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Date: 19th Nov 2024 @ 2:07pm
In this lesson, pupils used universal indicator paper to find out if different substances were acid, alkali or neutral. Pupils also found out what happened when you mix an acid (vinegar) with an alkali (bicarbonate of soda). We obseverved that a gas is produced which makes it fizz. Pupils identified that this gas was carbon dioxide.
School Council- Congratulation Letters From The House of Commons
Date: 17th Nov 2024 @ 9:59pm
The School Council were vey lucky to receive letters from Chris Webb MP, House of Commons congratulating them on their recent success.
They opened their personlised letter with great anticipation and were thrilled to read the kind and supportive words he wrote.
"I am going to put this in my memory box- it is so special" Addison.
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 4:27pm
Acorns explore and celebrate children in need in style!
We have engaged well in our sensory Pudsey Bear tuff tray and loved creating and counting spots in art.
Acorns are developing their social skills, interacting along side others and beginning to share some resources in our group activities.
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 3:12pm
Today, the children in Reception showed our support for Children in Need by changing one part of our uniform for something spotty or stripy. During always time, we did some activities related to Pudsey and children in need including colouring, In assembly, we thought about why we support Children in need as well as how the money we raise helps children around the UK. As a whole school we joined it with the 'Superman' dance.
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 12:39pm
Today we came to school dressed in an item of spotty or stripy clothing to raise money for Children In Need. We enjoyed collaging Pudsey masks and taking part in our superman dance in assembly!
Reception visit Salibury Woods
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 11:30am
This week Reception have been on their first class trip to Salisbury Woods. We enjoyed taking part in a autumn walk through the wood looking for different signs of autumn. We found different colouredleaves, acorns, pinecorns and. conkers. We even maged to sport some squirrels and a robin.
"In autumn the leaves change colour" Harry
"The leaves fall off the trees" Emily
"I've found a conker and acorn" Dennie
"The squirrels are running up the threes" Aurora
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 9:18am
In Year Three we have been wearing our spots and stripes for Children in Need. We have been raising money to give to this fantastic charity. The children will also be participating in a special assembly later today!
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 9:08am
We changed one part of our uniform to celebrate and raise money for Children in Need!
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 10:25pm
Today, we showed our support for Children in Need by changing one part of our uniform for something spotty or stripy. During always time, we did some activities related to Pudsey and children in need including colouring, Pudsey problem solving and word searches. In assembly, we thought about why we support Children in need as well as how the money we raise helps children around the UK.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 9:10pm
This week Acorns have been exploring Diwali.
We have enjoyed all the bright colours and light associated with Diwali.
Acorns explored different clothing that people wear, drawing and creating rangoli patterns and creating their very own Diva lamps. We enjoyed moulding our salt dough and making a choice of which colours to decorate them with.
Year 3 - Adding across a ten and a hundred
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 8:29pm
We used place value mats and place value counters to practically add two 3-digit number across the tens and hundreds boundary. We physically 'exchanged' 10 ones for a ten before moving it into the tens column. We could see that although we had regrouped the ones, they were still worth the same, for example 13 ones is equal to 1 ten and 3 ones. We did the same when regrouping from the tens to the hundreds column. We used the mats and counters alongside the column method to help develop our understanding of the formal method.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 3:51pm
To link in with 'Remembrance' week, we have produced pieces of art linked to poppies. We began the session looking at different way to shade and add depth with art pencils and pencil crayons. We then looked at a range of different poppies and sketched our own. Finally, we added colour to our poppies using the shading techniques we looked at.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 2:36pm
This half term we have been looking at our Core Vocabulary and Phonetics lessons. In this unit we will cover some of the common phonemes found in French words. We will also learn some core vocabulary that will help us with French lessons in Year 3.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 9:10am
Year 4 have been learning the question, "Comment tu-t'appelles?" which means what is your name and how to answer.
In the video clips, the children are asking each other their names. They then used this knowledge and applied it to expand their conversation in French as they have used a greeting, asked how the other is feeling and have been able to answer.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 8:09am
This half term we have been learning in French how to talk about animals. We have improved our pronunciation of the animals, asked questions, introduced the characters and said if our animals have a name. We have also learned the negative 'Je ne pas' and started to use the connective but 'mais' to explain different examples. We did some excellent listening tasks too!
Date: 13th Nov 2024 @ 9:44pm
Today, the Eco Warriors had the chance to visit the Blackpool waste vehicle- Dennis to the Rescue!
They learnt about local issues, such as litter, dog fouling, beach waste and recycling. They then had the opportunity to plant a pine cone which will hopefully, over time, grow into a tree.
Date: 13th Nov 2024 @ 5:12pm
Pupils explored how they can build and share a story through a series of images. They used charcoal and chalk to produce an illustration of a setting and description. The children then displayed their work on their tables and admired other pieces of art work in class similar to an art gallery!
Date: 13th Nov 2024 @ 4:25pm
In this lesson we did a range of activities to develop our understanding of the human skeleton. We used small models for observational drawings, looked at x-rays to compare bones and labelled the human skeleton using secondary sources for information. We also used our Chromebooks to explore key information about the bone names.
Reception- There's no such thing as a Gruffalo
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 9:44pm
This week the children in Reception have been reading the story 'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson. Throughout the week the children have been role playing in our Gruffalo Cafe, orally retelling the story using props, making snakes of different lengths, making Griffalo food in the mud kitchen and writing lists of the Gruffalo's favourite foods. At the creative area we have been busy painting, collageing and makes models of the Gruffalo using a range of meduims and materials. The children even made their own models of the Gruffalo out of play dough remembering all his didnt features including his purple prickles and his big orange eyes. What a busy week we have had!
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 8:29pm
Nursery joined the rest of the school and celebrated our differences by wearing odd socks. We read a story called "It's Ok To Be Different" by Todd Parr that looks at all the ways we can be different and how it is important to embrace our differences.
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 8:16pm
Nursery learnt all about Remembrance Day and spent time thinking about members of the Armed Forces. The children planted poppies and then took apart in the whole school Remembrance Service. They also painted some beautiful poppies for the soldiers.
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 1:43pm
Today, Year 1 visited @thegrange as part of our local area work. On our walk to @thegrange we looked at the different types of houses, discussed human and physical features and other aspects of our local area. In @thegrange, we were shown around the centre, explored the gardens and what was growing there and read a story in the library.
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 1:34pm
This week in Science we took part in an investigation to find out which materials are soluble.
We first ensured that we all knew what the terms around solubilty were so we could talk scientifically during our experiment.
We then took turns to gather a material and stir it into water and watch what happened. We used sand, sugar, salt and soil. As you can tell from the photographs, our children in Year 5 learnt so much about the materials and their solubility. Once we had finished our experiment, we spent time to write our results down and compare them with what different groups found.
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 1:32pm
As part of our Remembrance service, Year 5 made and planted poppies in our remembrance garden. Each of the children wrote names of soldiers and we thought about their sacrifice when we planted them. The children also took part in our whole school act of remembrance.
Year 6 - Discrimination and Stereotyping
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 9:44am
As part of antibullying week, Year 6 have been learning about discrimination and antibullying and how this can manisfest in bullying. We took part in an 'Apprentic' style activity where we had to 'fire' someone based on the information we had learned about them.
