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This Thursday, nine children from Middle School set off to Garstang Academy to play in a glo-dodgeball tournament. This is a very fun and exciting game where the lights are turned out, the UV lights come on and the music plays loud! 
Inskip team played fairly and kindly with others and had an…

On Thursday, Middle school had a wonderful 'World Book Day'! 
We began the day with a reading and interpreting task all about the legendary Loch Ness monster! Children read key pieces of evidence, facts about the loch and theories presented to them for what Nessie could be. Children wrote key…

Middle school has been exploring 3D, texture and layers relating to Ancient Greeks. This week, we explored layering textures on top of paintings to create Ancient Greek inspired buildings using art straws.

We love learning new sounds in Lower School, we have phonics sessions every morning and then practice our new phonics learning all through the day. 

The break in to our classes by a mysterious beast we had last week reminded me of a great story I have called  Billy and the Beast by Nadia Shireen. So this week we have been reading it and doing some great learning inspired by the story. The children have been improving the grammar and…

We have been learning about number in all different ways this week. Our flowers have grown quickly as we have been taking care of them and noticing the changes in height as they grow. We have been doing lots of counting to twenty and improving our fine motor skills in Reception and Year One. Take…

This week, we have been looking at how to read play scripts. Children were split into groups and given scripts. The children sorted themselves into parts and then learned their lines. 
Each and every one of them worked incredibly hard and did an excellent job. It takes nerves to get up and…

Today we had the pleasure of a visit from STEM First and Fylde Coast Physics during our science lesson. They set the class a challenge to work out who was hacking the internet and ‘rescue Hansel and Gretel from the Witch’.

The children worked brilliantly in groups of 4 to work out the clues…

The class are doing so well with their learning of tag rugby skills. Today they learnt how to attack and defend the ball in a competitive way through small team games. They practised throwing and catching accurately and gave each other tips for how to intercept the ball more effectively. We are…

In our German, we have been looking at colours and animals.
This week, we have put the two together by exploring the work of famous German artist, Franz Marc. 

The children created their own images inspired by his images, showing animals painted using geometric shape and unique colour. The…

To accompany our topic this half term of ancient Greece we decided to look at the Olympics. In our PE lesson, we developed previous knowledge on throwing by trying out three events from the Olympics - javelin, shotput and discus.

Children learned the throwing method for each discipline before…

Our art topic this half term is exploring sculpture with a focus on Greek architecture.
To start off - we explored how to make 2D shapes 3D by bending, folding and balancing.

Children used strong card from old boxes, drew various sized shapes and cut them out. They then explored different ways…