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Today, the Upper School children thought about journeys and through a silent discussion where they walked around the classroom and added their ideas to our question posters, the children were able to think carefully about times when they had been on a journey. They thought about where they went,…

We have had a wonderful start to middle school maths last week! The children have been exploring place value and learning how we can use our equipment and draw representations. There have been some brilliantly creative ideas and ways of solving and working out problems. This week, we’ll use our…

Following our morning walk spotting signs of approaching autumn, we discussed some of the animals we notice more, out in nature during the autumn. The children had lots of ideas and cleverly knew that hedgehogs are nocturnal so we shouldn’t see them out in the day. We learnt how animals store food…

As part of our topic this term which is called ‘The Place Where I Live’ we went for a science walk around our school grounds looking at nature and noticing signs of Autumn. 
 

We have been learning about the seasons and the children we able to tell the class a lot about Autumn that they…

In our first Science of the year, Upper School were given a number of different materials to test for flexibility, hardness, transparency, permeability and magnetism. They worked together fairly and effectively to fill in a table of results to show the differences in the properties of the…

We have had a very busy first three days as a new class in Lower School and it has been fun! We welcomed eleven fantastic Reception children and they have settled into school life brilliantly. 
 

Here is a snapshot of some of the activities we have done …

We had a great PE session where the children improved ball skills with lots activities from our first unit called ‘rolling a ball’. They showed great teamwork skills and some good control of the ball. 
 

What a fabulous start to the new school year we have had. Lower school must be the best class in Lancashire, all the children are such happy great learners!

Today we had a good chat and the children decided what we should have as our class rules to make them feel safe and happy in school. We…

We have been busy drawing, printing and painting to create a collage of a scene from a summer meadow to enter into an art competition. The competition is open until the 8th September so if you’d like to create another picture at home over the holidays with friends please do, you can find the…

From ‘Sweet Pong’ to hopper races…and water fights to our finale Piñata, Year 6’s Celebration Day was incredible fun!! 

‘We didn't realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun…’

Lots of outdoor fun learning in the sunshine today! 
 

After reading this great picture book ‘Our Pebbles’ written and illustrated by Jarvis we decided to make our own pebbles out of clay and decorate them.