In our meetings this half-term, the school council decided they would like to do more to support our local community. They came up with a lovely idea of linking up with a local care home, discussing reasons such as ‘Some people in care homes don’t have any visitors’, ‘My grandma Read more
Today, Oaks went on a hunt in Forest School to find things that were moving without being touched. When we gathered back together we talked about our findings and discovered that the wind was making things move. We talked about how this relates to God and how just because we Read more
Year 6 have been looking at ‘working together’. Although they did a fantastic job of this at PGL, today they also worked brilliantly in different teams. The focus of todays lesson was to look at the importance of working as a team implement various strategies to make ‘the best bridge’. Read more
In Learning for life this week Year one have been discussing feelings. We named lots of different feelings such as happy, scared, excited, nervous, sad and angry. We also talked about what makes us feel different ways. The children enjoyed acting out different emotions. We then played feelings charades. We Read more
To celebrate recycling week, year 1 have been learning about what happens to our waste and why recycling is important. This linked in really well with our science topic ‘materials’ in which we have been identifying different materials by their properties. In our enquiry area, children have been using their Read more
In this lesson, we chose a feeling card and demonstrated a positive helpful response and a negative unhelpful response. We then discussed the responses and why we should respond to people’s feelings in different ways and that some responses can be more helpful than others.
Wow! What a fantastic first week in Year 1 Willows! We have been very busy learning about parts of a sentence in Writing, sorting objects in maths, using mirrors to draw self-portraits in art, writing prayers for our reflection area and much more. We have also really enjoyed learning about Read more
Year 3 Birch have had so much fun for our first week back. We have made woolly mammoths, read stories, wrote about our hopes and dreams, talked about what is important to us and revised over what we learnt in Year 2.
Year 2 had an amazing time on their school trip to ‘Imagine That’ today. We made slime, made bath bombs, painted magnets and watched science shows, as well as exploring and playing in the numerous areas. The staff were so impressed with the amazing behaviour shown by the children. They Read more
This afternoon, Year 5 participated in a lesson – ‘The environment and Recycling’ – which was delivered by Nigel Goulding from Rochdale Borough Council. Children were able to learn and understand all about the damage humans cause to the environment. Nigel also explained how we can help by introducing the Read more