People who help us visit Reception Class
This half term we have been learning about the people who help us at home, at school and in our community. We have been learning the names and jobs of people in the school who help us every day and have toured the school in groups to get to know the staff and children in the juniors.
We have…
Circuits
On Thursday 24th November Silver Birch Class built a series of electrical circuits and had to identify each element:
cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.
Look at our pictures to see what we created.
Well done to Noah who was our top circuit builder.
Stone Age Day
Year 4 had a lot of fun today learning more about the Stone Age.
We built Stonehenge from biscuits and carved our own Stone Age tools and weapons out of soap.
The winners of the Stonehenge biscuit challenge were:
Elise
Naomi
Tyraleigh
Ask your child what they have…
Stone Age Day
Year 5 have had a fun filled day today completing their Stone Age challenges. They thoroughly enjoyed building Stonehenge out of biscuits, making jewellery and carving tools from their soap.
The winners of the Stonehenge challenge were Francesca and Precious. Well…
The Great Fire of London Time Line
The Great Fire of London
This week Year Two took part in a Great Fire of London workshop. They learnt lots of new facts and participated in group discussions about the fire. We also learnt a time line for the events and performed it for Mrs Johnson one of our governors who had made a special…
George's Marvelous Medicine!
We had a great day at the theatre.
The children enjoyed the performance and were a credit to the school.
Year 3 Stone Age Workshop!
Yr3 had a great Stone Age workshop on Wednesday! We thoroughly enjoyed learning lots of new facts and we are now looking forward to Stone Age Day on Monday! Don’t forget your soap and biscuits!
Drama
This week Year 5 have been doing some drama work. They have looked at the technique of creating a scene using only their bodies as props. Thank you to Mrs Taylor, a volunteer for leading these sessions.
Bright sparks.
Today Silver Birch Class started their new Science topic on Electricity.
First of all we turned all the lights off in the classroom to see how dark it was and how life would be without electricity.
The children then got into groups and brainstormed different types of electricial…
Just keep swimming.
Year 4 are currently going swimming every Friday to Chorley swimming baths. They have been learning front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke
Each week we have our lesson then we play a game at the end. Well done to children in red group last week who won the swimming race.
Who is going to…
Stone Age Workshop
Today the children have spent the morning learning more about the Stone Age from our workshop. We have certainly learnt some new and interesting facts. Next week will be having a Stone Age day! Don't forget your biscuits and soap.
Dance with Mrs Smith
We have all enjoyed PE lessons this term with Mrs Clayton and Mrs Smith.
Last half term we learned how to play netball.
This half term we are busy creating our own Superhero Dance.
We have learned that gestures and good facial expressions are key when…