Team Sports
FA Cup Winners
Boys from Year 5&6 managed to win the FA Cup football competition, finishing first above 6 other schools. Well done to all of the boys who played.
History
Pioneer Museum – Industrial Revolution workshop
Today year 6 took part in a workshop delivered by Rochdale Pioneer Museum. The workshop consolidated all their knowledge from our topic this half term. The children focused on key vocabulary such as: Victorian Era, Industrial Revolution, agriculture, trading and cotton. The children took part in games, role play and Read more
Learning for Life
Crucial crew
This morning Year 6 were lucky to attend Crucial Crew event at Rochdale Football Club. The children took part in various actitivies looking at ways they can keep themesevles safe in the community. The range of fun interactive workshops were from Greater Manchester Police, British Transport Police, Your Trust, Travelsafe, Read more
Art & Design
David Hockney
Year 6 looked at how we can best analyse a famous painting. We looked at how artists tell stories or show feelings through their artwork. We interpreted the painting by trying to suggest its meaning, and looked closely to try and identify and notice small details, describing them after sketching.
British Values
SCARF – working together
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
Computing
Online Safety – Digital Footprints
As part of our online safety unit, we looked at digital footprints, and how they can affect employability, the impressions we get of people, and future prospects. We assessed candidates based on their experiences and digital footprints across social media. From this, we looked at the information that would possibly Read more
Computing
Online safety – digital footprint
This half term year 6 are focusing on online safety. In today’s lesson, we looked at ‘our digital footprint’. The childre defined the meaning of a digital footprint and started to understand how and why people use their information. They also looked at appropriate online behaviour and the impact they Read more
Christian Values
Harvest celebrations
This morning Year 6 celebrated the Harvest Festival at St Luke’s Church with Rev Kirsty and Kristen. The children visited different stations around the Church to share Bible quotes and complete activities linked to Harvets. The children discussed what Harvest is, why we celebrate Harvest and the main message of Read more
PSHCE
Blurred lines
Year 6 have had the opportunity to watch the ‘Blurred Lines’ video and monologue, which explore the issues young people face with regards to county lines. The children watch a video before completing activities provided, which helps explore everything from unfamiliar vocabulary and terms used, danger signs to look out Read more
Physical Education
Year 5/6 Football Winners!!!
Our Year 5/6 football team took part in the Heywood Sports Partnership Premier League competition. The team were excellent throughout, winning 5 games and drawing 1, clinching 1st place and remaining undefeated on the night. All of the players played brilliantly well, showing fantastic attitudes as well as very impressive Read more