Juniper had a visit from Scarf today and took part in a workshop all about ‘Friends’. We carried out some activities that involved us making some important decisions. We discussed what ‘peer pressure’ is and how we can deal with certain situations that may arise with our friends. We learnt Read more
In our Learning for life lesson today, children were given the opportunity to gather information about vaping from recent publications such as newspapers, journals and the internet. Through our discussions, we have identified, expressed our opinions and made recommendations about recent issues (Vaping) concerning health and wellbeing. In pairs, we Read more
Juniper had a fantastic day at Lytham St Anne’s Beach School yesterday. The weather was glorious and the children were so well-behaved. The children learnt about the wildlife that lives on the beach and in the sea around Lytham St Anne’s. They learnt about the tide and how waves play Read more
This afternoon, Year 5 have enjoyed taking part in the Great Science Share. Children completed the Egg Parachute Challenge investigating different materials that would protect the egg from breaking when dropped. As a class we thought about the strengths and weaknesses of the different materials and identifying which material would Read more
This morning in our collective worship we have been discussing the effects of plastic use on our environment. We have learnt about how plastic thrown away can end up in our oceans, harming the wildlife and eventually harming us. God created the world and gave it as a gift to Read more
Juniper have been creating their own databases this afternoon. We have used our new learning to create records and fields within a database and then use that information to ask the database questions. The children came up with some excellent suggestions for ‘fields’ and were able to explain whether or Read more
Year 5 have had a great time this morning visiting the Golden Mosque in Rochdale. We arrived already knowing a great deal about the Islamic religion (from our RE lessons) and the guide was very impressed with our knowledge. We learnt lots of new things about Islam and were very Read more
Today in our P.E. lesson Year 5 have been practicing to develop and master their throwing and catching skills to play cricket. Children thoroughly enjoyed being taught new cricket skills and techniques by Hunter from Heywood Cricket Club. Continuing on from their P.E. lesson last week, children were able to Read more
Juniper have had a fun day filled with facts about Charles and his Coronation. We linked our Maths to previous monarchs and how long their reigns were, our English to writing relative clauses about the Royal family, our Art to creating a collage of Charles’ head and our Computing to Read more
Juniper have been learning about Fossils in Science. We carried out an activity to show how fossils are made. After an animal dies, the soft parts of its body decompose leaving the hard parts, like the skeleton, behind – we used sweets to symbolise these animals. They become buried by Read more