Class of 2018

What a busy and varied day we have had today. Some groups tackled the very muddy obstacle course, whilst others climbed and learnt survival skills in the woods. Everyone had a go at axe throwing, which was a new activity for this year. All the children showed courage and determination on the high…

The sun was shining for us again today as we tackled various activities before lunch, including crate stacking, zip wire, rifle shooting and the ever popular obstacle course. In the afternoon we all spent the afternoon on the lake, practising our canoeing and kayaking skills. 

After a good first night’s sleep and a delicious breakfast, we all headed out for our first full day of activities. Each group spent some time on the lake, working as a team to build a raft, which was then tested out - with varying degrees of success! Other activities included low ropes (where we…

After months of anticipation we’re here at the Year 6 residential at Lockerbie Manor!  We waved goodbye and set off just after lunch and arrived in time for a tour and our first activities. So far today we’ve tried abseiling, initiative challenges, scavenger hunt and zip wire. Not bad for day one!…

The last few weeks we have been learning about debating. We split into teams and were given a proposing or opposing side on the following: Shorter School Holidays, Banning Computers in School and No School Uniform. After a lot of research and planning we held our debates as well as a vote within…

In science on Wednesday, we used globes and torches to investigate why we have day and night. We followed the United Kingdom as the earth rotated and spoke about what part of the day it might be in different positions. 

 

On Tuesday we had a visit from Rocksteady. We had a whole school assembly where we learnt more about the instruments and what they can sound like, and afterwards a workshop where we created our own KS2 band!

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…

Today we went outside to work in small groups. We took turns to be the Sun, Earth or Moon and orbited and spun to show how the 3 spherical bodies work together. This was a great introduction to our new science topic, even if it did leave us feeling a little dizzy. 

Today in Year 5 we have been finding out how a string telephone works. We tried different lengths of string and tried leaving the string loose and pulling it taut. 
Outside we tried 4 and 6 way conversations with our friends.

We explored the different features of a Viking longship before creating our own using paper and straws.

We finished the morning learning how the Anglo Saxons used spears to protect themselves.