Design and Technology
Celebrating Success in the Leaders Award Competition ‘If You Were an Engineer What Would You Do?’
We are incredibly proud of the children who took part in this year’s Leaders Award – “If You Were an Engineer, What Would You Do?” competition. The competition encouraged pupils to think creatively about real-life problems and design innovative engineering solutions. Our children embraced the challenge with enthusiasm, producing thoughtful, imaginative and well presented designs that demonstrated fantastic problem solving skills and creativity. We were so impressed by the originality of their designs and the Read more
Art & Design
Newhouse Academy Visit
Pine enjoyed a fantastic art lesson at Newhouse Academy where they became mascot designers for the World Cup! They carefully researched different countries, thinking about which animals best represented each nation and choosing colours that reflected their flags and cultures. The children showed great creativity and imagination as they sketched and coloured their unique mascots, explaining the reasons behind their design choices. It was a wonderful opportunity to combine art, geography and sport, and we Read more
Physical Education
Dress up Dodgeball
Yesterday Year 5 enjoyed a fun afternoon of dress up dodgeball to celebrate school sports week. Some children came in wearing kits from clubs they represent outside school. Well done Year 5 for showing great sportsmanship.
Design and Technology
Year 5 Cook Up a Delicious Spaghetti Bolognese!
Year 5 have had a fantastic time during their Design and Technology cookery unit, where they have explored the journey from farm to fork. Throughout the unit, the children researched a variety of spaghetti bolognese recipes, comparing ingredients and discussing what makes a healthy, balanced meal. They also learnt about nutrition and how different food groups contribute to a healthy lifestyle before designing their own eye-catching labels for their finished spaghetti bolognese. Today, the children Read more
Year 5 - Pine
A visit from our linking school
On Friday, we were delighted to welcome our linking school for a special day of fun. The day began with a range of ‘getting to know you’ games, giving the children the opportunity to learn more about their new friends. It was wonderful to see conversations flowing and new friendships beginning to form. The children then took part in a variety of team-building challenges, where they worked together to solve problems, communicate and support one Read more
Design and technology
Picnic forest school
As our story this week was all about picnics, we decided to make our own sandwiches in class following a set of instructions, before taking them to Forest School to enjoy. We chose either cheese or jam for our sandwiches, and we thought they were absolutely delicious! We practised our cutting and spreading skills with the plastic butter knives. After our picnic, we had lots of fun sliding down the hobbit hole, playing in the Read more
Learning for Life
Smithills Trip 2026
Year One have had a wonderful time enjoying their end of year trip at Smithills farm. During their visit, they got to ride on a donkey enjoy a tractor ride feed lots of different animals and even hold some of the animals at the farm .
Geography
Locating rivers around the world
During our Geography lesson, we used atlases to locate and identify rivers from around the world, helping us develop our map-reading skills and improve our understanding of global geography.
Science
Electrical circuits
During our Science lessons, we were given a variety of different circuits to build. Before creating each circuit, we made a prediction based on our prior knowledge about whether we thought the bulb would light up or not. We then built the circuit to test our prediction and find out whether it was correct.