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Observational Drawing

This half term Year 5 will be focusing on architecture. The children will learn all about observational drawing, printmaking, and building design. This unit will encourage children to explore architectural elements and analyse the work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Today, we took advantage of the lovely weather and went outside to practise our observational drawing skills on some local houses. The results were brilliant and the children worked hard to ensure they included as many details Read more

By Mrs Jones, ago

Easter Week

This week we have celebrated Easter! We started the week with a wiggle worship session where Wiggle told us all about Easter and how we celebrate Jesus being alive. We danced and sang celebration songs. We had lots of fun joining in with Easter activities and exploring the Easter tuff tray. We then made a yummy treat of Easter nest cakes which were delicious! On the last day, we had a visit from some fluffy Read more

By Mrs Greenwood, ago

And that’s a wrap!

During the Spring Term, Year 5 have had an exciting opportunity to learn how to play the cornet with the fantastic support of the Rochdale Music Service. Each week, the class took part in engaging music lessons where they explored the basics of brass instruments and began their journey as young musicians. At the start of the term, many pupils had never held a cornet before. The first few sessions focused on understanding the instrument, Read more

By Mrs Grindrod, ago

Healthy Smoothies

Today in DT, Year 1 created their final product – a healthy smoothie! We applied all the skills we’ve been learning and practising, including cutting, juicing, and blending, as well as using our taste-testing results to guide our choices. Working together with excellent teamwork, we successfully made our smoothies and, of course, enjoyed tasting our delicious creations at the end!

By Miss Lomax, ago

Exercise and personal hygiene

Main event: We have been talking about germ! With glitter on our hands, we moved around the classroom so we could see how easy it is to spread the glitter (germs) around. We then talked about how we can stop spreading germs. We were then introduced to our weekly challenge through the enquiry model with the question ‘Is there a benefit to exercise?’. To find our we completed a daily mile for 5 days. We Read more

By Mrs Graham, ago