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Date: 5th Apr 2022 @ 8:58pm
On Monday 21st March, we were all very excited to welcome Sir Bill Beaumont CBE DL to our school.
As Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire, Sir Bill came to lead the cremonial planting of a young oak tree as part of the Queen's Green Canopy to celebrate her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee. The whole school participated in a special assembly and then went outside to witness Sir Bill, assisted by several pupils, planting the tree to mark this momentous occasion.
Date: 1st Apr 2022 @ 4:21pm
Over the last few weeks, we have thoroughly enjoyed learning to sing the song 'The Music Man'. We took it in turns to be groups A and B as to who sang the main verse and who did the Echo of 'What can you play?' After we had practised singing and performing the song, we got the glokenspiels out and played notes A, C, D, E and F. This was a difficult skill to look at the board and try to play the glokenspiels but we persevered and we were getting better with each practise.
Date: 1st Apr 2022 @ 4:15pm
This week we began to make our moving vehicles. To make the bodies of our car we wrapped cardboard boxes in white paper. We then used PVA glue to stick the body of the car onto the chassis we made earlier in the journey. After we had glued the body onto the chassis we painted it to our chosen colours based upon our designs. The day after- when our paint had dried we used our marking out skills to mark out windows and used paper and cellophane to create windows and extra things that we wished to put on our car. Some of us even put headlights, brake lights and indicators onto our cars using foiled paper. Some of it was really tricky but we persevered and helped each other and everyone is proud of their finished products.
Date: 1st Apr 2022 @ 3:23pm
Year 5 have been working very hard on their fraction journey. From adding and subtracting and this week MULTIPLYING fractions and multiplying them by whole numbers. We started our journey with a 'Now Press Play' Maths journey looking at the Titanic and even broight out the paints to investigate parts and wholes.
It hasn't always been easy but with dedication, courage, perveverance and patience all children have made excellent progress and are now excited at the mere mention of fractions!
Well done Year 5 we are so proud of you!
Reception See how our garden grows...
Date: 31st Mar 2022 @ 7:53pm
Reception have been very busy last Autumn, planting bulbs ready for Spring- and here they are!
Daffodils, tulips , hyacinths and crocuses!
"They need water and sun to grow" Isaac.
"Daffodils are yellow- they are everywhere at school!" Oakleigh.
Year 5 Takeover Day 2022 - the interviews and the acceptance letters!
Date: 31st Mar 2022 @ 12:47pm
Date: 31st Mar 2022 @ 10:48am
We have taken a trip to outer space this week! We've read the story "Whatever Next" about a little bear who turns a cardboard box in to a rocket and has a picnic on the moon! We've made shape rockets, junk modelling rockets and counted astronauts on to rockets! We've been developing our fine motor skills by building space towers and we've made planet patterns by dropping coloured water on to oil!
Date: 29th Mar 2022 @ 9:16am
Year 6 visited St Mark’s Church to learn all about Holy Communion/Eucharist. Reverend Peter and Mathew explained the service and the rituals that take place as well as the meaning behind them.
Jenny showed the children around children and they completed a little quiz to further their understanding of Christianity.
Date: 28th Mar 2022 @ 7:30pm
Our Reading into Writing journey at the moment is all about discussions/debates. We decided that the 'big question' that we would focus on is 'Should Emperor Claudius Have Invaded Britain'? Look familiar? That's becuase it was also a part of our History journey this half term! We decided that it would be a great way to link some of our subjects together so here we are breaking down the 'for' and 'against' arguments to practice being able to write a discussion/debate. Some very compelling arguments being formulated here, Emperor Claudius' adivsors should watch out!
Date: 28th Mar 2022 @ 7:21pm
Last week in our Art Day our Year 4's were looking at sculptures! We had a good look at Blackpool Tower and the Big One at the Pleasure Beach. We looked at different artists and their sculptures and used somenew techniques to create our own pieces of art. Some really good pieces from our Year 4's and what a great day we had!
Year 1 Human and Physical Features
Date: 28th Mar 2022 @ 6:51pm
Today we worked collaboratively to explore the definition of physical and human features, famous features around the world and the continent they are located in. We worked together to answer the question, what are the main features of each continent? We were split into seven groups and each group had a pack of images from one continent. We had to sort the images into human and physical features. We then moved around the room until we had sorted the images for each continent. We quickly found that we needed to work effectively as a group, to share reading and knowledge, to help us to sort the features.
Year 3 Does everything cast a shadow?
Date: 28th Mar 2022 @ 3:53pm
In Year Three we have been investiagting shadows. We started the lesson by considering how we cast a shadow, this led us to investigate if everything casts a shaow. We tested a wide variety of materials including bubble wrap, cardboard, paper and the window to see if it casted a shadow. This then guided our thinking into grouping each material into translucent, transparent or opaque!
Year 3 Splendid seagull sketches !
Date: 28th Mar 2022 @ 3:47pm
For Art Day Year Three tackled painting seagulls to fit in with our seaside theme. We focussed on the space, colour and textures of these birds and incorporated these in our masterpiece! The children enjoyed exploring what came to mind when they thought of a saegull. We then looked at skills of using water colour to make a wash and mark making for the seagull's feathers.
Reception Forest School- Holly Class!
Date: 27th Mar 2022 @ 7:27pm
This week Holly Class have been busy looking for signs of Spring and just look what we discovered!
We found buds and blossom growing on the trees. In the grass we spotted daffodils, daisies and buttercups. However, the most exciting of all was discovering the frog spawn in the pond and some tadpoles swimming there too! Jenna even managed to find a frog!
"Blossom grows on the trees in Spring" Oscar
"Blossom is white and pink" Alicja
"Buds are where new leaves will grow" Charlie
"Daffodils are Spring flowers" Charlea- Rai.
It was such an exciting time learning in the glorious sunshine. We ended the morning by playing hide and seek. Take a look at what fun we had!
Reception Plant Britain- the next phase!
Date: 27th Mar 2022 @ 7:09pm
Last November, our Eco Warriors from Reception, Year1 and Year2 planted spring bulbs in the pond area of our school grounds as part of the BBC Plant Britain project.
Countryfile Plant Britain wants to get everyone planting in a big, ambitious two-year project where we can all do our bit in the battle against climate change and to help wildlife and our own well being.
All the hard work was worth it because the spring bulbs have now grown and are looking beautiful! They have definitely enhanced our woodland pond area- take a look at our photos.
Year 5 She sells sea shells on the sea shore...
Date: 25th Mar 2022 @ 10:46am
This week, the whole school have took part on in an art day, celebrating the lovely location of Blackpool and one of its most famous attractions... the beautiful beaches! Year 5 were given the art activity of 'Printing', where we had to design a stencil of a shell and use paint to print it. We did this after sharing our thoughts and experiences of beaches around the world that we have visited as well as touching different types of shells that we had in class. When we had finished printing, we used our sketchbooks to practise drawing different shells on beaches.
We had a great art day and learnt so much about the experiences of our classmates. One member of our class used to live in St. Vincent's and the Grenadines so we used Google to look at the beach she used to visit; we all thought it was fascinating!
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 7:38pm
Today we learnt to count in multiples of 2. We completed this practically by using physical resources, including base 10 and Numicon to practise counting on. We also did our daily maths workout song – but today we were counting in 2s!
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 7:25pm
Today we enjoyed Art Day alongside the rest of the school. In Year 1 our theme was to use collage to create a seaside scene. We began the day by going on a virtual tour of Blackpool and creating a mind map of key words and attractions that we saw. We then used photos of Blackpool features to create a page in our Art books. Using the photo stimulus we drew, wrote and designed images/words that we wanted to show on our page. We then practised our tearing skills to tear silhouettes out of black paper. We created starfish, trams, Blackpool Tower, seagulls and even ice creams! in the afternoon we then put all our learning together to create our final piece - a Blackpool scene!
Year 2 Help... There's been a power cut!
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 4:23pm
Yesterday, we used the Now Press Play equipment to further explore our topic of Electricity. In the story there was a power cut in our town whilst our sister was in urgent need of her dialysis- usually they have this at home but due to the lack of power had to attend the hospital. The hospital was incredibly busy and was using the limited supply of generators. The children decided they had to do something to help and went on a trip to the power station to try and get the power back on to save the people in the hospital. The children used their knowledge of how to make a simple circuit using batteries, wires and bulbs to make their own torch and explored the differences between coal and wind energy. At the end we saved the day and got the towns Electricity back on and disucssed which source of energy is renewable and better for the environment. The children loved the story and it really supported the knowledge of Electricity they have learnt this half term.
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 4:14pm
Today, Year 2 participated in the whole School Art Day with the theme of Blackpool. Our task was to explore different shells and the patterns they have. We all cut out images of shells that we liked and also drew a variety of shells over a two page spread to generate a bank of ideas to inspire our own shell creation. In the afternoon, we practiced making a shell shape and pattern out of plasticine before creating our final design and then making our final product out of clay. We quickly realised it was much harder to mould and shape the clay in comparison to the plasticine as it is harder and was drying quickly in the warm classroom. Despite it being difficult the children were very resilient and showed great perseverance to finish their shells. Miss Duckworth and Miss Hooson were impressed with their creations!
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 12:08pm
Year 6 had a great day learning about the street artist Banksy and created their own Banksy inspired Blackpool street art. First, we learned about Banksy and used our sketch books to explore his work and inspiration. We discussed the meaning behind some of his pieces and whether grafitti is art or vandalism. We then practised using sponges and spray bottles to create a 'spray paint' effect. Finally we used stencils to create our collaborative 'I love Blackpool' street art.
Date: 23rd Mar 2022 @ 4:41pm
This week in Reception we have been learning about the importance of keeping ourself and our bodies healthy. As a class we discussed different ways we an keep healthy including having a balanced diet, regular exercise, plenty of sleep, keeping clean and regularly brushing our teeth and keeping ourselves hydrated. We produced some fantastic pieces of writing and even enjoyed making our own healthy snack 'a fruit kebab'. Outside in the garden we enjoyed bathing the babies. brushing the false teeth, buying healthy snack from our shop and exercising on our balance bikes.
Date: 23rd Mar 2022 @ 2:48pm
We have had a visit from the Police this week to talk about legal and, mainly, illegal drugs. This involved looking at how drugs are trying to be disguised as sweets, looking at the risks and 'street' names of illegal drugs and discussing peer pressure. Year 6 children were really sensible, listened carefully, participated well and asked some great question.
Date: 23rd Mar 2022 @ 10:54am
We are proud to publish the official photographs from Year 5's performance of 'Much Ado About Nothing' at Blackpool's famous Grand Theatre, which was held on Tuesday 15th March 2022.
The children who performed did an outstanding job at performing one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays, and at representing our school!
Don't they look like they should be on a film set in Hollywood?!
Date: 22nd Mar 2022 @ 4:10pm
In RE, we held our very own Vaisakhi celebration! We learnt the importance and traditions of the celebrations and tried them out for ourselves. We started by discussing the worship and we had a look at a real Chaur Sahib. We then learnt some traditional dances, tried on some clothing and finally tasted some traditional foods. We had a great time celebrating and enjoyed enbracing other cultures and traditions.
