Blog Author: Miss Huddleston

Fashion design club met after school today for the first time ever, thanks to Mrs. Couchman. If you are interested in joining, there are still places available. 

Today, we were learning about our circulatory system - how the blood moves around our bodies, providing our muscles with oxygen from our lungs. As part of our learning, we looked at some lambs' hearts to investigate how the vessels are linked inside.

On Thursday 7th November, Year 6 visited Clitheroe Castle to learn more about World War 1 and the importance of remembrance. We looked at a special tin, given to each soldier by Princess Mary as a Christmas gift in December 2014. This particular tin was found in no-man's land and contained a…

Year 5 have had the first day of their Playleaders training today. They have been learning how to lead activities with the infants at playtime. They have devised games which they have then learnt to explain to other children and supervise. Their training continues next Wednesday.

Mr Weston came in this afternoon to explain why different parts of the Bible were originally written in Hebrew and Greek. He showed us how to write our names in both Hebrew and Greek. Hebrew was especially difficult as it is written from right to left and doesn't use familiar letters. He also…

Year 5 had chance to help out at the Nursery Sports Day this afternoon. They were responsible for running a selection of activities as well as supporting some of the nursery children as they tried them out. Mrs Atkinson was very grateful for their help.

Thank you to Sgt Carson-Brown who came to visit us yesterday, continuing our citizenship work. He told us about the law, the role of the police and the huge variety of jobs within the police. He also reminded us of our responsibilities, especially now that we are all over the age of 10 - the age…

Year 2 have enjoyed playing musical instruments outside this afternoon. We followed a beat and each group played a different pattern of sounds on a selection of instruments.

Our Citizenship activities continued today with a visit from Magistrates in the Community. Mrs. Randell spent the day with us, explaining the role of the magistrates as well as discussing the consequences and severity of different crimes. In the afternoon, we acted out a trial - a case of…

Year 6, along with all the other classes in school, enjoyed a session of wheelchair basketball, hosted by Lancaster Bulldogs. We learned to manoeuvre the wheelchairs quickly, changing direction to intercept the ball and to find spaces. We also had great fun! Some of our photos are rather blurred…

As part of our "Citizenship Week" activities, Year 6 visited County Hall in Preston today. We met Mr. Mynott there, who told us all about what the County Council does, how councillors are elected and what happens during council meetings. We all learnt such a lot about democracy, not only within…

Year 6 had a great day out at the annual Salt Ayre Sports Festival. They represented the school very well in a number of activities: hockey, lacrosse, orienteering and korfball. Korfball was a new sport to us - a mix of netball and basketball skills. We entered two teams and were up against some…