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Today we have used our new badminton nets in PE. We have practised serving the shuttlecock and worked on keeping a rally going with our partner for as long as possible.

Sooty and Ruth, from Sportsreach, started our Walk through the Bible sessions this week. So far we have learnt about creation through to Isaac with actions to help us along the way.

It will be interesting to see how much we can remember as we add more actions week by week.

This week we have talked about poppies and how they are a reminder of people who have died in wars. The children helped to make poppy prints which will be put up at the front of school. Have a look for them.

Year 6 were transported back in time this morning as they learnt about the secret work behind the scenes of code-breakers and spies during WW2. We learnt about the work of the aerial reconnaissance planes and the photographic interpreters back at base who checked photos for evidence of enemy…

Our new PE topic this term is rugby. 
In our first lesson we tried to increase our accuracy of swing passes, and today we tried to involve that accuracy in game scenarios!

We wrote some Bonfire Safety Instructions and shared them with Reception. 
 

This afternoon, a fireman from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service came in to talk to us about fire safety at home. 
 

We learned to stop, drop and roll if our clothes were on fire (as demonstrated by Wilf in the pictures below!).

We learned about smoke alarms and escape plans if a fire were…

This week we have been learning all about Bonfire night. We made firework display pictures and made our own rockets which we flew into the sky.

This morning, we went for a walk around Scotforth to help us with our English and geography work over the next couple of weeks. 
 

In Science, we have been investigating which solids dissolve in water. We learnt lots of new scientific vocabulary such as solution, soluble, insoluble and filtration. We used a funnel and filter paper to try to retrieve any solids that didn’t dissolve in water.

Our new DT topic is all about sandwiches!  We are going to be designing and making our own sandwiches but today we were finding out about the history of the sandwich and also surveying which sandwiches we enjoy as a class. 
 

This morning, Year 6 had their first taste of badminton. We learnt how to hold the racket, the ready position and then attempted to hit the shuttlecock and return it to our partners! We worked really well together in pairs.