Blog Author: Mrs Redmayne

All week in Year 6 we have been busy preparing for the Scotforth Christmas Market. We have been working in teams and each team has had a budget of £15.  As you can see, we have been very productive but we could not have done it without all the help given to us by parents, friends and…

Today we were visited by PC Atkinson and CPO David who talked to us about being safe online. They challenged us about keeping private and not contacting anyone who we do not know when we are online.

On Friday 9th November, Year 6 visited Clitheroe Castle to learn more about World War 1 and to take part in an act of remembrance. We heard poems written about the Great War and developed some ideas for our own which we wrote later. We also made a poppy wreath and took part in an army drill led by…

On Friday 18th October Year 5 and 6 held a Book Cafe.  Over a cup of hot chocolate and a croissant, we shared books that we had enjoyed over this half-term and read book reviews that we had written.  Some of us even read aloud passages to give a sense of what the books were like.  We gave…

On Friday 18th October Year 5 and 6 held a Book Cafe.  Over a cup of hot chocolate and a croissant, we shared books that we had enjoyed over this half-term and read book reviews that we had written.  Some of us even read aloud passages to give a sense of what the books were like.  We gave…

Today we started our playleader training with Scott and Greg. We learnt how to do a warm-up session and soon, if we pass the young leader award, we will be helping to organise and run games with the infants at lunchtimes. Look out for us soon on a playground near…

On Wednesday 17th October we were visited by three musicians from the Lancashire Music Service. They played some fantastic music on the clarinet, trumpet and violin. They then lead workshops giving us the opportunity to try out the three instruments. Have a look at how we got on! We had a…

On Wednesday 17th October we were visited by three musicians from the Lancashire Music Service. They played some fantastic music on the clarinet, trumpet and violin. They then lead workshops giving us the opportunity to try out the three instruments. Have a look at how we got on! We had a great…

Recently we have been learning about the Lewis Carroll poem, Jabberwocky. In art, we tried to imagine what the fantasy world of the poem would look like and painted our idea for the setting.  We then used collage to create some of the animals in the poem.  See if you can work out which creatures…

On Friday 5th October, Scotforth held its very own Bake Off!  We had loads of entries and the standards were AMAZING!  In Year 6, we had a great time tasting and judging the different entries.  You can probably tell how much we enjoyed ourselves! Have a look at some of our creations.   A special…

On Friday 5th October, Scotforth held its very own Bake Off!  We had loads of entries and the standards were AMAZING!  In Year 5 , we had a great time tasting and judging the different entries.  Have a look at some of our creations.  Thanks so much to FOSSY for arranging the…

On Friday 28th September, Jackie, Tom and Sophie from Science Hunters at Lancaster University came to lead science workshops with Years 5 and 6 about pollination.  We were all very excited as we were learning through "playing" Minecraft! First of all we learnt about the life-cycle of  plants and…