were so well-behaved. The children learnt about the wildlife that lives on the beach and in the sea around Lytham St Anne’s. They learnt about the tide and how waves play Read more…
This morning in our collective worship we have been discussing the effects of plastic use on our environment. We have learnt about how plastic thrown away can end up in our oceans, harming the wildlife and eventually harming us. God created the world and gave it as a gift to Read more…
Juniper have been creating their own databases this afternoon. We have used our new learning to create records and fields within a database and then use that information to ask the database questions. The children came up with some excellent suggestions for ‘fields’ and were able to explain whether or Read more…
Year 5 have had a great time this morning visiting the Golden Mosque in Rochdale. We arrived already knowing a great deal about the Islamic religion (from our RE lessons) and the guide was very impressed with our knowledge. We learnt lots of new things about Islam and were very Read more…
Juniper have had a fun day filled with facts about Charles and his Coronation. We linked our Maths to previous monarchs and how long their reigns were, our English to writing relative clauses about the Royal family, our Art to creating a collage of Charles’ head and our Computing to Read more…
Juniper have been learning about Fossils in Science. We carried out an activity to show how fossils are made. After an animal dies, the soft parts of its body decompose leaving the hard parts, like the skeleton, behind – we used sweets to symbolise these animals. They become buried by Read more…
This half term in Science Juniper are learning about how humans and animals have changed over time. Yesterday we were introduced to Charles Darwin and his theories. As part of his research studies, Charles found that different types of finches had evolved over time to adapt to their surroundings. Their Read more…
Juniper have enjoyed playing the Djembe – a goblet drum from Africa. Mr Genty from the Rochdale Music Service told the children all about the drums history and how the African people used to gather, sing and dance to the drums. The children really enjoyed beating the drums to a Read more…
Juniper have enjoyed sharing our stories of people we find to be inspirational. We have used our writing skills to write newspaper reports about an inspirational person – Greta Thunberg. We have also had discussions in small groups about what we like to read for pleasure. We are beginning Read more…