Cave Paintings!
This week in Year 3 we have taken inspiration from the Stone Age and created our own Stone Age paintings. We looked at different examples of cave paintings from around the world and used these ideas to create our own!
Stone Age Cave Paintings
This week we have been studying the cave paintings from the Stone Age. We have researched and looked at lots using virtual tours of a cave in France, learnt how they would have created a type of paint and tools they may have used. We then had a go at making paint and painting tools 'Stone Age…
A Great Start
Year 4 have all had a good start to this half term and we are looking forward to lots of exciting activites between now and Christmas.
Next week we will be creating our own Stone Age cave paintings. Please can each child bring a stone and a twig on Monday whch they can use as tools for…
Winter is Here!
WINTER IS HERE!
I am writing to inform parents of school procedures should the weather force us to close. Parents who have registered for Parent Mail will receive a text informing them of the closure. If you have not registered yet please listen to BBC Radio Lancashire (95.5 FM, 103.9 FM, 104.5…
Tree planting at Gillibrand
Tree Planting - Wednesday 16th November
As part of our ‘Going for Green’ playground development, we will be planting 30 trees in our outdoor space and we would like your help.
We will be planting trees on Wednesday 16th November after school. If you would like to offer your help please…
Calling all parents
We have been very lucky with the weather this year so far. However we would love to continue teaching outdoors whenever possible over the winter. If any parents have spare pairs of old wellies, that no longer fit their children, we would be very grateful if you could donate them to school.
We…
Year 3 Science Investigation Morning!
On Thursday morning Year 3 completed 3 different science investigations. The first investigation was a human body investigation. The children had to build a brick tower without using their fingers and hands – it proved very tricky! The second investigation was all about water where the children…
Go Green For Halloween in Year 1
In year 1, we had a fabulous time going 'GREEN FOR HALLOWEEN'! There were some truly amazing outfits and costumes and the children had a great time and raised money for the NSPCC and Cash for Kids.
Thank you also to all the parents for their efforts and supporting on this special…
Go Green for Halloween in Year Two
Go Green for Halloween
Wow look at Year two all dressed in green for Halloween.
Thank you to all the parents who took the time and effort to create some wonderful outfits.
Poetry Slam
This week we have had a poetry competion. There were 3 rounds and we had to write our own poems on the themes of:
Autumn, Outdoor Learning and Aspirations.
Our winners were: Faith with Weather; Eessa with Outdoor Learning; William with Your Goal.
Well done :)
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Science investigations
Yesterday morning Year 5 had great fun carrying out different science investigations. We used our skills of prediction to think about what was going to happen. We also discussed what we needed to do to make our investigations fair. The children then presented a short report on their…
Stone Age shelter building
This week the children built a Stone Age shelter. They had to decide on the best place to build it then work as a team to create the structure. We managed to fit 6 children in at a time. We talked about what it would have been like in Stone Age times and compared it to our lives today.
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