We have had lots of fun in Year 1 this week. We have learnt all about Easter traditions and why Christians celebrate Easter, made Easter cards, made Easter cakes and had our 500 dojo reward afternoon- watching a film and eating treats. Wishing you all a fantastic Easter!
In DT this half-term, Year 1 have been working towards making a healthy smoothie. They have learnt the difference between a fruit and a vegetable, how to safely cut foods of different textures, how to juice fruit, taste- testing freshly squeezed fruit juice and pre-made smoothies, and taste-testing a variety Read more…
Today we started our new Design Technology topic- adapting recipe. our focus is biscuits- the best topic! During todays lesson we tried and tested some existing biscuits. e We focused on brand, type, taste, appearance, packaging, target audience and texture. of course we really enjoyed this lesson! This will help Read more…
This week we have been reading the ‘Three Little Pigs’. This afternoon, we used different materials to try and make the sturdiest house for the pigs. We talked about the properties of the different materials, chose our materials carefully and then built our houses. Mrs Greenwood was the Big Bad Read more…
This half-term, year are learning about being healthy in our Learning for Life lessons and our working our way to making a smoothie in D&T. This afternoon, we learnt about the 5 main food groups, we learnt how to distinguish between fruits and vegetables, and tasted a selection of fruits Read more…
Today, our linking project school, Littleborough Primary came to visit us for the day. Touchstones also joined us and delivered two workshops. They were a shadow puppet workshop and a body movement workshop and were both based around the book The Crown by Emily Kapff. We had lots of fun Read more…
To finish our sewing topic we have put our skills together. here are some of our learning
As part of our D&T topic, Year 6 had to research, design and cook a healthy, budget-friendly three-course meal. We chose bruschetta, with tomatoes and cheese, to start, chicken fajitas for the main course, and healthy fruit kebabs for dessert. We looked at how to prepare the ingredients, Read more…
Today Year 5 completed our stuffed toys. The children have worked ready hard during this unit and and created some brilliant toys. Lots of the children initially found the sewing aspect difficult but persevered and should be very proud of themselves. Well done Year 5!
Following on from our ‘Farm to Fork’ research session, Year 6 were then tasked with designing a three course menu, using ingredients and dishes that complimented each other. We decided on bruschetta to start, chicken fajita mains and fruit kebabs for dessert. We chose three dishes that are healthy, contribute Read more…