Maple have been finding out all about the Celts this morning. We worked in groups to mind map information about their homes, the clothes they wore, the tribes they were part of, the religion they followed and the types of warrior they were. The children then presented their findings to the rest of the class.
Year 6 have been learning about the ABO blood group system and the importance of blood transfusions. All the children in class had to complete an entry ticket before they entered to show what they had remembered from the previous lesson. We used strategies from the Writing Revolution to help improve our writing and write a report about the role of the Austrian Physician, Karl Landsteiner in distinguishing the main blood groups.
This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year. We have made paper lanterns, learnt the New Year story and created puppets for the characters, made Chinese dragons and tasted some Chinese food. It was very yummy!
We we have had a lovely week celebrating Chinese New Year. We have made lots of crafts to display and look at, we have tasted Chinese food and we have watched some dragon dances! The children have made masks and learned about the Chinese animals of the zodiac and how they had a race to determine which 12 animals would represent each year. This year is the year of the rat! Our favourite part was Read more
What is blood made up of? In this lesson we learned what makes up our blood. We found that our blood is 55% plasma, <1% white blood cells and platelets and 44% red blood cells. We made an artificial ‘blood sample’ using vegetable oil, syrup, food colouring and milk to represent the different components. This created our own centrifuge, just like a scientist would use!
Year 5 have had a fantastic afternoon with professional dancers from the Northern Ballet School. It was the first of our dance workshops, which is leading to performances at the Bridgewater Hall and the Hallé St Peter’s. The children grew in confidence during the session, used their growth mindsets and made fantastic progress.
Year 5 are becoming confident game-creators in our computing lessons and are really enjoying designing and creating their own Egyptian themed games. We have reviewed games other children have made and used these evaluations to help with our own designs. Today we began creating our own by adding scenery and walls to create the game environment. We are looking forward to adding the quest aspect to the game next week.
We have had some great fun these past 2 weeks, the naughty Evil Pea from Supertato has been getting up to mischief in our classroom. To stop him from capturing the carrots and our snack we had to come up with lots of ways to try and trap him! We did did lots of outdoor activities, making dens, setting traps and cooking evil pea soup! In the classroom we have made posters Read more
Today we made healthy snacks and it was so much fun. They chose their dried fruit ingredients and mixed them together with all the other ingredients they had to add to make a flapjack. We did however, spot some some sneaky snackers who just couldn’t wait to taste our lovely treats! They are in our fridge at school and will set overnight, ready for snack tomorrow! Hopefully there will be some left for them to Read more
Year 3 have composed a piece of music to show the different stages of a volcanic eruption. We researched epic music and thought about what dynamics and beat we should use for the different stages. We decided when we should crescendo our music for the most effect. Here are some pictures of our lesson.