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Creativity

This half term, we have been learning about the skill of creativity. We began by reading a story about creativity that highlighted the importance of using our imagination. The children have been developing their imagination skills. They listened carefully to clues describing an animal and used their imaginations to picture what it might look like before drawing it. The children showed great creativity by interpreting the clues in their own unique ways and creating a Read more

By Mrs Marsh, ago

Bury Church High School visit

Year 5 had a fantastic opportunity to visit Bury Church High School for an exciting Art taster session. During the workshop, the children used acrylic paints to create vibrant rainbow backgrounds before making animal cut-outs to use as printing templates. The session was linked to the story of Noah’s Ark, as the children were given the important task of helping Noah after he had lost his animal record book. Using their creativity and artistic skills, Read more

By Mrs Grindrod, ago

Year 5 Trip

Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic trip to Reel Cinema, where they watched Charlie the Wonder Dog, followed by an exciting visit to Putt & Play for a round of crazy golf today. The children had a brilliant time throughout the day and represented the school exceptionally well with their excellent behaviour. They particularly enjoyed their lunch at Putt & Play, as well as the bus journey to and from the venue, which added to the Read more

By Mrs Grindrod, ago

Teach active

During maths lessons on a Friday we complete an active maths lesson, consolidating everything we have learnt that week. During these lessons, we play games and our lessons are very active and sometimes competitive! Here are some pictures from our recent active maths lessons.

By Mrs Downing, ago

Fieldwork

In Geography this half term, we have been focusing on fieldwork skills. As part of our learning, we explored directional language and practised using the points of a compass. Using an aerial map of Queen’s Park, we first completed a key and then answered questions about locations using the directions north, south, east, and west. For an additional challenge, we applied these skills to a map of the world, identifying the seven continents and answering Read more

By Mrs Graham, ago

Marble runs

As part of British Science Week, we designed and built marble runs. We applied the skills we had developed during our Skills Builder lessons, particularly teamwork and communication. Each group nominated a leader whose role was to ensure that everyone had the opportunity to contribute ideas and share their thoughts. We also focused on the skill of problem solving, as we had to test, adapt, and improve our designs several times to make them successful. Read more

By Mrs Downing, ago

STEAM week

During STEAM week, we completed a number of fun activities! This year’s theme was ‘curiosity’. In Science lessons, we looked at the question ‘ Does the way food look change how it tastes.’ We found that in fact it does! During Art lessons, we looked at the artist Alice Tangerini and created flowers in the style of her work. In D&T, we designed and created marble runs.

By Mrs Downing, ago

British Science Week

This week year 1 have been celebrating British Science Week. Now known as STEAM. For each different part of our week we have focused on different activities. Our science activity asked us to think about how to create home-made bolts using tinfoil to ensure they were able to float on water and think about the gravitational pull. During our DT focus we created a healthy snack using a grain, vegetables and a dairy product. For Read more

By Miss Jones, ago

British Science Week ‘STEAM’

Year 5 Pine have taken part in ‘Steam week’ this week, celebrating science, technology, engineering, art and maths. This years theme is curiosity. Science – For our science activity the children had the task of designing a moon rover. They had to think about the challenges of driving on the moon and the type of components their rover would need. We thought about how we could power the vehicles, the commutation equipment we would need Read more

By Mrs Jones, ago