In todays lesson, we looked at different Bibles focusing on the covers, gold edges and pictures in them. We discussed that there are many different kinds of Bibles. Then we explored that the Bible is a collection of writings by many different authors, divided into two parts- the Old Testament which teaches us about God and how he wants us to live our life and the New Testament which is about Jesus and his followers Read more
This week in Maple we have been enjoying Coding Week. We designed a football coding game and debugged to fix any errors in the code. Some of us had a go at designing a background in Free Code gibbon on Purple Mash, we learnt how to go in to design mode to change its look and features. We had lots of fun!
Today, Oaks went on a hunt in Forest School to find things that were moving without being touched. When we gathered back together we talked about our findings and discovered that the wind was making things move. We talked about how this relates to God and how just because we can’t see something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. We can’t see God but he is all around us. We then made wind streamers to remind Read more
Juniper are about to begin a very special week of English lessons in the near future. We will be working with Mrs Weatherhead to publish a book of poems. There will be a variety of poems written about leaves, fungi, flowers, animals and the local area of Heywood. Today we have been to the park to inspire ourselves and think about what we might write poems about. We found many different types of leaves and Read more
Year 6 have been looking at ‘working together’. Although they did a fantastic job of this at PGL, today they also worked brilliantly in different teams. The focus of todays lesson was to look at the importance of working as a team implement various strategies to make ‘the best bridge’. Well done Year 6.
As part of our online safety unit, we looked at digital footprints, and how they can affect employability, the impressions we get of people, and future prospects. We assessed candidates based on their experiences and digital footprints across social media. From this, we looked at the information that would possibly reveal our identity or give a negative impression.
This week we have been reading the story ‘The tiger who came to tea’. We have also been investigating and making our own tigers. We have all worked very hard!
Snowdrops have been adding prayers to their prayer jar this week. We thought about our Christian value of Respect and thought about prayers that would show respect and kindness towards others.
In geography, we have been learning about weather. This week, we watched weather reports and discussed why they are important. We also learnt symbols that are used to show different types of weather. Then, we became the reporters. We used language such as North, South, inland and coastal to act out our own weather forecast, in groups.
Juniper have enjoyed celebrating European Languages Day today. We have learnt some interesting facts about languages in other countries. Did you know that if you ask for pasta in Italian then you are asking for toothpaste in Poland!?