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Year 2 Help... There's been a power cut!
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 4:23pm
Yesterday, we used the Now Press Play equipment to further explore our topic of Electricity. In the story there was a power cut in our town whilst our sister was in urgent need of her dialysis- usually they have this at home but due to the lack of power had to attend the hospital. The hospital was incredibly busy and was using the limited supply of generators. The children decided they had to do something to help and went on a trip to the power station to try and get the power back on to save the people in the hospital. The children used their knowledge of how to make a simple circuit using batteries, wires and bulbs to make their own torch and explored the differences between coal and wind energy. At the end we saved the day and got the towns Electricity back on and disucssed which source of energy is renewable and better for the environment. The children loved the story and it really supported the knowledge of Electricity they have learnt this half term.
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 4:14pm
Today, Year 2 participated in the whole School Art Day with the theme of Blackpool. Our task was to explore different shells and the patterns they have. We all cut out images of shells that we liked and also drew a variety of shells over a two page spread to generate a bank of ideas to inspire our own shell creation. In the afternoon, we practiced making a shell shape and pattern out of plasticine before creating our final design and then making our final product out of clay. We quickly realised it was much harder to mould and shape the clay in comparison to the plasticine as it is harder and was drying quickly in the warm classroom. Despite it being difficult the children were very resilient and showed great perseverance to finish their shells. Miss Duckworth and Miss Hooson were impressed with their creations!
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 12:08pm
Year 6 had a great day learning about the street artist Banksy and created their own Banksy inspired Blackpool street art. First, we learned about Banksy and used our sketch books to explore his work and inspiration. We discussed the meaning behind some of his pieces and whether grafitti is art or vandalism. We then practised using sponges and spray bottles to create a 'spray paint' effect. Finally we used stencils to create our collaborative 'I love Blackpool' street art.
Date: 23rd Mar 2022 @ 4:41pm
This week in Reception we have been learning about the importance of keeping ourself and our bodies healthy. As a class we discussed different ways we an keep healthy including having a balanced diet, regular exercise, plenty of sleep, keeping clean and regularly brushing our teeth and keeping ourselves hydrated. We produced some fantastic pieces of writing and even enjoyed making our own healthy snack 'a fruit kebab'. Outside in the garden we enjoyed bathing the babies. brushing the false teeth, buying healthy snack from our shop and exercising on our balance bikes.
Date: 23rd Mar 2022 @ 2:48pm
We have had a visit from the Police this week to talk about legal and, mainly, illegal drugs. This involved looking at how drugs are trying to be disguised as sweets, looking at the risks and 'street' names of illegal drugs and discussing peer pressure. Year 6 children were really sensible, listened carefully, participated well and asked some great question.
Date: 23rd Mar 2022 @ 10:54am
We are proud to publish the official photographs from Year 5's performance of 'Much Ado About Nothing' at Blackpool's famous Grand Theatre, which was held on Tuesday 15th March 2022.
The children who performed did an outstanding job at performing one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays, and at representing our school!
Don't they look like they should be on a film set in Hollywood?!
Date: 22nd Mar 2022 @ 4:10pm
In RE, we held our very own Vaisakhi celebration! We learnt the importance and traditions of the celebrations and tried them out for ourselves. We started by discussing the worship and we had a look at a real Chaur Sahib. We then learnt some traditional dances, tried on some clothing and finally tasted some traditional foods. We had a great time celebrating and enjoyed enbracing other cultures and traditions.
Date: 22nd Mar 2022 @ 3:37pm
Today we have continued building our own websites using Google Sites. We have built the pages, and add text and pictures in previous lessons, and today was all about hyperlinks. Hyperlinks are buttons or text on websites that send you to another website when you click it. We discussed what types of webpages should be linked to our own and found good sources of information which were relevant to our websites. We added several hyperlinks to our science-based websites, to given more information to visitors.
Reception Comic Relief- Super Heroes!
Date: 21st Mar 2022 @ 8:54pm
Reception had a great time dressing up as their super heroes to raise money for Comic Relief.
Marvel Super Heroes, The Justice League and the NHS were just some of the many heroes found in Reception on Friday!
Take a look!
Reception Whose that trip trapping over my bridge?
Date: 21st Mar 2022 @ 8:04pm
This week Reception have been reading the traditional tale 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. The children have enjoyed retelling the story both indoors and in the garden. Inside the children used the puppets and props to retell the story in thie own words. The created their own story maps and drew pictures from the story adding labels. Outside the children worked together using the large wooden bricks to build their own bridge. They then took it in turns to play the different characters.
Year 5 Much Ado About Nothing?
Date: 21st Mar 2022 @ 7:38am
A huge congratulations to all the Year 5 children who took part in the RSC's performance of William Shakespeare's, 'Much Ado About Nothing'. We were joined by 9 other Blackpool schools as part of the RSC's Associate Schools Programme, which has been created to support pupils in building confidence, resiliance and speaking and listening skills. After several weeks of practising, learning lines and dress-rehersals, the performance was perfectly delivered infront of a packed Grand Theatre in Blackpool. We are all so proud of the children who took part - what a great experience!
Date: 21st Mar 2022 @ 7:29am
A big 'thank you' to all of the families who have supported Comic Relief this year. Lots of the children in Hawthorn came dressed as their personal hero, or a famous superhero. Mrs Bradley led a special assembly, explaining all of the good work that the charity does with the money that is raised all over the country, and we all took part in a special Superman dance!
Date: 19th Mar 2022 @ 9:12pm
As part of our History journey about Christopher Columbus, today we answered two key questions; Did everyone think Columbus was a hero and why should we remember Columbus? We looked at a range of ways in which Columbus is celebrated and ranked reasons as to why Columbus might deserve to be famous. We then selected the reasons we each thought were the most important and wrote a word plaque for a statue of Columbus.
Year 6 Area, perimeter and volume
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 8:51pm
In Maths this week we have been working on the last part of our Measures unit. This has involved working out the area and perimeter of a range of squares and rectangles. We were then taught how to find the area of both triangles and parallelograms by using formulae. This linked to our previous Algebra unit. Our final 2 lessons covered finding the volume of cubes and cuboids and solving problems relating to finding missing lengths/widths/heights.
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 8:46pm
For the first time in a long time, the sun was shining today on our PE session. We are half way through our hockey unit and we are getting much better at moving and passing the ball. We have learned how to perform the Indian dribble and a jab tackle. Today we tried our hand at accurate shooting and then got involved in a competitive 1v1 game called quicksticks. The progress is clear to see and some of us almost managed to beat Mrs. Hamilton. Almost!
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 8:09pm
Today in Year 1 we enjoyed our History Day! The first question we explored was, why do you think we remember Christopher Columbus? We became History detectives to explore the answer to this question! Clues were placed around our room, as if in an art gallery. We worked in pairs to write simple words that came to mind whilst looking at each clue. We then came back together to collect all our ideas from the clues and images we had seen!
Year 1 Locating continents and oceans!
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 8:01pm
Today we recapped the 7 continents and 5 oceans, using our songs to help with naming each. We then had a cut up version of the jigsaw map. We had to use our locational knowledge to rebuild the map and label the continents and the oceans. Whilst working with a partner to rebuild our jigsaw map we answered the questions, where will I place each continent and ocean on my map? Where on my map should this information go? And how can I use my map to plan a journey across the world?
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 5:32pm
We read a very funny story this week called "Poo In The Zoo". At Iguana eats some fire flies and then is poo begins to glow! We then talked about what a herbivore is and how they eat plants, leaves and vegetables and then created some herbivore poo at the play dough table! Don't worry - any poo involved in this weeks learning was definitely fake!
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 5:24pm
We enjoyed a super and very muddy Forest School session this week! We looked for worms, did some worm painting using string, squelched in a very muddy puddle and found alot of frog spawn in the pond!
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 9:31am
This half term in PE we are orienteering! We have had a fantastic time so far learning how to read and follow instructions to achieve an end goal, worked really well in pairs and groups to remember different codes to feedback to the teachers, enjoyed the outdoors and got in a good bit of exercise! Year 4 are really looking forwrad to seeing how this develops in the coming weeks and eventually moving onto reading maps!
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 9:16am
This week we visited St Mark's church as part of our RE journey this half term. We spent some fo the afternoon exploring the church and discussing how the different features are used day to day. After that, we learnt about the different parts of the Bible and how the Bible tells us a whole host of different stories. To finish the afternoon, we took some time to reflect on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and we wrote supportive messages and pictures on popst it notes to show our support.
Date: 16th Mar 2022 @ 10:20pm
In December, Mrs Webster asked the School Council if they had any ideas as to how they could help get children more active at playtimes by improving their KS1 playground.
Each school councillor went back to their class for ideas, these were then given to Mrs Webster, and the result was- well take a look for yourselves!
"I love playing snakes and ladders!"
"You take turns throwing the ball to each other- it keeps you fit!"
"Hopping and jumping and running can keep you healthy"
Date: 16th Mar 2022 @ 10:03pm
Our Eco Warriors, Isaac and Charlie have been very busy making sure everyone recycles ALL the waste paper in Reception.
They have also been checking that all food waste goes in the red bin after breakfast and snack time.
" Somebody put their fruit in the grey bin so I took it out and put it in the red bin!" Isaac.
"i found paper in the grey bin- not the brown recycling bag!" Charlie.
Date: 16th Mar 2022 @ 12:53pm
In P.E this half term Year Three have been learning about Tag Rugby. We have played a variety of tag games with the tagging belts and worked on dodging skills including changing speed and direction. We have started learning about how to hold and pass the ball accurately. We have looked at how we work with others to ensure we are passing and taggign sfaely.We are now looking forward to using these skills in game situations.
Year 6 What can fossils tell us?
Date: 15th Mar 2022 @ 8:51pm
In Science this week we have been recapping on what we know about fossils. We discussed what a fossil is and how they are formed by watching a video about their formation over thousands of years. We also learned about Mary Anning, a fossil hunter of the early 1800s and how her finds changed the way scientists viewed fossils. We finished with looking at several examples and discussed what we think was their closest living relative.
