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Week beginning 9th April, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 8th Apr 2018 @ 5:47pm

I hope you haave all had a lovely break.

The curriculum overview for this half term is on the class page for you to see. Below are a few highlights for the week ahead.

This week we will be using the book The Moushole Cat by Antonia Barber as the stimulus for our English lessons, starting on Monday revising noun phrases.

Our spelling focus is words ending in cian, sion, tion, ssion

Maths this week will be looking at equivalent fractions and decimals

We will be learning about rivers in readiness for our trip to Cuerden Valley next week.

As well as PE, ICT,RE, Art and Jigsaw we will be rehearsing our production.

It is going to be a busy wekk.

Week Beginning Monday 9th April 2018, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 7th Apr 2018 @ 5:05pm

Hello all,

I hope you had a happy Easter!

Here's the plan for next week:

Look out for topic letters in book bags this week. Also, I may send home lines for class assembly so look out for those too.

I look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Many thanks,

Mrs Coxhead

Science Week, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 29th Mar 2018 @ 9:45pm

Our Science week was full of exploration.  Our theme was rocks.  Here are a few photos to show what we got up to. 

Maths - shape activities, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 29th Mar 2018 @ 9:43pm

Vote, pupil,voice, issues which are important to us., by Mrs Catterall

Date: 29th Mar 2018 @ 9:41pm

In class we have been discussing issues in the news.  As part of this work the children had to create a poster to campaign for an issue that was important to them, something they would like to see change.  The children had some amazing ideas, I am very proud of their commitment to understand some big issues in the world and care about how these will effect them in the future. 

Our Stone Age presentations., by Mrs Catterall

Date: 29th Mar 2018 @ 9:33pm

We have thoroughly enjoyed our Stone Age topic this half term.  The children worked in groups to research an aspect of Stone Age life and then presented it to the rest of the class.

We had making of Stone Age clothes, a Stonehenge PowerPoint, Stone Age recipe books, some painting of Stone Age animals, a model of a camp etc. 

Rock cake baking, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 29th Mar 2018 @ 9:29pm

Our Spring term baking was linked to our Stone Age topic.  We made rock cakes, we adapted the recipe to add red jam to make it more Stone Age. I'm sure you can imagine what it represented! There was plenty to go around and we enjoyed a great rock cake feast.  

Science friday, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 23rd Mar 2018 @ 9:27pm

This morning we thought about and read the Easter story. Then we looked at the spring flowers that Mrs Hothersall had brought into class. We thought about what they needed to grow......then we put the flowers into water with a few drops of food colouring and watched in amazement as they drank up the water and changed colour. 

Football , by Mrs Pratten

Date: 23rd Mar 2018 @ 12:45pm

Yesterday the A team played in an inter school tournament, we won 2 and drew 1,there was a great team spirit. We have one more round after Easter we will keep you updated.Nicholas an the team

Fun Friday, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 23rd Mar 2018 @ 12:37pm

We finished our fantastic plants today and wrote instructions on how to grow them.If you want a chocolate tree, unicorn tree or a pond tree ,see the Penguins! 

We also had fun designing a lab coat for a scientist.

Hope you all have a good break, enjoy your Easter eggs and are all cough free next term!

Science Week Day 5, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 23rd Mar 2018 @ 10:51am

After our last session of orienteering we have turned back into scientists. This morning we are investigating accidental discoveries. We are learning about artificial sweeteners and Coca Cola! 

Mobile Farm, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 23rd Mar 2018 @ 8:27am

Here are some pictures from the mobile farm visit on Wednesday. The animals were very friendly and Ben and Marion taught us lots about them.

Thumping Tursday, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 23rd Mar 2018 @ 6:55am

Well done and a big thank you to all the children ( and parents) who made fantastic Easter bonnets they were all eggscellent!  Grace was our overall winner 🐰

Bonnets 2, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 22nd Mar 2018 @ 9:29pm

Easter bonnet parade, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 22nd Mar 2018 @ 9:28pm

Take a look at the fantastic bonnets.

Science Week Day 4, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 22nd Mar 2018 @ 2:09pm

This morning we have had lots of fun with eggs. we made hypotheses about whether or not it is possible to crack an egg by holding the egg in your palm or between your thumb and forefinger. We found out that it wasn't. We then wrapped our eggs in cling film and applied force to one area of the gg and they cracked. We discovered that eggs have strong points where the pressure is equally spread so they don't crack.

Our next eggsperiment was to answer the question will an egg float in tap water? We discovered that they do t . We then aasked will an egg float in salty water? We made up a salt solution which we topped up with tap water. The egg sank through the tap water but when it reached the salty water at the bottom of the jug it floated. This is because salt water is denser that tap water.

The morning finished watching a fantastic sho called Journey To The Bottom of The Earth. 

After lunch we discussed healthy diets and thought about vegetarianism before designing science lab coats. 

Music with Mrs Bolton, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 22nd Mar 2018 @ 9:26am

Take a look at some of our amazing pictures from this mornings concert. We have had a really lovely time. Thank you for coming along x

Animals, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 21st Mar 2018 @ 5:24pm

We have been learning about animals - their diets and groups. We made a meal for a pet and designed our own zoo where animals were organised according to whether they were a mammal, reptile, amphibian, bird or fish.

Wonderful Wednesday, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 21st Mar 2018 @ 5:07pm

Today we learnt about seed dispersal - how seeds travel and are carried to different places. We also planted our seeds, please let me know how they grow! The children have been busy inventing their own new plant, designing a seed , the plant and thinking about how the seeds will be dispersed. Some creative ideas!

We have also set up an experiment with celery and white carnations put in purple water, we have predicted what we think ,we will let you know if we were right👍

Science Week Day 3, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 21st Mar 2018 @ 12:09pm

This morning we have been investigating sound

we have done the following investigations: The rice drum, balloon voices, twanging rulers, tapping spoons and clapping 

We finished the morning with more music by making straw oboes.

Musical moment , by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 21st Mar 2018 @ 10:43am

This morning Year 3 and Year 4 performed a concert for their parents and grandparents. We had flutes, recorders, glocks and voices. It was a fantastic occasion. Thank you to Mrs Bolton and Mrs  Gray for all of their hard work with the children. 

Tremendous Tuesday, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 20th Mar 2018 @ 9:03pm

The Penguins finished cooking for their enterprise this morning.A big thank you to Grace's grandma who came in and helped again and a big thank you to parents and children who helped after school. All our pizza slices went  and there were lots of great comments about how delicious they were - well done Penguins! Linda is counting the money for us and I will let you know our profit. I know some people are keen to have a go at making the pizzas at home, Iwill let you have a copy so you can have a go over Easter.

The Penguins enjoyed looking for the shortest and longest leaves around school and measuring them and then recording the results.The longest was actually the leaves on the spider plant in the classroom. 

More science fun tomorrow 🙂

Birds’ nests, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 20th Mar 2018 @ 5:23pm

We made our own nests using clay and materials we could find outside. We tested the nests for sturdiness in the wind, using a hairdryer.

Science week- day 2, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 20th Mar 2018 @ 11:30am

Today we had a WOW moment starter we added milk, a few drops of food colouring and a magic drop of dish soap. We watched in amazement. We then talked about the first day of Spring and thought about signs of Spring. We went on a walk around school to look for any signs of Spring.

PE, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 20th Mar 2018 @ 11:25am

This half term we have been using the huge apparatus in the hall. We have learnt how to get on the rope safely. We can climb up the apparatus and make wide, long and tall shapes. We have had a go at doing a forward roll.