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Nursery Christmas Stay and Play
Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 2:23pm
We had a super time this week when our Mums and Dads joined us for a special Christmas Stay and Play. Everyone made some Christmas Crafts and Iced a tasty Christmas biscuit. Stay and Play sessions are a great opportunity for our parents and carers to spend time with their children in the nursery environment and build realtionships with the nursery staff.
Year 3- Investigating insects!
Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 9:25am
In Year 3, we have been looking at Animals including Humans. In this lesson we looked at a range of insects and explored if their leg and muscle size affected how far they could jump. We then compared how animals use their muscles to move, and compared the similarities and differences between them.
Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 9:19am
In Maths, we have been looking at Multiplication and Division. In one of our lessons we focused on using and applying multiplication facts form the three timetables. The children looked at how to create fact families, use bar models and solve reasoning and problem solving questions.
Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 9:05am
As part of our Christmas activities and fundraising events, the whole school took part in an Elf Run. Taking place on the Key Stage 1 playground, classes used the Boundary Mile to get fit, run quick and have fun (elfing around you might say!) and all on our annual Christmas Dinner and Christmas Jumper day!
Date: 11th Dec 2024 @ 6:00pm
Lots of our Year 1 children enjoyed coming to our Christmas Disco after school! We came back to school dressed in our party clothes for lots of fun, games and party food! We are all looking forward to our Christmas party next week!
Date: 11th Dec 2024 @ 4:11pm
Today Year 6 learned all about specific beliefs of Hindus. We learned that Hindus believe in reincarnation - a belief that when someone dies, heir soul lives on and they are reborn as another living creature. Eventually, they hope to achieve Moksha. This is where the circle of birth, death and rebirth is broken and they finally go to be with Brahma. We also learned about their understanding of Karma - that every action has a reaction or consequence. This helps them to live a good life as if they do good things then they will receive good outcomes.
Year 6 - A very Christmassy kind of day!
Date: 11th Dec 2024 @ 4:01pm
Today was the start of our Christmas celebrations! With our Christmas jumpers on show, we took part in the 'Elf Run' to raise money for Brian House. In the afternoon we were treated to our Christmas dinner.
Date: 11th Dec 2024 @ 3:00pm
In our Geography unit, we have been creating a non-chronological report. The children put together their non-chronological reports using Google Docs, meaning they needed to use their Digital Literacy skills to insert images, diagrams and the appropriate captions to enchance our written work.
Date: 10th Dec 2024 @ 7:53am
In music this half term, we have been learning all about Jack & the Beanstalk through songs. We have been working on finding the quick rhythms in songs and identifying these by clapping, singing high and low notes with our voices and working on playing and singing in unison. We used a variety of percussion instruments to play the rhythms to the song, ‘And He Went Higher’, but our favourite song was ‘Fee Fi Fo Fum’.
Year 2- Christmas Jumpers, Elf Run and festive lunch
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 9:48pm
Today, Year Two celebrated all things Christmas. We wore our Christmas jumpers for our annual Christmas lunch and completed the Elf Run to raise some money for charity. We enjoyed the festive activities and loved our delicious lunch!
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 7:12pm
This week we visited St Marks Church to talk to followers of the Christian faith about what the important message in the Christmas story is. We met Reverend Matthew and told him everything that we have learnt about Christianity so far. Reverend Matthew then read the nativity story to us and we all joined in with different parts. He taught us about the key messages in the story and the roles of different characters.
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 2:23pm
This week, we looked at food chains. We learnt the word Apex Predator which means the animal at the top of the food chain. We played an online game together putting cards in the correct position depending whether they were a producer, prey or predator. Then we had a go at it ourselves.
Year 1 Christmas Jumper Day and Elf Run!
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 12:25pm
We were all very excited to come to school today dressed in our Christmas jumpers ready for our Elf Run and Christmas lunch! We enjoyed raising money through our run, making our Christmas crowns and eating a yummy lunch!
Acorns - Christmas Jumper Day and lunch
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 12:14pm
Acorns have enjoyed Christmas jumper day and lunch. We loved pulling the crackers with support and trying on the hats. Some of us wore them all lunch time.
We enjoyed colouring in some Christmas jumpers and trying on the Christmas hats. We all looked very smart.
Year 3- Artists exploring chiaroscuro!
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 10:56am
In this lesson, the children explored the work of Heather Hansen. She is an artist who explores art through movement. She performs along with music and we re-created this in our dance studio. The children loved this expressive opportunity!
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 10:52am
In Maths, we have been looking at Multiplication and Division. In this lesson we looked at the difference between sharing and grouping. The children used bar models to solve the problems and used base ten to also support them.
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 10:45am
Through our Reading into Writing the children have been working on our oracy skills. We have looked at what our body language should be when we are listening to each other. We then looked at how to work as a team. The children discussed the key skills they would need and then used these skills to play a teamwork game.
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 10:42am
The other week, Year Three invited parents in to come and see our learning. We focused on out KIRFs which have been four times tables this half term. The children and parents played a range of games to test these skills and completed a tarsia as well.
Year 4 - Christmas jumpers, Elf run and Christmas dinner
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 10:28am
It's been all things Christmas today!
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 2:07pm
We have been working with Wigan Warriors this half-term, developing our skills in invasion games. We have learnt how to think tactically, how to make decisions at speed and how to find space in order to avoid having one of our tags taken.
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 11:51am
Reception have been busy learning all about composition, cardinality and ordinality.
We have been matching the correct amount of objects to numbers 1-10 and understanding that numbers can be made up of different numbers.
Take a look at our photos!
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 10:46am
Today, pupils in year 5 were given the opportunity to examine a number of Anglo-Saxon artefacts from the museum. We looked closely at the artefacts and tried to work out what they were made of and what they were for. Pupils also got the chance to try on a chain-mail vest and a reproduction of the helmet found in the 'empty grave' at Sutton Hoo.
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 10:21am
Acorns had a lovely morning when our families came for a stay and play session.
With lots of fun activities to engage in and a Christmas singalong to finish, we had a great morning and look forward to the next one.
Year 1 Santa's Grotto Storytime
Date: 5th Dec 2024 @ 5:48pm
Today Year 1 visited Santas Grotto for our storytime. We were very excited to read our new story 'What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas' in the magical grotto! We loved looking at the different lights, talking about Christmas and sharing our experiences.
Date: 5th Dec 2024 @ 2:45pm
After visiting us at the school Christmas Fair, Santa asked if we would like use his Grotto for a magical story time. Well, of course we were staright there! We shared some wonderful Christmas stories in the Grotto and the children shared their own experiences of Christmas.
