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Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 2:32pm
Our new librararians have been appointed!📚
They recently visited The Attic for the first time and they were blown away!😮 Not only did they get to explore the magical world of books, but they also had the chance to chat about their new role and how they can make our school library even better!🙌🏼 What's even more exciting is that the National Literacy Trust in Blackpool, in partnership with World of Stories, has generously donated some new books to our library!📖
#NewLibrarians #WorldOfStories #BookLovers #SchoolLibraryGoals
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 10:30pm
The children have been very busy listening to superhero stories and even getting in to a few rescue missions themselves! They have made their own masks and designed a cape. The masks came in very handy as they role played superhero missions outside. We also looked at the "s" sound in phonics and found other objects that began with a "s". The children then created their own super "S".
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 10:12pm
Nursery never run out of ways to have fun outdside. Amongst all the fun, there is a lot of learning going on! This week, the slide has created lots of learning opportunites - all led by the children. They worked together to move a crate to use as an extra step and then moved the giant spinning top to the bottom of the slide. The chidlren then discovered it was great fun to slide down the slide and land in the spinning top! They children have also been exploring colours and colour mixing all through painting a large cardboard box!
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 4:52pm
Today, Year Two enjoyed their first forest school session of the spring term. We begun by discussing how the season has changed from Autumn to Winter and what has changed in the outside areas; we then went on a hunt around the garden to find signs that spring is nearly here! Next we made friendship bracelets, working well together to twist the materials tightly and tie a knot so we could wear them before we had a team race to see who was the best at tying knots in string. Finally, we explored shelters and used the parachute to protect us from the cold before making our own dens in the garden to protect a teddybear.
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 4:00pm
This week in History, we used our History, Geography and oracy skills. We started by locating Egypt and England on a world map and then zoomed in on Europe and North Africa to see how far away Egypt is. Next, we were given a map of Egypt and in groups we had to discuss and decide where we think we would have been best to build the pyramids and Pharaoh tombs. We came up with some sentence starters to support our discussions. We decided that near the River Nile was the best option because of the supply of water for building and living whilst building the tombs/pyramids.
Reception The Tiger who came to tea
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 11:38am
This week the children have been reading the story 'The Tiger who came to tea". They have enjoyed taking part in lots of different activities themed around the book including; collaging and painting tigers, acting out the story in the home corner, retelling the storying orally using the props and puppets, solving different tiger theme maths problems and writing sentences about the story. What a busy week we have had!
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 11:16am
The children in Reception were invited to bring their favourite teddy bear into school. As a class we talked about our teddies, what they were called. what they looked like and why they were special to us. We discussed how teddy bears have changed over time, comparing teddy bear in the past to teddy bears in the present day. Mrs Clark showed us her mum's teddy bear which was sixty years old. We then sorted the different pictures of teddy bears into past and present.
"Teddy bears now are colourful" Mathew
"Teddy bears in the past are made from brown material" Oliver
"You can get lots of different characters" Isabelle
""Present means it is today" Summer
"The past mean it has already happened" Isla
"Mrs Clark's teddy was made a long time ago" Esmai
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 10:59am
This week the children in Reception have been making pancakes. We talked about the tradition of pancake day how some people decide to give something up, during the Christain period of Lent. The children then enjoyed following a recipe to make and then eat their own pancakes. When we returned to the classroom sequenced the pictures correctly and wrote our own insgtructions.
"You have to mix the eggs, milk and flour with a whisk" Alaiya
"Cook it in a frying pan" Isla
"The pancakes were yummy. I liked the syrup best" Isabelle.
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 8:42am
This week pupils investigated the causes and effects of friction. We carried out an investigation by measuring the force needed to move a mass of 1kg on different surfaces. We discovered that smooth surfaces created less friction and rough surfaces created more friction. A higher mass will also increase the amount of friction.
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 8:29am
This week our PE journey into 'Net and Wall Games' continued, with Jordan, our PE coach. Pupils practised the 'ready position' and then learned the techniques required to play forehand and backhand ground strokes. Pupils tested their reactions in small games, which meant using the skills they had learned in the lesson.
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 8:24am
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Date: 28th Feb 2024 @ 8:46pm
Today in Design and Technology we practised the skill of accurately drawing out shapes. We carefully used a ruler to measure out different shapes in centimetres and we then carefully cut them out. We will apply this skill to mark out different parts of our moving vehicles, such as doors and windows.
Date: 28th Feb 2024 @ 1:06pm
In music, Year 3 have been looking at playing, improvising and composing using the glockenspiels. The children planned out their compositions using beats and used the notes GABCD in their compositions.
Date: 27th Feb 2024 @ 12:01pm
Last half term, the children in Year 3 explored healthy and varied diets. We designed and created wraps and pittas thinking about colour, taste and if it had a selection from the eat well guide.
Date: 27th Feb 2024 @ 11:58am
Before half term, the children explore their RSE learning. The children explored different body types, the importance of personal space and different types of families.
Date: 27th Feb 2024 @ 11:51am
In our first lesson on light we explored what light was and what darkness is. We discoverd that darkness was the absence of light. We also learnt that light travels in straight lines. Finally, we explored what light sources are and which were natural and manmade.
Year 4 - Classifying vertebrates
Date: 26th Feb 2024 @ 7:03pm
Today we focused on how to classify vertebrate using branching. We recapped the characteristics of the five vertebrates then used various resources to make our own.
Date: 26th Feb 2024 @ 5:56pm
Reception have been learning about the celebration- Chinese New Year- the year of the dragon.
They made Chinese lanterns and dragons, painted Chinese dragons, talked about Chinese food and how similar it is to other celebrations, such as Christmas and birthdays.
"You clean the house ready to celebrate and eat special food" Mathew.
"You get presents and treats" Lucy.
"It is the year of the dragon" Loui-Tony.
"i like Chinese food- I eat rice and noodles and chicken" Mireya.
"You eat Chinese food with chopsticks" Myah.
Date: 26th Feb 2024 @ 5:29pm
Today we learnt about finding the difference and exploring this as a form of subtraction. We worked to make comparisons between two amounts, asking questions such as who has more? How do you know? How many more does _ have? We used our skills of counting back and counting on to help us to find the difference. Some of us made both amounts to visually see how many more or less a number is.
Date: 26th Feb 2024 @ 5:08pm
This half term we are exploring yoga in our PE lessons. This week we practised the basic principle of yoga and mindfulness. We learnt what it meant to put our bodies into a yoga pose and how this felt for us. Throughout the lesson we began to learn a number of simple positions through fun games and activities.
Date: 26th Feb 2024 @ 5:00pm
As part of our work for LGBTQ+ history month, Year 6 look at the Stonewall Riots in New York and the impact they had on the LGBTQ+ community. This included learning about key figures, such as Marsha. P. Johnson and Brenda Howard. We also learned about the history of 'Pride' and how different countries celebrate this. It has been a very interesting unit of work and we have enjoyed looking at and celebrating our differences.
Acorns - Goldilocks and number fun
Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 4:18pm
Acorns have had lots of fun this week learning about the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. We have immersed ourselves in sensory stories, oaty tuff trays, puppets and even Goldilocks yoga. Alongside this, we have been exploring fun number and maths activities as our school celebrates its 100th day of school. We have been busy developing our focus and concentration skills while taking part in adult led activities. We worked very hard and had lots of fun.
Year 5 - Holi vanilla biscuits
Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 3:49pm
Today has been a busy day in year 5. We have learned about food hygiene, evaluated existing biscuits, designed, made and decorated biscuits to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi. Now all we need to do is eat them!
Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 3:45pm
Today, 10 pupils in year 5 completed their level 1 and 2 Bikeability training. This meant learning how to look after their bike and how to cycle safely on the road. A huge 'thank you' to Active Blackpool and Mrs McIntyre for all of their effort over the past two days.
Date: 22nd Feb 2024 @ 8:43pm
What a great day we had in Year 6 today! Over the last couple of days we have been researching pizzas and looking at recipes in order to design our own pizza. Today we worked in groups and pairs to make from scratch the pizza dough and the sauce. We then split the dough into equal parts and rolled/stretched it out to create a thin base. Once this was done, we added the sauce and then picked a range of different toppings to add. We were very impressed with the results and they tasted amazing!! We are going to evaluate our pizzas tomorrow and say what we liked about our prodct and what we would add/change.
