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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.

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.