As part of our topic ‘The Great Fire of London’ the children have been learning about fire safety and why The Great Fire of London spread so quickly. This week we had some special visitors come to school to help us with our learning. Some came into our classroom to teach us more about fire safety and to answer questions we had, others gave us a tour of the fire engine. We were able to 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 how people living in these conditions might use fire to cook and keep warm. They children then explored the area, finding resources to create their 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 is important to respect everyone. The session finished with a beautiful prayer reflecting on trying not to lose our temper and give people space when Read more
Year 6 are starting a new topic all about Industrial Revolution. Today, we had a visitor from Rochdale Pioneer Museum (Cat), who delivered a workshop all about our new topic. The children were fully immersed in Rochdale during the Industrial Revolution. They focused on working conditions, food and living conditions. Some children acted as the Schofield family (Frank, Gertrude, Francis and Tommy) who lived and worked on a farm in the middle of Rochdale. The children Read more
During our art lesson this week the children worked collaboratively to develop drawings into prints. They had a range of items to print with including polystyrene sheets, leaves, wool, toy cogs and bubble wrap. They could choose to make their work abstract or figurative (something recognisable.)
This half term in RE we have been reflecting on and discussing reasons why people do or do not believe in God. Today our focus was to explain why to many Christians the natural world is evidence for a belief in God. We explored Kaden’s garden and the children went on a mission to find something beautiful and well designed in the natural world around them. The children came up with lots of brilliant reasons 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 about how the coding can be broken down into smaller steps. After this, we thought about designing a more complicated game and wrote a plan Read more
We created different textures on paper by using a Frottage rubbing technique based on the art work created by artist Max Ernst. We used different colours and a variety of coloured paper to create the rubbings around the classroom, collecting as many different textures as we could. We then tore the paper into different shapes to create the final flower pictures.
This week we have read the story Owl Babies. The children used different materials to create their own owl picture. It was lots of fun and everyone was really creative! We have spoken about how an owl would feel and discussed words to describe owls. The children chose soft materials to stick on their pictures. Well done Bluebells, the owl pictures look brilliant!
This week in science, both year 6 classes have been looking at chemical reactions and have been consolidating their knowledge on physical changes and what they are. The children observed 3 different chemical reactions: burning paper, lighting a candle and the volcano explosion. From this, the children were able to spot the 5 signs of a chemical change. Well done to both classes.