Year 5 & Year 6 have begun a week long ‘Battle of the Bands’ on TT Rockstars. The children can earn points for their band each time they play. The two bands will be playing across the week, both at home and in school, to try to earn points which Read more…
An interesting, informative and important visit from Heywood Fire Station to help us to learn how to stay safe near water as the weather starts to improve (hopefully). Well done to the children and Miss Smith for getting involved trying on the equipment and also asking some very mature questions Read more…
This half term, Year 6 have been writing ghost stories. To help imagine what it would be like for characters in different settings, we’ve been immersing ourselves in a range of settings such as graveyards, haunted mansions, basements and attics. The children had the chance to explore the settings, taking Read more…
Over the last two weeks, Year 6 have started using TT Rock Stars to help improve our table knowledge and recall speed. The children have all improved their baseline speed, some over 2 seconds quicker per times table when recalling table facts. The children have really enjoyed the Read more…
Year 4 and Year 6 have been chosen to take part in the GULP challenge. The challenge has started today with the children excited about the idea of giving up sugary drinks for the next 21 days. They said it will be a challenge but it helps to remember that Read more…
Over the last week, Year 6 have been looking at a range of elements linked to algebra. Through the use of manipulatives and practical activities, we have developed our contextual understanding of a number of areas: substituting values into a formula; balancing expressions; expressing number problems algebraically; nth term and Read more…