Physical Education
Lunchtime Dance Club
It’s great to see our dance club during lunchtime, led by our KS2 Sports Leaders. Lots of children are enjoying learning new dances during lunchtime.
Physical Education
Intra-school Euros
Today marked the start of our school Euros football competition. 4 boys teams and 3 girls teams have played their first games, and will compete against each other of the next few weeks to try and reach the final.
Team Sports
KS2 Boys – Euro Football
Well done to those who took part in the KS2 Euros football competition last week. Next up, it’s the turn of KS1 girls.
Christian Values
Beyond – The Journey Continues
Year 6 were join by Rev Kirsty and Rev Kristen, who are supporting us with our transition to secondary school. In the first of 3 sessions, they looked at the theme of foundations and how we can build solid foundations before we move on in the future.
Careers Related Learning
The history of the wheel
The children enjoyed their first history lesson this half term. We talked about transport and the children sorted transport into different groups. The children worked together as a team and decided how to sort the cards out. We then thought about how a lot of transport uses a wheel. We then created a timeline outside to show how long ago the wheel was invented and thought about when other forms of transport were invented. The Read more
Careers Related Learning
Sustainability
This half term Juniper’s geography topic is all about ‘Energy and Sustainability’. This afternoon we have looked at what ‘sustainability’ means. The children brought a wealth of knowledge about this to the lesson, discussing how we look after our planet and what we are doing to destroy it. We looked at groups of people, for example, architects, engineers, designers, scientists, whose job it is to look at ways in which we can live more sustainably. Read more
Physical Education
Gymnastics
In PE this week, we did gymnastics using the apparatus in the hall. We practiced balancing, jumping and climbing techniques. We also learnt how to use the equipment safely.
History
Year 3 Birch – Manchester Museum Trip
Our trip to Manchester Museum was FANTASTIC! We absolutely loved looking round the museum and making our own exhibition in our workshop. The lady was brilliant and kept us all engaged with the taxidermy animals and made sure we were treating them with respect.
Computing
Kids meet- digital leaders
The Digital leader had a fantastic opportunity to explore how to merge Computing, Design Technology and Science in an extremely fun and creative way. After learning how to connect the microcontroller by creating an electric circuit, the children then wrote programs using the free software (a block based language, similar to Scratch), which enabled them to work with a range of input and output devices, including switches, buzzers, LED lights, light sensors and motors. The Read more
Learning for Life
First Aid
Juniper have been discussing First Aid and its importance this afternoon. All the children were extremely knowledgeable about what to do in an emergency situation. We looked closely at how to help someone who was unresponsive and breathing/not breathing. There were some very sensible suggestions and we all now have a checklist to work our way through in such a situation. Well done everyone!