Whole School
Some ideas to help when home learning
On Monday 23rd March Read, Write Inc are scheduling Phonics lessons on their Facebook page and Youtube channel for the next 2 weeks. Set 1 speed sounds at 9.30am and 12.30pm Set 2 speed sounds at 10.00am and 1.00pm Set 3 speed sounds at 10.30am and 1.30pm These are live Read more
English
Willows World Book Day 2020
We had a whale of a time during our World Book Day. Look at all the fabulous outfits that the children came in! We had amazing superheroes, Peter Rabbit characters, fairy tale princess’ and many more. All the adults came as crayons from ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’. Well done Read more
Christian Values
Random act of kindness
This week has been random act of kindness day. Ash have been writing ‘Bee happy’ messages and have been putting them up around school. We have been writing jokes or messages to make everyone smile. Look out for our signs around school. We have also been colouring in some Read more
Christian Values
Birch’s Random Act Of Kindness
This week has celebrated Random Acts Of Kindness Day. Birch has recognised this by collecting items for Heywood’s Banardos charity shop. Thank you to all the children and parents/ careers who have donated. Miss Lomax will take these to Banardos at the end of the week.
English
Healthy Eating
We have had a fun week this week learning about healthy eating and what foods are good for building up our super hero powers! We were tasked with making a superhero smoothie that would be healthy, make our powers stronger and would taste nice all at the same time. At Read more
Music
Hallé Music Workshop
This afternoon, Year 5 enjoyed working with two talented musicians from the Hallé Orchestra. First they learnt about the orchestra and what they do. They were then introduced to the piece of music that they will be performing at the Bridgewater Hall. The children discussed how the music makes them Read more
Reading
Superhero day
Wow is what a day we have had!! We started the morning receiving a letter from Supertato to tell us he had left us some surprises for throughout the day and to enjoy our party. We played lots of games and did some amazing dancing this morning and then this Read more
Art & Design
Chinese New Year
We we have had a lovely week celebrating Chinese New Year. We have made lots of crafts to display and look at, we have tasted Chinese food and we have watched some dragon dances! The children have made masks and learned about the Chinese animals of the zodiac and how Read more
Music
Northern Ballet School visit
Year 5 have had a fantastic afternoon with professional dancers from the Northern Ballet School. It was the first of our dance workshops, which is leading to performances at the Bridgewater Hall and the Hallé St Peter’s. The children grew in confidence during the session, used their growth mindsets and Read more