This week in Forest School, Snowdrops made a fire with the support of an adult. They were shown how to use a fire starter and taught how to be safe around the fire. The children loved sitting around the fire, singing our nativity songs and roasting marshmallows! All of the Read more…
This week we celebrated christmas with our Christingle service. Thank you to all those that were able to join us.
Children loved foraging for their materials to create their wreaths. They loved designing how they will lay it out and how many berries they want to put on. Well done everyone!
As part of our Geography topic (fieldwork), Year 6 visited Queen’s Park to conduct a field sketch. The children looked at how and why geographers conduct field sketches before they went out to do their own. The children used OASIS (orientation, annotation, sight, information and scale) as a key to Read more…
In Geography this week we have been learning the capital cities in the United Kingdom. We then went outside, and with the help of the map on the playground, we drew our own UK using chalk then labelled it. We also played some fun games to help us to learn Read more…
In forest school this week Year 6 Rowan have been learning all about The Good Samaritan by sequencing the story and then using the natural forest materials to create artwork. The children has so much fun exploring forest school and were very lucky the rain held off.
As part of our remembrance celebrations, Year 6 took a wreath the lay at the cenotaph in Heywood. Year 6 were joined by Mrs Farrall and Councillor Rush. After laying the wreath, 2 children shared Remembrance prayers and we had the opportunity to spend some quiet reflection time. The children Read more…
After noticing high volumes of traffic whilst walking St Luke’s church, Year 6 conducted a traffic survey to investigate how busy the road was outside of school. After some alarming results, the children decided that it would be a good idea to write letters that could be sent to parents, Read more…
We loved running round the garden, looking for colourful, vibrant plants. We have lots of amazing plants still, even in Autumn. We enjoyed clearing away some of the leaves 🍂 and putting them on the compost heap.
Snowdrops went on a prayer hunt during Forest school. They searched for images of Jesus. We discussed the differences and similarities of the pictures. We then thought about what we think Jesus looks like and drew our own Jesus! The children added lots of detail to their pictures, such as Read more…