Today we went to Ashfield valley primary school to meet up with our friends from the linking project. We started the day by singing ‘ Count on me’ by Bruno Mars together. We then took part in two activities. For first activity, we were given lots of art resources and Read more…
This half term, we are learning about animals and minibeasts. This morning in PE, the children listened to the different classical pieces in ‘The Carnival of Animals’ collection. They listened carefully to the music and thought about how it made them feel. We discussed the pitch and the tempo of Read more…
Over the half term our class have been developing our Athletic skills. Today we focused on Javelin skills. The children mastered the ‘pull throw’ technique and then practised it with the soft javelin. They looked for the signal to throw them and then again when it was safe to collect. Read more…
Today in our P.E. lesson Year 5 have been practicing to develop and master their throwing and catching skills to play cricket. Children thoroughly enjoyed being taught new cricket skills and techniques by Hunter from Heywood Cricket Club. Continuing on from their P.E. lesson last week, children were able to Read more…
Year 6 really enjoyed their first rugby session with Carl and Max from Mayfield Rugby Club. The children worked really hard and played different games focusing on teamwork, reactions and communication. They then progressed onto looking at how to correctly hold and throw the rugby ball. The children are really Read more…
A huge well done to some of our Ks2 children who entered Rochdale Borough Council’s dance competition on Tuesday. They competed against 11 other primary schools with the theme of ‘A night at the movies’. The children were absolutely fantastic and won the best overall dance group! Part of their Read more…
Today we worked in groups to create a dance which included a mixture of dance styles from around the world. We then performed them to the rest of the class.
This week Year 2 revised their knowledge of sentence types and suffixes through outdoor active lessons. We played Formula 1 Suffixes, speeding through an obstacle course to retrieve a route word to take back to our groups, before deciding which suffixes it connect with and working together to spell the Read more…
Today, the whole school celebrated NSPCC Number day by coming to school dressed as numbers and bringing a donation for the NSPCC. We also took part in numerous maths games and activities throughout the day including board games, colourings and numerous active games that also helped us to practise addition, Read more…
We have been having lots of fun today for Number Fun Day. This morning we have been on a number hunt in the outdoor area. We have then been playing number games in the hall. To warm our bodies up, we started by carefully counting the different number of exercises. Read more…