This morning Year 1 completed a grammar lesson on questions. We learnt about what a question is, how we know if a sense is a question, learnt sentence starters for questions, learnt KungFu Punctuation of how to draw a question mark and played stand up sit down for question or not a question. we then took our learning outside to check our understanding. We worked in small teams in which we completed a relay where Read more
Today was the final lesson of our sculpture and 3d interactive installation unit. We have built on our previous lessons and designs to bring our art work and ideas to life. We learnt about the career and skills of a fashion designer, and for our final piece, the children worked in groups to create fashion using recycled materials. The theme of the installations was saying no to fast fashion, recycling more and using less waste. Read more
A big thank you to all of the parents and guardians who joined us for today’s shared learning and lunch. Year 5 Pine had a brilliant morning teaching their adults all about the brilliant work we have been doing in Geography this half term. The children worked hard, along with their adults, to create amazing travel brochures detailing lots of information about their favourite biomes.
Year 6 looked at the difference between the internet and the World Wide Web and how we use the internet at home and school.
Year 1, have been learning about ‘teen’ numbers. To help us understand, we have been using tens frames to learn about ‘tens’ and ‘ones’. The children worked really hard during their practical lesson and have shown great understanding.
Over the last few weeks, Year 5 have been working on creating their own games in computing and today became game designers! They have been able to create mazes with golden coins to collect, all whilst avoiding the monsters that will make them lose lives! The children have had to create the full appearance of the game, including floors and skies, before writing a set of instructions to show people what to do. The children Read more
Year 6 have begun to plan and write their own ghost stories. We created our own narrative map to plan each paragraph and decided which fantastics lenses would create the best sentences for each paragraph.
We were joined by the Sunrise team today, who worked with Year 6 to look at the dangers posed by being online, either through social media or even social gaming platforms. We were able to investigate and discuss issues around the topic and the children gave really intelligent and thoughtful ideas.
Well done to Tilly, Alex and Tyler who represented Rochdale in the Greater Manchester Cross Country event this morning. We are very proud of you all.
This week we have been learning about Lunar new year celebrations. We have enjoyed reading stories and writing about the animals in the Great Race. We have also tried some Chinese foods. The children also enjoyed being creative and making some Chinese decorations. Outside, the children acted out the great race and practiced dragon dancing. In Forest school, some children made Chinese New Year fans and writing Chinese letters and numbers. The children have enjoyed Read more