
Y3/4 Netball Tournament
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.

Exploring pneumatics (making rockets!) Year 3 2025
Our new topic in DT is pneumatics (air power). We made paper rockets and propelled them forwards by blowing (really hard!) today. We have a competition to see whose was the most aerodynamic and effective!

Digital music compositions
This week we composed our own songs using Chrome Music Lab. Have a listen below.
Cameron and Leo
Charlie and Herman
Emily and Ella
Eva and Ola
Evie and Shayne
Helna and Harbani
Ivy and Reuben
James and Finn
Louis and…
Investigating Artefacts from Tutankhamun's Tomb (Year 3 2025)
This week in Year 3, it's been all about the Egyptologist, Howard Carter, and his amazing discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. We have a surprise visit from "Howard Carter" (AKA Mrs Redmayne!) yesterday and found out all about his life and what happened in 1922 when he found a tomb in the Valley of…

Our caterpillars have arrived.
We are very excited to have our very own pet caterpillars. We can’t wait to watch them grow and see each stage.

Maths revision treasure hunt
Year 6 took advantage of the lovely weather once again, to get outside and practise their mathematical skills. They had to work out the answers to the word problems, then use their answer to help them locate the next question. Quite a challenge!
Body Team Work
This afternoon we found out what some of the major organs in our body do and what we can do to help them function at their best. We discovered that they work together as a team. When one doesn't work properly this can impact the efficiency of the others.
We also worked together in teams to…

8 Point Compass Y5
Until the end of the year, our geography topic is the UK. Within this we will be practicing our map reading skills. Today we went outside to confirm our knowledge of an 8 point compass. We had a leader read aloud compass points and we had to throw the beanbag in the correct hula hoop.
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Y6 drama taster session
This afternoon, Y6 enjoyed a drama taster session. We could show off our speaking and acting skills.

Magic beans arrived into our classroom.
We had a special delivery, some magic beans. We think that they might grow into beanstalks just like story Jack and the Beanstalk.

SPAG orienteering
Year 6 took advantage of the sunshine this morning, to revise their SPAG knowledge in preparation for next week’s SATs. As well as practising our grammar and punctuation, we also got to work on our map-reading skills and had some exercise at the same time!