Year 5 have been look at the history of Rochdale and Heywood this week. We focuses on what Rochdale and Heywood used to be like in the 13th Century. Through our research we found out that Rochdale used to be a market town and Heywood used to be a wood Read more
This morning, we had a special delivery which we think is cargo from a Viking longship. We explored the different artefacts and discussed and predicted their uses. The children enjoyed time travelling and trying on some Viking clothing.
As part of our research into Darwin and his Theory of Evolution, Year 6 investigated what fossils are, where they are found, how they are formed and what types of fossils there are. We created information booklets using our 4 sentence paragraph strategy: statement, question, exclamation and command. The children Read more
This week the children have combined together, their knowledge of Martin Luther King from our topic heroes and villains, our knowledge of the environment from ECO week, ideas discussed in PSHE on Stephen Lawrence day and our English skills, to write our own “I have a dream” poems. The children Read more
In our topic lessons we have been learning about the Great Fire of London. We learnt that the fire started in a bakery where bread was made so we followed instructions to make our own bread rolls. We then got to try the bread – it was very yummy!
Darwin is most famous for his ‘Theory of Evolution’ and how natural selection and evolution was evident during his studies of the finches of the Galapagos Islands. We looked at how we could study the differences between the beaks of each finch and how this has helped them to adapt Read more
As part of our studies on Darwin’s arrival and studies on the Galapagos islands, we created watercolour paintings of what he would have seen as he arrived on and ventured throughout the islands. We looked at how we could effectively mix colours, use different shades of the same colour, and Read more
As part of our topic we have discovered that the Olympics began in Olympia, Greece in 776BC to honour Zeus the king of gods. We looked at what events took place and compared it to our modern day olympics. We then split into teams and took part in a mini Read more
As part of our ‘Moon Zoom’ topic, we spent the afternoon learning about a famous man who was the first person to walk on the moon – Neil Armstrong. We decided that we would like to be astronauts for the day and go in a rocket to the moon! We Read more
We had lots of fun during our shared learning and lunch. We got a bit messy making papier-mâché Greek vases. When they have dried and hardened we will then paint them and decorate them just like the Ancient Greeks did. After getting creative, we enjoyed our lunch with our parents Read more