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We are learning all about the continents and oceans of the world, and starting to recognise some of the countries in each continent. Today we looked at some countries on the Equator, on the Arctic Circle and on the Antarctic Circle. We used atlases and found out that there are NO countries on the…

Year 4 have just finished their RE unit called Faith in Art. We have looked at works of art by a variety of artists depicting stories from the Bible. We finished the unit, by creating a whole class picture representing Mark Wiggin’s oil painting, Shepherd’s Delight. Each child created their own…

We had an incredibly busy day today as we were finishing our Great Fire of London fact files for display and creating 3D pictures of famous building that were destroyed during the Great Fire.

We visited our buddies and had lots of fun decorating biscuits together.

In Science we have been learning about pollination and fertilisation in a flowering plant. We carefully dissected 2 different flowers to see if we could identify all the main parts of the flower. 
 

Today it was the boys’ turn to go along to Lancaster and Morecambe College for their tournament. There were 25 schools represented and our team of Y6 boys worked really well as a team. They won two games in their pool, drew one and lost one, narrowly missing out on a place in the quarter finals. 
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Today, we carried out an investigation to find out if gas weighs. We learnt about Joseph Priestley, the man who invented fizzy drinks. Fizzy drinks include a gas called carbon dioxide. In our experiment we shook different bottles of pop and slowly let the carbon dioxide out. We weighed the bottles…

Today we have been learning about our bodies. We have been labelling the different body parts using play dough models we have made. 

This half term we have been learning all about forced in year 6. Today, we braved the rain and completed 10 puzzles hidden around school to give us 10 digits to let us escape out of our “locked in” scenario!

This half term in year 5 we have been learning all about the Bible. Recently we had a read through Psalm 23 in many different versions of the Bible. We spoke about why there may be different translations and which were our favourite. We also had a visit from Abi from NISCU who taught us a bit more…

This week in year 5 we are learning about instructions, focusing today on verbal instructions. We were trying to decide if these were easier to follow than written instructions. We first started by guiding a partner using only verbal instructions around the playground avoiding obstacles. It…

We joined with thousands of schools around the country to tune into a Great Big Live Assembly all about Black History Month. We heard from many black celebrities and influencers about their heroes, as well as learning more about inspiring black leaders from around the world. 
 

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