Outdoor learning
Sports Day
Thank you to everyone who came to watch Reception’s Sports Day today! We all had so much fun in the sun.
Outdoor learning
Springfield Park Bees
Year 5 have had a great day at Springfield Park today. We started the day in the flower garden, studying some of the wild flowers. We also found some wildflower seeds to bring back to school and plant. We then worked in teams to do some orienteering around the park Read more…
Outdoor learning
Setting the butterflies free
This morning it was time to let our butterflies go! We have watched them grow from being tiny caterpillars, to forming their chrysalis and then emerging as butterflies. It has been so interesting to watch them and we have learnt so much about the life cycle of a butterfly. Whilst Read more…
Geography
Beach day!
Year 5 had a great day at St Annes beach today. It was glorious weather and the children had lots of fun in the sunshine. The Lancashire Wildlife Trust set up camp for us and carried out some fantastic beach school workshops learning about the wildlife that live in the coastal habitat and how to protect them. The children explored the sand dunes using nets and found lots of minibeasts were living there. We also explored the strandline searching for signs of life such as egg cases and shells. We also carried out some practical activities to learn about the tides and why there is so much life on the beach. The children decided that they didn’t like the litter on the beach and carried out their own litter pick to clean the beach up. There was also some time to play on the beach. Everyone enjoyed building sandcastles, flying kites and frisbees. There was some fantastic teamwork going on.
Outdoor learning
Planting in Kaden’s garden
This half term we have been learning all about plants in Science. This afternoon we went up to Kaden’s garden to do planting of our own! We planted tomato plants that were very kindly donated by one of our parents, into the large planting bed using a range of gardening Read more…
Eco Committee
Gardening Club
In gardening club over the last 2 weeks, we have had lots of fun making caterpillar grass heads and creating watercolour paintings. We have planted plugs into our planters and we hope to see some growth soon.
English
Theseus’ labyrinth
We have started our topic of Greek Myths by exploring one of the stories Theseus and the Minotaur. We learnt that Theseus had to travel through the labyrinth to the monster. We have been using our problem solving skills to help Theseus find his way through the maze. Here are Read more…
Outdoor learning
Emotions in the Easter story
At Forest School today, Year 5 read the Easter story around the fire circle. We discussed the emotions that were felt at different points in the story. The children went on a scavenger hunt around the area and found 18 different flash cards showing different emotions. The children then got Read more…
Learning for Life
British Science week- Animal Hotels
During British Science week we have learnt all about different types of scientists and were amazed at how many amazing jobs there are that involve Science. Year 2 were given the task of creating animal/ bug hotels. We were very lucky to have some fantastic Year 6 children to come Read more…
Outdoor learning
Celebrating Holi
Reception have been learning about the festival of colour, Holi. To celebrate the festival, we have had a messy play afternoon today. We all went outside and chose different coloured powders to throw onto the floor and used chalk to create beautiful colours and patterns. We shouted “Holi Hai, Holi Hai” Read more…