Weather reporters!

This half term, Year 1 are learning about weather patterns during our geography lessons. So far we have learnt about weather patterns  and how they differ from inland and costal areas. We have studied pictograms to see how the weather differs during different seasons of the year too. Today. We Read more

The River Roch

Year 4 went to Queen’s Park today to look at the River Roch as a part of our Geography lesson. We looked at both the physical and human features that we could see along the river. We looked at how the river meandered and anny erosion we could see. Sadly, Read more

Smithills Farm

Year 1 had lots of fun on their school trip to the farm. We had a donkey ride, fed the donkeys , sheep and goats, met and held baby animals, watched the cows being milked and played on the park.

Animals around the world

For our Geography topic we have been learning about animals around the world. We picked our favourite animal and have been researching about it. In our Computing lesson we have been learning ‘effective searching’ and have been finding out more information about our favourite animal using the internet. We are Read more

Shared Learning and Lunch

Thank you to all of the parents, guardians and family members that came to join Year 5 Juniper on Wednesday 5th February. The children really enjoyed sharing all the information with their adults about our current Geography topic on Biomes. They were able to work together to create their own Read more

Signs of winter

As we are currently studying the topic ‘weather’ in Science, and ‘Hot and Cold places in Geography’, we took the opportunity to wrap up warm and head outdoors to explore the changes created by our recent , very cold, snowy and frosty weather. We looked closely at the frost and Read more

Temperature

In geography this week, we have been learning about temperature and how we measure temperature. We looked at different thermometers before spending time using digital thermometers to test the temperature in different areas. The children have enjoyed using the thermometers independently during COOL time too.  

Year 2 Geography

Year 2 were questioned by the Geography lead to see if they could remember key facts from their lessons from Year 1 and 2. They used Santa to show their understanding. They did so well remembering the continents, the oceans and the 4 point compass.

Traffic Survey

Year 6 conducted their own traffic survey as part of our Fieldwork topic. We took a tally of how many cars passed the school, the type of vehicle and the colour of the vehicle. We used this to measure the volume of traffic and its impact on our school.