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Our children in Lower School have made so much progress in different skills in PE this year it has been brilliant to see. This week they have all been perfecting throwing and catching skills with Reception children practicing over arm throws whilst Y1 and 2 have been working on cooperation skills…

Our Reception children have had another busy fun filled week of learning, take a look at these photos to see a snapshot of their week …

Phonics lucky dip

Noah’s Ark doubling 

Number work with 100 popper squares

Investigating number bonds to ten with pirate treasure in the…

To fit into our 'ancient civilisations' topic, children have been learning all about Ancient Egypt. We have focused on some primary sources including the pyramids, artefacts and hieroglyphs already. This week, children looked at secondary sources including books, posters, recreated images and…

Children have been working on a very exciting (and very messy) project this half-term!
We have been looking at the poem 'The Jabberwocky' By Lewis Carroll and considering what it is trying to portray to us. 
We have been using a fast, scribbling, expressive art style using monochrome colours to…

As part of our D&T work, the children have had the opportunity to explore and create mechanical models using Lego and K’NEX. They used levers, pulleys and gears to give movement to their models. Iain and Thomas even added a motor to their gear system to be able to pull things along.

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Take a look at these photos to see a snapshot of all the different maths concepts our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children have been practising and learning this week … 

We have been developing our scientific knowledge and understand of materials and how they are used this week. After discussing the properties of different materials the children went exploring inside and outside looking at objects and recording what materials they were made out…

This week, Upper School’s curling lesson was all about balance and coordination. The children worked on moving along the ice with a curling stone and also played some fun games without the stone like collecting the cones without falling over. 

After some successful (and not so successful -see…

This week was all about research and designing a product.

We watched NASA videos showing the Mars rovers such as Curiosity and Perseverance and the jobs that they are carrying out on the surface of Mars. We then looked specifically at their design and what sorts of mechanics were used to make…

As part of our PSHE lessons, Years 5 and 6 have been investigating the world of work. We have had interesting discussions  about the skills and qualities which are needed for certain jobs, including mechanic, doctor, website designer, sportsperson and working in business. 
This week, we have been…

In their English lessons, children have been focusing on scripts. 
We have already looked at some famous plays by William Shakespeare, which helped us learn the features of a play script. 
Once we were sure that we could read out a script fluidly, we were ready to take on a proper performance...…

The children had a fantastic time this Friday visiting Clitheroe castle for their castle life event. 

We had the opportunity to cycle around some wonderful activities that taught us all about what life might have been like in a medieval castle. We got to experience the work that some of the…