Our enquiry question was: Are children the same height in every year group in the school? We began by thinking about what we already knew about growing and discussing whether we thought children in different year groups might be the same height or different heights. First, we looked at a tape measure and carefully extended it so we could see how long it was. We looked closely at the markings on the tape measure and Read more
This week in Reception we have been learning about the country India and the festival of Holi. The children enjoyed exploring where India is on a map and learning about Indian animals, food, famous landmarks and traditional clothing. As part of our creative activities, the children made Indian flags and decorated colourful Indian elephants. To celebrate Holi, we explored lots of exciting sensory and creative experiences. The children created rangoli patterns, dyed rice, mixed colours Read more
Well done to our tenpin bowling team. They finished 1st in Rochdale, 2nd in Greater Manchester (out of 191 schools), and are now through to the North West finals!
Over the past few weeks, 14 of our Year 5 and 6 girls have been taking part in our afterschool dance club, where they have been working hard to prepare for an exciting inter-school dance competition. Throughout the club, the girls focused on developing the Skills Builder essential skills of teamwork and creativity, and they demonstrated both brilliantly. They also showed excellent leadership with children taking turns to deliver the warm-ups. The theme of the Read more
What a brilliant effort at home this week everyone! Well done, make sure you come to see Mrs Grindrod or Miss Maxwell to have your experiment card hole punched. What amazing scientists we have! This week you have explored and investigated colours by creating a walking rainbow. Because of capillary action, the water flowed or “walked” up and over the paper towels right into the empty cup. Brilliant!
Year 2 Forest School Art: Exploring Clay During our recent Forest School sessions, Year 2 pupils took their art learning outdoors and explored working with clay in a natural environment. Being surrounded by trees, leaves, and natural textures provided the perfect inspiration for creative work while also supporting pupils’ curiosity and engagement. Exploring Clay In the first lesson, the focus was on introducing clay and practising basic clay-handling skills. Pupils were given time to explore Read more
Cedar class looked fabulous celebrating World Book Day! Amazing effort and thought was put into all of their costumes. Well done everyone!
Last week for careers week, Year 3 took part in various activities with a particular focus on engineering. The class used their imaginations to think of where magical secrets could be hidden within school. They then designed robots that would be equipped and built for purpose to uncover and reveal these secrets. The children also built circuits at the end of the week. In English, the focus was developing oracy skills. We had a focus Read more
Birch class looked fabulous celebrating World Book Day! Amazing effort and thought was put into all of their costumes!
Last week for careers week, Year 3 took part in various activities with a particular focus on engineering. The class used their imaginations to think of where magical secrets could be hidden within school. They then designed robots that would be equipped and built for purpose to uncover and reveal these secrets. The children also built circuits at the end of the week. In English, the focus was developing oracy skills. We had a focus Read more