Science
Properties of rocks
Year 3 have been testing the properties of rocks. We tested rocks to see if they were durable, permeable or if the rocks can float. Here are some pictures of our investigation
Music
Hallé Music Workshop
This afternoon, Year 5 enjoyed working with two talented musicians from the Hallé Orchestra. First they learnt about the orchestra and what they do. They were then introduced to the piece of music that they will be performing at the Bridgewater Hall. The children discussed how the music makes them feel and how it can be linked to art. They then began rehearsing using percussion instruments and made fantastic progress over the afternoon.
English
Finding Ancient Egyptian artefacts
Today Year 5 enjoyed working in teams as archaeologists to find ancient Egyptian artefacts hidden around the garden. We then discussed how we could describe these artefacts using powerful vocabulary and we used the FANTASTICS to guide us. This experience lesson will help us with our English lesson tomorrow, where we are writing about an Egyptologist discovering an artefact.
Mathematics
Feel the pulse
During PE this week, we enjoyed looking at how and why our pulse rate changes. We looked at resting heart rates and discussed what these might tell us about our fitness levels. We wrote a hypothesis about the link between the two. We decided to test the hypothesis by completing a sprint for as long as possible after recording our resting heart rate. We predicted that those of us with a lower resting heart rate Read more
Computing
Message in a game
In computing this week, we enjoyed learning more about online safety features and risks, and the symbols that represent them. We had lots of fun playing a game on Purple Mash where we collected the safe symbols and avoided those that represented a risk. As a class, we discussed the meaning of the symbols and everyone of us (adults included!) learned something new about staying safe online. We then created our own game with the Read more
Drama
Aaaarrrrrrgggh spider
Ths week we have started out new story Aaaaaarrrrgggh spider. We worked in groups to act out the story and we have been making boring sentence more exciting.
PSHCE
What’s your emergency? 🚑 🚒 🚔
This week in PSHE, Year 3 have been learning about how they could help someone in an emergency. As part of this we talked about calling the emergency services, what constitutes as an emergency and the types of questions we may get asked if we did need to ring 999. We Then practised making a 999 call before children were chosen to come to the front to act out the call, having Read more
Reception - Bluebells
Superhero Party
Last week, Supertato invited us to a party to say thank you for helping him catch the Evil Pea. Last Friday, Supertato (with the help of his friends!) caught the Evil Pea. He then sent us a letter inviting us to a party. Supertato has left lots of lovely suprises for us today for our party. Everyone came in their best Superhero outfits ready for the party. First, we went into the hall and played Read more
Reading
Superhero day
Wow is what a day we have had!! We started the morning receiving a letter from Supertato to tell us he had left us some surprises for throughout the day and to enjoy our party. We played lots of games and did some amazing dancing this morning and then this afternoon we all sat together and had some party food and watched some superhero clips. At the end of the day Supertato had left us Read more
Mathematics
Investigating area
In Maths today, we’ve begun our new topic – area. The children have learnt that area means the amount of space that something covers. We investigated the area of different shapes using counters and explained why it is important to use the same size counter when measuring the area.