Our class visited Bury Church High School for an exciting art workshop. During the session, the children used acrylic paints to create a colourful rainbow background before designing their own templates on polystyrene boards. They then used printing ink to transfer their designs and create beautiful prints. The lesson was Read more
Year 5 had a fantastic opportunity to visit Bury Church High School for an exciting Art taster session. During the workshop, the children used acrylic paints to create vibrant rainbow backgrounds before making animal cut-outs to use as printing templates. The session was linked to the story of Noah’s Ark, Read more
In Geography this half term, we have been focusing on fieldwork skills. As part of our learning, we explored directional language and practised using the points of a compass. Using an aerial map of Queen’s Park, we first completed a key and then answered questions about locations using the directions Read more
During STEAM week, we completed a number of fun activities! This year’s theme was ‘curiosity’. In Science lessons, we looked at the question ‘ Does the way food look change how it tastes.’ We found that in fact it does! During Art lessons, we looked at the artist Alice Tangerini Read more
This week year 1 have been celebrating British Science Week. Now known as STEAM. For each different part of our week we have focused on different activities. Our science activity asked us to think about how to create home-made bolts using tinfoil to ensure they were able to float on Read more
Year 5 Pine have taken part in ‘Steam week’ this week, celebrating science, technology, engineering, art and maths. This years theme is curiosity. Science – For our science activity the children had the task of designing a moon rover. They had to think about the challenges of driving on the Read more
Birch had a wonderful trip to the Lowry this week. They learned all about the famous artist L.S Lowry and his artwork. During the visit, the children had the opportunity to explore the gallery and see his original paintings up close. The children completed workshops with two different artists. One Read more
We have had a very fun filled week in Birch class taking part in activities to celebrate British Science week. In DT, the children baked their own bread. They worked hard to learn what ingredients and measurements were needed. The children really enjoyed the process of making the bread and Read more
British Science Week in Year 3 Year 3 have had a fantastic time celebrating British Science Week with a range of exciting science and design technology activities. As part of our Design and Technology learning, we designed our own bread companies and baked delicious loaves of bread. We learned where Read more
Year 3 had a wonderful trip to The Lowry, where we learned all about the famous artist L.S. Lowry and his artwork. During the visit, we explored the gallery and had the exciting opportunity to see some of his original paintings up close. We also took part in creative activities, Read more