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Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 9:29am
Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 9:27am
This week, we conducted an investigation into magnetic strength. We wanted to find out if the size of the magnet affected its strength. We measured the distance that a magnet could attract a metal ball, metal ring and paperclip from. From the magnets we used, we concluded that the largest magnet had the strongest magnetic pull. We also found out that a magnetic force can act from a distance so it doesn’t need to be touching a magnetic object to attract it.
Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 9:22am
🎄 The Christmas Kindness Challenge: Small Acts, Big Joy
This week, our Christmas Kindness Challenge has encouraged pupils to spread festive cheer through simple, thoughtful actions.
Day 1: Make a card for your teacher
Students created colourful, heartfelt cards to show their appreciation. A lovely start to the week!
Day 2: Hold the door open
A small act with a big impact—our corridors were full of smiles and good manners.
Day 3: Say something nice to a friend
Kind words filled the classrooms as pupils shared compliments and encouragement.
Day 4: Tidy the classroom
Everyone pitched in to make our learning spaces clean, organised, and welcoming.
A little kindness goes a long way—especially at Christmas! Let’s keep the festive goodwill flowing. 🎅✨
Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 9:18am
In maths we learnt about lines of symmetry, focusing on vertical lines of symmetry. We began by looking at a variety of 2D shapes and discussing what symmetry means and that a shape is symmetrical if it can be folded into two matching halves. We then carried out a practical activity where they cut out different shapes such as squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles. They experimented with folding the shapes to see if they could find a vertical line of symmetry. After folding, the children used pencils and rulers to draw the vertical lines of symmetry clearly on each shape.
Year 2- Does using a tissue when sneezing stop the spread of germs?
Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 9:17am
Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 9:11am
In this maths lesson we were looking at drawing 2-D shapes. Firstly we recapped our learning on vertices and sides and thought about regular and irregular shapes. The children then used the Geoboards to firstly make different shapes and then used dotted paper to draw the shapes.
Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 9:07am
In today’s Reading into Writing we looked at what a simile was. We started the lesson off by making similes using cards to build our sentences. The children thought carefully about the different qualities and what might it link to.
Date: 3rd Dec 2025 @ 1:01pm
As our 'Repeating Patterns' journey continues, the pupils in year 4 began to create a surface pattern tile. Next lesson, they will use this to digitally create a repeating pattern to produce some Christmas wrapping paper. We look forward to sharing our finished products with you soon.
Date: 3rd Dec 2025 @ 12:01pm
This week, we listen and appraised the Rocking Romans song 'Spin that coin'. Then we had a go at singing it. There were numerous instrumentals in the song, so we used two notes on our glockenspiels (G and A) to play along during the instrumental. We were really good!
Year 4 - December Kindness Challenge
Date: 2nd Dec 2025 @ 10:22am
Our December kindness challenge is up and running in Year 4!
1st - Make your teacher a Christmas card
2nd - Hold the door open for someone
We can't wait to see more kindness not just in school but outside of school throughout December!
Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 6:41pm
This week Reverend Peter from St Marks Church visited us to talk about the important message in the Christmas story. We told him everything that we have learnt about Christianity so far. Reverend Peter 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. We then had some time to ask questions about the Nativity story and the Christian faith.
Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 6:37pm
Today we learnt to recognise the symbols used on an Ordnance Survey map. We learnt that these maps are used to help people find places of interest in an area. We then looked at different map symbols together and worked out what each meant. We learnt that symbols are used to save space on a map and clearly show where different things area located.
Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 6:31pm
Over the next week, Year 1 will be reading the story 'Stickman' and completing lots of different activites relating to this story. Today we began with an oracy session, to learn more about the characters, setting and key vocabulary. We then ordered the story, focusing on the key events and retelling the story with our peers.
Acorns - We’re going on a journey
Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 5:20pm
Acorns have enjoyed going on their very own journey this afternoon to see our local community. We liked going on the minibus and looking at our local sights including the beach, Blackpool tower, the fairground rides and the Christmas lights.
We also looked out for different modes of transport as part of our topic. Although it was a wet afternoon, we saw lots of cars, buses, lorries, a number of trams and even a Spitfire aeroplane on the roundabout.
What a lovely journey!
Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 9:25am
Today, we looked at artist Rachel Parker. She specialises in surface pattern designs. It was so interesting to see her art in her sketchbooks then be used on this such as curtains, phone cases and rugs.
Year 2 - Managing Distractions!
Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 7:56am
We began by using our oracy skills to explore what managing distractions means, discussing the difference between internal distractions and external distractions. We also talked about how important it is to recognise anything that might take our attention away from learning. After watching a short video, we used the think, nest, respond strategy to reflect on what we had learned. This helped us understand the many types of distractions we may face and how these can vary depending on our environment. Working in groups, we looked at an image and identified potential distractions within it, explaining why each one might interrupt our focus. To finish the lesson, we shared practical strategies we can use to avoid or manage distractions in the future.
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 4:23pm
🧮 Hands-On Maths Fun!
Today our children enjoyed a practical maths session all about measures. They had the chance to explore and experiment with a variety of equipment, including:
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📏 Tape measures to check the length of different objects
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🫗 Measuring jugs to estimate and record capacity
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⚖️ Weighing scales to find the mass of everyday items
Through these activities, pupils practised estimating and then measuring accurately. This hands-on experience really helped them make meaningful connections with their classroom maths work, showing how numbers and measurements are part of the world around us.
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 2:01pm
👮♂️ Our Visit About Online Safety
Today the police came to talk to us about Online Safety. It was really interesting and made us think about how we use the internet every day.
🌐 What We Might See Online
Sometimes the internet shows us things that aren’t nice. This could be:
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Cruelty or bullying
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Abuse
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Inappropriate content
If we ever see something that makes us feel upset, the best thing to do is tell a trusted adult.
😴 Why Late-Night Scrolling Isn’t Great
We also learned about using phones, tablets, or computers late at night. The police explained that:
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Screens can stop us from sleeping properly
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Being tired makes it harder to concentrate in class
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Putting devices away before bed helps us feel more rested
🛡️ How We Can Stay Safe
Here are some easy tips we talked about:
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Limit screen time before bed
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Use privacy settings
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Talk to parents or teachers if something online worries us
✨ What We Learned
The internet can be amazing, but it’s important to use it wisely. By making smart choices, we can stay safe, happy, and focused.
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 11:23am
In Reception, we work very hard everyday learning how to form our letters correctly.
We remind ourselves how to hold our pencil using the correct grip and then repeat the letter formation rhymes we have learnt in phonics.
Our hard work is then celebrated each week in a whole school assembly where someone has the chance to be the Handwriter of the Week.
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:59am
Over this half term the children in reception have been learning about the season of autumn. We had a fantastic trip to Salisbury Woods where we looked for signs of autumn and look for different autumnal animals living in the woods. When we returned to school many of our oracy sessions were themed around autumn; exploring new vocabulary and using stem sentences to and widgets to build our own sentences. We have also been learning to build on each others knowledge which has led to some fabulous discussions during carpet time. Within continuous provision we have been painting autumn trees, exploring our autumn sensory tough tray and taking part in many activities in writing and maths linked to the theme of autumn.
"In autumn the temperature gets colder" Ava
"The days are shorter and it goes dark early" Theo
"Some animals hiberate" Rohan
"The leaves fall down and change colour" Sydney
"That's because there isn't lots of sun so they start to die" Lockie
Have a look at our fabulous learning.
Reception-The Gruffalo- Being Imaginative
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:57am
We have had lots of fun over the last two weeks being imaginitive and acting out the story of The Gruffalo, both inside and outside of the classroom.
Take a look at our photos!
"I'm the Gruffalo...I'm big and scary with orange eyes, purple prickles down my back and a green nose" Lockie.
"I love reading the story.. look at his black tongue and knobbly knees" Joseph
"I'm eating owl ice- cream in the gruffalo house" Ruby- Louise
"Come into the Gruffalo house.. have some food... i won't eat you!" Faith B
"I'm making food for the Gruffalo... chop, chop the carrots...orange like his eyes" Daisy
"Mmmm yummy food for the mouse...snake...owl and fox- they like vegetables" Dolcie- Rae
"We're making Gruffalo food in the woods!" Tilly- Mae
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:55am
In geography, we’ve been practicing how to read maps and spot important places around the UK. It’s been exciting to see how cities, rivers, and mountains all connect!
🏙️ Cities
We found the capital cities of the UK:
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London
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Edinburgh
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Cardiff
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Belfast
🌊 Rivers
We located famous rivers such as:
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Thames
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Severn
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Trent
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Clyde
⛰️ Mountains
We explored mountain ranges including:
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Scottish Highlands (with Ben Nevis, the tallest peak)
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Pennines
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Snowdonia
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Grampian Mountains
🧭 What We Learned
Maps aren’t just lines and names—they show how people live alongside rivers and mountains
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:51am
Over the past few weeks Reception have been reading the story 'The Gruffalo'. As part of our learning we have been exploring using a range of different meduims and materials to create our own Gruffalos. We painted them first focusing on the use of colour ensuring we remembered his orange eyes and purple prickles. We then used a range of materials in the creative area to collage the Gruffalo adding specific details including tusks, a poisonous wart and purple prickles. During continuous provision the children also had the change to use the playdough to make their own models of the Gruffalo. Finally we explored how we could use recycled materials to make junk model Gruffalo. We explored how we could fix, join and attach the different materials and boxes using masking tape. The children worked really hard perserving even when it was tricky. When they finished their models they were encouraged to talk about what they liked best about it and how it could be further improved.
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:39am
This week during maths we have being comparing length using the correct mathematical vocabularly. The children then explored this during continuos provision making different length snakes out of playdough and ordering them from shortest to longest. Th children were encouraged to compare the length using the vocabulary forom our oracy session. The children also counted the correct links onto the snake heads and explained which was the longest and why.
"This snake is longer becuase 5 is more than two" Shiloh
"The green snake is longer than the red snake" Noah
Year 2 Get Busy Making Christingles! ✨
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:12am
