Blog Author: Mrs Mayor

October celebrates Black History Month, so today Year 5 took part in the online assembly that lots of schools across the country also joined. We discussed the theme of ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’.

In preparation for writing our story next week, we took part in a virtual children’s author workshop with Mikey Please. He told us all about the process of writing a children’s book and showed us lots of his illustrations. It was interesting to see the different stages it takes to write and…

Today, we spent time playing with Reception class. We had lots of toys, books and games and had the chance to talk to all the children. We were then paired up with our buddies and are looking forward to having lots of fun getting to know them this year. 

Rock Kidz visited school today and we had lots of fun singing and dancing. We sang a new song to reinforce the important message of being kind. 

For Multicultural week, we have made Rangoli patterns from India on filter paper, created origami baskets and animals from Japan and taken part in the Multicultural Festival. We tried different foods from around the world, which were delicious. We listen to music and songs from different countries…

Today, we started our unit on ‘Living things and their Habitats’. We worked in small groups to sort living things into different categories and discussed the life processes that living things need to happen to be able to survive.

In Maths, we have been identifying and making polygons. First, we sorted different shapes into regular and irregular polygons. Then we were set the challenge of using six equilateral triangles to create different polygons. 

We have had lots of fun learning to play crown green bowls with Coach Dan. At the start of the afternoon we struggled to roll the bowls onto the target but by the end we had improved so much. We played lots of mini tournaments that focused on our technique and distance.

We have been learning all about angles so today we went outside to look for and take photos of angles in our outdoor area. We then tried to make different angles using our bodies. Finally, we made pictures with sticks and twigs and labelled each acute, obtuse and right angle. 
 

As part of our experience day for our English unit, Mrs Walsh brought her camper van to school so we could spend some time looking in it and comparing it to an old fashioned caravan. Gran, in our story, lived in a 1970’s caravan and it was called Gran-a-van. We were amazed at how much could be…

What a great afternoon we have had at the Y3/4 netball tournament. All the children played amazingly well and they showed true determination and perseverance, especially in the hot weather! They represented Scotforth superbly, we are really proud of them all.
 

What a great afternoon we have had at the Y3/4 netball tournament. All the children played amazingly well and they showed true determination and perseverance, especially in the hot weather! They represented Scotforth superbly, we are really proud of them all.