On Thursday 5th November, we had a lesson on Bonfire Night! We learnt about the history behind Bonfire Night and why it is so important to be safe around fireworks and sparklers. After we discussed ways we could stay safe, we made beautiful pieces of firework art using chalk and Read more…
This week we have started on our new topic about the Stone Age. We have started reading the Stone Age boy and have started writing our own Stone Age adventure story. In the afternoons, we have been creating art work for the front of our Topic books. Here are some Read more…
In Oaks today we talked about Black History Month. We looked at famous black people from the past and present and discussed what they had achieved. We talked about the meaning behind Black History Month and how we should treat everybody fairly no matter their skin colour. The children really Read more…
October is Black History Month in the Uk. Today we learnt about why Black History is celebrated, and about significant people within black history, including Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Mary Seacole, Barack Obama and George Washington Cava. We then created our own fact files.
In Willows today we talked about Black History Month where we looked at famous black people that achieved great things! We discussed the meaning behind Black History Month and talked about how we shouldn’t discriminate because of the colour of someone’s skin. The children found it really interesting and loved Read more…
Today we have been looking at Black history month, we talked about achievements of black men and women in the past and today. Here are some pictures of our work.
Today we have been looking at Black history month, we talked about achievements of black men and women in the past and today. We then focused on a pirate called Black Caesar- he was an African tribal war chief who was captured and sold into slavery. Caesar was extremely strong Read more…
Year 6 have been set the challenge of creating poems and pieces of artwork, ready for the reopening of the Dippy exhibition. Head of Schools for Rochdale, Gillian Barrat, gave the children the opening lines for three verses of a poem which would demonstrate that during lowdown and the pandemic, Read more…
This afternoon, Year 5 have independently researched some of the cures that medieval doctors used to cure the Black Death. We compared their methods to the work of doctors and scientists today and realised how much we have progressed! We then explored the properties of herbs and wrote some fantastic information Read more…
This week Year 3 Birch were lucky enough to visit Dippy the Diplodocus in Rochdale. We travelled by bus into Rochdale centre, thinking about our road safety and stranger safety and all the staff were really impressed with the behaviour of the children. We learnt lots of new facts about Read more…