Well done to all our Year 5 and Year 6 dancers that attended the dance festival at Middleton arena last week! The children have worked really hard in their after-school club over the last few weeks and have shown amazing skills in listenning, creativity, staying positive and aiming high, but Read more
As part of our careers week, Year 6 used our subject careers posters as inspiration when discussing future careers they’d like to pursue. We then also looked at the subjects that would support us on the journey to our chosen career, including how each subject would help. From this, we Read more
As part of our art topic, we have been looking at structures and how to create the perfect playground. We have had to ensure that our playgrounds are fun, safe, have something to climb on, something that moves and something to hide inside. We planned and sketched the equipment, giving Read more
We were very lucky to be joined by Phoebe Bamford, a design engineer from Heywood, as part of our Careers Week. She took us through her earl education, the subjects she studied, what her job entails and some of the projects that she has been part of. The children were Read more
Today we looked at examples of poetry from around the world that display examples of local dialect. We looked at different examples, including Scottish, Lancastrian and Caribbean. We then tried to decide what the dialect meant. We have created a bank of vocabulary to use when writing our own poems Read more
Year 6 looked at how much time we spend online, using mobile devices or other screens. We looked at how this time can be when performing useful tasks, such as researching a topic, rather than extended periods of time looking at content or on social media. We also looked at Read more
Year 6 have been looking at the poem, No Problem, by Benjamin Zephaniah. We studied the language used, the massages linked to racism he faced growing up and how it is written in his dialect. Later in the week, we will be producing our own poems linked to the theme Read more
KS1 Athletics Event. KS 1 children took part in the Heywood Sports partnership athletics competition, held at Heywood Sports Village. First up were the races. The girls were up first and were amazing, competing against other incredible runners. After the initial races, it was the turn of the boys, who Read more
Year 6 looked at the difference between the internet and the World Wide Web and how we use the internet at home and school.
Year 6 have begun to plan and write their own ghost stories. We created our own narrative map to plan each paragraph and decided which fantastics lenses would create the best sentences for each paragraph.