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Year 3- Exploring explanation texts!
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 4:08pm
This week we have started our new Reading into Writing journey looking at explanation text. We identified and located features in a range of texts and thought about which we may use when writing our own.
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 4:04pm
Today we started our DT journey. This half term we will be designing, making and evaluating our own pillows. We started the journey by taking inspiration from others. We looked at a variety of pillows and evaluated them based on their purpose, fabric, design and decorations.
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 3:55pm
This week we started our 7 weeks with Wigan Warriors. We learned to tig each other and run with the ball.
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 3:53pm
This week, we started to look at figurative language. We focused on similes, personification, metaphors, onomatopoeia and alliteration.
Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 7:27pm
Alongside the rest of the school, Year 1 have been thinking about our goals for the year. We discussed how we needed to choose a sensible goal and think of ideas to make a plan for how we are going to get there. We had lots of good ideas and are looking forward to taking small steps towards our goals!
Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 3:01pm
This week, the children in year 5 have had the first of their three summer Forest School lessons. After exploring the wild area and picking all of the fruit from the trees, pupils worked together to build dens, clear the pond area and find small animals that have moved in over the summer. Pupils had a great time and can't wait until next week!
Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 2:56pm
This week, the pupils in year 5 have begun their art journey which is all about typography and maps. Typography is the creation of aesthetically pleasing and legible letters. In this lesson, pupils learned about how printed letter fonts have evolved over the past 2000 years. We then created our own letters using a variety of shapes.
Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 1:58pm
Today Year Two worked on representing the tens and ones in 2-digit numbers using Base 10. We compared numbers with the same digits, such as 59 and 95 to show how the order of the digits makes a difference in the value of the number.
Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 1:57pm
This half term in Year 2 we will be creating our own puppets. To begin our learning journey, we explored a range of different puppets including: glove puppets, finger puppets, marionette puppets and shadow puppets. We thought about the materials that each puppet has been made out of, who might use the puppet as well as the different techniques that were used to join the matierals together. Most of us thought the glove puppets were the best and look forward to making our own in the future.
Date: 6th Sep 2023 @ 6:21pm
During our first week in year one we have been grouping and sorting! We have used a number of different objects and talked about what is the same and what is different. We have learnt we can sort by colour, by shape, by type and by size. We have learnt how to log into our own Seesaw account and post pictures of our learning! We have also been exploring our new classroom environment and completing lots of maths challenges in the provision.
Date: 6th Sep 2023 @ 5:44pm
We started our history topic by considering the question 'Why do we study the Maya in school?'. After finding out where the Maya lived and viewing some of the ancient sites on Google Earth, we looked for clues in the playground and used our critical thinking skills to decide what made the Maya so special.
Year 2 - Welcome to Bailey's Book Club
Date: 6th Sep 2023 @ 2:51pm
Today we welcomed Bailey and her owner Vincent to our school for the first session of Bailey's Book Club in Year 2. Several children had some one to one time reading to Vincent and Bailey the dog, Bailey also came into class and Vincent read a story about a Puppy to the children. Bailey gave out some Word of Week Certificates to the readers and then we had a bit of fun with Bailey doing some tricks with the bubbles!
Silver Geography Quality Mark!
Date: 5th Sep 2023 @ 12:41pm
We are proud to share that our Geography Curriculum has ben recognised for its quality Teaching and Learning and we have received the Silver Geography Quality Mark. We would like to thank our hardworking pupils and staff as we Work As One To Be The Best That We Can Be!
Year 6 - Introduction to tennis
Date: 4th Sep 2023 @ 7:35pm
Today might have been our first day back but we got straight back to it and even got to begin our net and wall unit with a brief introduction to tennis. We learned how to hold our rackets properly and how to control the ball with the racket. We also progressed to sending and receiving accurate passes to our partner.
Date: 20th Jul 2023 @ 4:02pm
As part of leavers celebrations, today we went to Stanley Park for a games morning and picnic together. It was another lovely opportunity to spend time together and have fun.
Date: 20th Jul 2023 @ 3:51pm
What a week this has been for Year 6!! We have had such a great year together and tonight we held our disco, where we could enjoy being together. Boathouse provided the music and the children provided the dance moves. What a wonderful time we all had.
Date: 20th Jul 2023 @ 11:51am
Nursery had a great time building with some new bricks this week. There was some super team work going on as they moved the bricks around and tried to construct a wall. They really had to think about the best way to stack the bricks so the wall didn't fall over! Their building skills were very impressive!
Date: 19th Jul 2023 @ 3:38pm
This half term, Year Two have been exploring different ways to represent data using an online system linking our Computing and Maths learning. Throughout the unit we have explored creating tally charts, pictograms and today we finished the unit by using data to create a block diagram. We have really enjoyed the unit and putting our Maths statistics knowledge into Computing.
Blackpool Children and Families Art Competition
Date: 19th Jul 2023 @ 12:06pm
Blackpool Children and Families Art Competition
One of our year 5 pupils, Sophie W, has been chosen as a winner of the Blackpool Children and Families Art Competition. Her fantastic pencil drawing of Blackpool Tower will be used to make their new Children and Families Plan look and feel more exciting. Well done, Sophie!
Date: 18th Jul 2023 @ 4:24pm
Today, we used the computers to create our hot write of a persuasive advert. We thought about making it appealing by using bright colours and exciting shapes as well as using persuasive language to persuased someone to visit either Antarctica, the rainforest or the desert. We used our Geography knowledge from hot and cold places to make sure we told some facts. We had to have lots of patience but enjoyed using the chromebooks for our writing.
Date: 17th Jul 2023 @ 6:16pm
Today we began to develop our understanding of structure and build on our making skils. Our exploration started with careful looking and drawing, experimenting mark-making with a variety of media. Later this week, we are going to explore how to make 3D forms, before creating our individual 3D birds.
Date: 17th Jul 2023 @ 4:13pm
Today the children had lots of fun with the Messagebus, which was provided to the school by St. Mark's Church for the day. The children had a great time being with their friends and enjoying some quality time together. On the bus, the children took part in acitivities such as climbing wall, slide, games on the Xbox and PS4 as well as playing with jenga and connect 4.
Year 6 - Choral Speaking Winners!
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 5:29pm
Year 6 have had a great week! On Wednesday we won the Boundary choral speaking competition with our performance of 'Tarantella' by Hilaire Belloc. Today, we took part in the Blackpool interschool competition and won! The children were amazing and wowed the judges with their brilliant performance.
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 12:04pm
This week the pupils in year 5 have been busy creating a steady hand game. Pupils had to make a circuit by connecting wires, a 9v battery and a buzzer, then add this to a wire maze and wand. All of the groups successfully made a working game. We then evalutated and discussed how we could improve our products if we made them again.
Date: 13th Jul 2023 @ 4:04pm
Today, we participated in Geography morning alongside the rest of School exploring Antarctica. Year Two explored the key question ‘What is it like in Antarctica?’ We watched a video that recapped our knowledge about the temperature, animals, plants and shelters that are there and how nobody lives in Antarctica. We learnt it is the largest desert and is also the coldest place on earth because of its location furthest away from the equator. We used all our knowledge to create replica models of Antarctica.
First, we added mountains and the Southern Ocean into our model before painting a sky. Then we used cotton wool, tissue paper and other resources to add texture to our creations and bring it to life. We even had an iceberg floating in the middle of the ocean! Finally, we discussed animals we would find in Antarctica and placed them around the model in their correct habitats.
