16 Jul

Y6's Day in the Lake District

Year 6 were extremely fortunate with the weather today for their geography field trip to the Lake District.

We set off early in the morning and headed for Ambleside, where we walked up to Todd Crag. At the top we had a spectacular view of Windermere and the surrounding fells. We orientated our…

12 Jul

Campfire fun in the woods

This afternoon, at the end of a very busy week, Year 6 returned to Dorrington Woods to build a camp fire - with a lot of help from Mrs Walsh! She got the fire going so well that we were able to toast marshmallows, which was a new experience for some of us. We also enjoyed biscuits and hot…

12 Jul

Y6 learn First Aid skills

After enjoying wheelchair basketball, Year 6 focussed on learning some basic First Aid skills. We looked at what to do if we come across a casualty who is unresponsive. We learned how to check if they are breathing and, if they are, how to keep them safe by putting them into the recovery position.…

12 Jul

Y 6 enjoy Wheelchair Basketball

At the start of a very busy day, Year 6 enjoyed a session of wheelchair basketball. 

10 Jul

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the woods!

This evening, Scotforth put on its first ever outdoor production. Year 6 braved the drizzle to perform Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The story began on the school field, before moving up into the woods to explore the goings-on of a group of runaway Athenians, a bunch of very…

5 Jul

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at Ashton Manor

Today, Year 6 were invited back to Ashton Manor residential home, to join the staff and residents for a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. First we entertained them by singing songs from our production, before enjoying cakes, jelly and ice cream. Finally we worked with the residents to solve a number of…

27 Jun

Year 6 visit County Hall

Year 6 had a long but interesting day today on their visit to County Hall. We began bright and early by walking down to the station and catching the train to Preston. As part of this term’s Citizenship activities, we spent the morning with Mr. Mynott, who took us on a tour of County Hall…

20 Jun

Cricket in the sun!

Our Y6 cricket team had a great day out in the Lancaster School Cricket Tournament today.  We played with fantastic enthusiasm, team work and effort.  In our group stage we won 3 of the 4 games and then played in the semi final against Moorside.  The semi was very tight and we narrowly lost. …

18 Jun

Netball tournament fun

Two teams of Year 6 netballers went to Moorside School this afternoon to take part in the inter-schools netball tournament. We came second and fifth, but most importantly we showed great teamwork, resilience and sportsmanship.

14 Jun

Year 5&6 go to see Peter and the Wolf

Today Year 5&6 went to the Lancaster Town Hall to watch a performance of Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev. It told the story of a boy called Peter and his encounter with a wolf.  Each of the characters had different instruments representing them. The flutes were birds, the oboe was a duck and the…

13 Jun

Y6 Local history day

The sun shone for Year 6 today as they walked into Lancaster. Having learned about the development of the settlement of Lancaster in class, we followed our maps (both a modern OS map and a 1610 version) down the A6 before walking past White Cross then down Penny Street and Market Street up to the…

7 Jun

Computing

We carefully wrote code to make a painting programme. We had to debug as we went along.