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Date: 9th Dec 2020 @ 3:54pm
Year Two have had a busy half term, crammed with lots of learning. From calculating and finding number bonds in Maths, to appraising and creating Christmas
songs in Music. We have been Super Scientists by planning investigations about everyday materials and we really enjoyed using primary sources in History to find out more about why we remember soldiers from The First World War.
There is no such thing as a Gruffalo...!
Date: 18th Nov 2020 @ 8:29pm
This week we read the story 'The Gruffalo in Reception. We talked about the different animals we might meet if we went for a walk in the woods and had fun role playing in our own Gruffalo cafe taking orders and eating weird and wonderful Gruffalo food. The children have been busy working at the creative table painting Gruffalos making models from play dough and recycled materials. The children had to think very carefully about the different colours they used for the 'purple prickles' and 'orange eyes'. The children worked hard labelling pictures with the initial sound and writing lists of the Gruffalos favourite food.
Date: 7th Dec 2020 @ 8:18pm
This week in Reception the children have been introduced to our first characteristics monster 'Katie Kindness'. Katie Kindness has been teaching the children all about the importance of being kind to one another by sharing, taking turns, including everyone in your games, helping someone if they are hurt and using kind words and actions. Mrs Clark and Mrs Farley have spotted lots children showing kindness to others and we have been very proud of all the children. As a class we talked about how we could show kindness and how it makes us feel.
"Hurting someone is not being like Katie Kindness" Elliott
"I helped Charlotte when she fell over" Riley.
You need to have kind words so you don't make people sad" Emily
"I'm happy when my friends let me play'" Jasmine
I wonder which characteristic monster we will meet next...?
Team Work Makes The Dream Work
Date: 7th Dec 2020 @ 6:57pm
What a challenging lesson today's OAA was! The pictures say it all!!!
Our first activity was to split into two groups and run through the hoola hoop obstacle course at the same time as the other team. Once we were face to face with our opponent, we had to play 'rock, papers, scissors' and the winner could carry on their journey as the other person had to go to the back of their line. As soon as one person made it to the other side, they won a point for their team.
Our next task consisted of us getting into groups of 4/5 where we had to balance the hoola hoop on the back of our hands (on our fingers). We then had to follow particular commands whilst the hoola hoop balanced such as: kneel down, raise your arms up, put one arm behind your back, lift one leg up etc... This tested our patience with our team and relied on good communication skills.
Our final task was to get into groups of 8 where we were given a number 1-8. There were 9 cones and we had to get in numerical order but only by moving one space (and person) at a time, and using the blank space. to achieve this This is a similar concept to the game slider puzzle.
We can't wait to see what next week's lesson has in store for us!
We loved performing in the Blackpool Digital Dance Festival!
Date: 6th Dec 2020 @ 8:47am
Dance teams from both Year Three and Year Five have submitted dance routines into the first ever Blackpool Digital Dance Festival. Here are Year Five performing. The children helped to choreograph their dance as well as perform it! The children from both year groups said that they loved participating and working together.
Updated COVID Information - Letter to Parents and Carers
Date: 8th Dec 2020 @ 3:20pm
It's been a busy week in Year 4!
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 10:57am
Wow what a busy week in Year 4! We had great fun at Forest School (pictures to follow next week, so keep your eyes peeled!). This week, we made our Design and Technology Toddler Nightlight prototypes. We are going to evaluate them so we can make a final design. Also this week, our Eco Warriors planted Oak tree saplings around the school grounds. We cannot wait to see them grow over the years.
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!
Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 5:24pm
We have been getting in the Christmas spirit this week! We had a big surprise on Monday morning - Santa had sent Buzz the Elf to watch over us and report to him each night! We decided we better be on our very best behaviour so, we helped Santa to wrap some presents in our elf wrapping station! We also made baubles and hung them on our tree, wrote letters to Santa, made Christmas lists and even made our Christmas cards. And that's not all! We also made playdough snowmen, candy canes, Christmas trees and sparkly stars - there was a lot of glitter involved! We can't wait for more Christmas fun next week!
Date: 2nd Dec 2020 @ 10:58am
Today, Year 6 took part in a 90 minute online safety talk with Bernadette from WIRED. The session talked about how we can stay safe online and the dangers of being on social media sites. She went through ways in which APPs like Tik Tok can be dangerous/inappropriate for children and what children should be looking at if they do go on these sites.
We are also having another talk next week to go further into online safety.
Date: 2nd Dec 2020 @ 4:48pm
Our Royal Shakespeare Ambassadors loved their Zoom training session!
Date: 2nd Dec 2020 @ 4:30pm
This week, our RSC Ambassadors participated in a training session with Jo Cleasby from Blackpool Grand Theatre. They discussed the characteristics needed to be an effective ambassador who is able to represent their school and work with other schools. Everyone could suggest important characteristics such as: being confident, organised and keen to participate.
The group also discussed ideas that we could work on as a school and as part of a cluster of RSC Associate schools with their peers from other schools.
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 3:00pm
Nursery have had a jam packed half term so far!
We have been spooked with lots of Halloween activities. We made some pumpkin prints and used different shapes to create a shape witch.
We remembered all the brave soldiers and planted a poppy for them on Remembrance Day. We talked about the different jobs soldiers do and how they look after us.
Then it was time for Odd Socks Day when we celebrated our differences. We read the story “It Okay To Be Different” By Todd Parr and talked about how we are all different.
Next, we had an unexpected visit to space! The children decided to build a space rocket and fly to the moon. We made a space den and even made some intergalactic space slime!
We have also been doing lots of outdoor learning and we’ve had some great tunes tapped out on our new music wall! The bikes have also been a great hit and it’s been brilliant to watch the children build their confidence and ride down the hill!
And now it’s time for all the Christmas fun to start! Sorry in advance for all the glitter!
Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 8:01pm
Today we came into school to find out our Christmas elf had returned! Not only was he back, but he had also brought something with him...a letter! We discussed why we might receive a letter, or why we might send one, and what information may be included in a letter.
We then compared the features of three different text types, beginning to discuss how we knew which ones were letters, and which weren't. We have done lots of work on invitations and lists over the past couple of weeks, and so we compared the features of these two text types to those included in a letter, beginning to discuss similarities and difference. We found out a letter is always set out in a particular way, and we write a letter when we want to send a message to someone.
We used our phonics skills to segment and blend the information in the letter, and found out we had received a letter from Goldilocks as well as our class Elf!
We then moved on to identifying the features of a letter in greater depth, highlighting the address, date, who the letter is for and who the letter is from.
We will continue to look and read lots of different types of letters and are very excited to eventually write a letter to the Elf that he can take back to Santa!
Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 3:15pm
In art we have been studying George Seurat and using pointilism to create a picture. In PE we have been creating our own dance routines using 4 different moves, repeated.
Date: 1st Dec 2020 @ 10:27am
Last week, we started our first of three Forest School sessions. The children firstly gathered around the campfire to see if they could remember the Forest School rules - they were great! Then we had lots of time to explore our Forest School area and make nests. The children had to make a nest thinking about which animal it would be for and how it would keep their animal safe and warm in the cold winter weather. Next week, we are going to be lighting the fire and having s'mores and hot chocolate! We can't wait for them to keep us warm in the cold December weather.
Date: 1st Dec 2020 @ 8:00am
Today, we welcomed Hindu visitors (via Zoom!) to Year 6.
They started their talk about being a Hindu in general; they explained about the different types of Hindus, prayer, chants and the special clothes they sometimes wear.
They explained the 4 Ashramas and the stage they are currently in. The main focus was their belief in reincarnation and karma and how this has an impact on the choices and actions they makes in life.
Date: 28th Nov 2020 @ 3:09pm
Each week our Year 1 children cannot wait for Thursday to come around! They know that Thursday afternoon means it's computing time!
We began our first session of computing by discussing the devices and technology we use both in school, and at home. We discussed how we use each device, and how they can be important in day to day life. We then discussed what we need to remember when accessing online devices, and introduced SMART. We discussed the importance of staying safe, not meeting up, accepting files, reliability and telling someone.
We have then been practising our essential skills. We have learnt how to turn the Chromebook on and off, click and scroll on the mousepad and type with the keyboard. When using the keyboard to type in our personal log in details, we have also had to get used to the fact that some letters look slightly different to the ones we are used to seeing, but we have all been trying really hard to do this independently.
We have also explored the program Paintz App. We spent some time exploring the different tools available, and we found out we could do things like change the background colour, add 2D shapes, and even add text! During our Reading into Writing sessions we have been exploring the book 'Aliens Love Smelly Jelly,' creating invites to an alien tea party from an alien. We then linked this to our computing session, and we designed the alien using the Paintz App!
Year Five loved interviewing Shakespearian actors!
Date: 27th Nov 2020 @ 2:04pm
Today in Year Five, both classes had the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session with two actors from the RSC. They learnt about how actors deal with pre-performance nerves, how they learn their lines and what inspired them to become actors.
This week, we have also been learning how to create our own space inspired interpretative dance with small groups of children being each planet. A number of children have also been keenly rehearsing for the first ever Blackpool digital dance festival. Another creative week in Year Five!
Date: 26th Nov 2020 @ 4:19pm
We have been on a bear hunt this week! We have read "We're Going On A Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen and the children have really enjoyed joining in with repeated parts of the story. We have been exploring all the different colours and textures from the book like oozy brown mud and green swishy swishy grass. We've made collages with materials and explored different coloured paint. Some bears even got stuck in some gloop! We've been counting bears in the maths area and developing our finger muscles by pegging words from the story on to a washing line. Its been a beary good week!
Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 11:20am
This week in Reception the children have been learning about how to keep safe whilst crossing the road. We watched a shorted video about 'Monster Moe' and discussed what he needs to do to keep safe.
"When you cross the road you Stop, Look and Listen" Ella-Rose
"don't run across because you might fall over" Leyton.
"Hold your mummy's hand to keep you safe" Emily
"Cross at a zebra crossing" Lauren.
"Find the lolly pop lady and she will stop the cars for you" Lyra-Rose.
The children then enjoyed making their own road signs and role playing in the garden.
Date: 25th Nov 2020 @ 5:20pm
Our French learning continued this week with our topic - As-tu un animal? This translates in English to, Do you have an animal? This week we learned how to use the negative structure - je n'ai pas de (I do not have). We completed a listening activity and then learned how to write sentences.
Date: 25th Nov 2020 @ 4:55pm
In Science we have been learning about Rocks and soil! We did an experiment to find out about which soil was the best drainer, and we found out that it was sandy soil. We kept our experiment fair by only changing one variable. This week we have also started learning about different types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. We have sorted them and looked at how they were formed.
Date: 24th Nov 2020 @ 3:39pm
This week in PE, we focused on perfecting our point and patch skills. A point is where a smaller body part is being used to balance, whereas a patch is where a larger body part is being used to balance. Today, we got apparatus out. We had to travel in different ways up the benches to the podiums. Once we were on the podiums, we had to hold our chosen point or patch. Then we had to safely jump off the podium and land on two feet.
Date: 18th Nov 2020 @ 4:42pm
This week we have been doing lots of activities around unit-bullying day. We thought about how we can be kind and support each other, how we can make sure everyone has a friend and who and where we can go if we feel upset or need to share something with someone. We also all wore odd socks to celebrate our differences and anti-bullying day. it is our differences that we need to celebrate and these differences which make us special. Take a look at some of odd sock picture below.
The Week We Wore Odd Socks and Went To Space!
Date: 20th Nov 2020 @ 4:45pm
It has been a jam packed week in Nursery! We started off the week wearing odd socks to celebrate Anti - Bullying week. We read the story "It's Ok To Be Different" By Todd Carr and talked about how being different makes us special. Then we read the story "The Tiger Who Came To Tea" By Judith Kerr and practised our counting by counting out stripes to put on tigers. On Wednesday the children chose to build a rocket out of the chairs and fly to space! They had a bit of engine trouble and got the tools out to fix it and then off they flew! The children had their snack on the moon and then built some rockets out of junk modelling! To finish off the space theme, we made some intergalactic space slime! Phew! We all need a rest now!
