13 May

Investigating Features of Plants and Trees

Today, we enjoyed spotting the features of a plant or tree.  We discussed the stem, leaves, root and flowers. We explored what they looked like on plants in our garden. 
We also discussed features of a tree e.g. trunk, branch, crown, flowers and roots. We visited the Horse-Chestnut tree and we…

13 May

Mayor Making Ceromony

Four of our School Councillors attended the Mayor Making Ceremony at Lancaster Town Hall today. It was really interesting to find out what a City Council Meeting is like and also find out more about the new Mayor - Joyce Pritchard. The children represented the school brilliantly.

13 May

A sneak preview !!!

This week we have started to make our pieces for the art exhibition. Our chosen commonwealth country is Nigeria. Today we made jewellery using the colours of the Nigerian flag. You are welcome to come into school on the 9th of June to see art work from across the school and celebrate the platinum…

13 May

Pollination in Year 3

Today in Science in Year 3 we have been learning about how insects help to pollinate flowers and create seeds and new plants. 
Using paint or cheesy wotsits as pollen we were bees, moving from flower to flower. Our sticky fingers left a trail showing us the movement of the pollen grains.

13 May

Meet the newest members of Year 5

Our caterpillars have reached the end of their long journey and are just beginning to emerge from their chrysalides as fully formed butterflies. This example of complete metamorphosis has been thrilling to watch. It would have been amazing to actually see this huge change inside the chrysalis but…

12 May

Which liquid will damage our teeth the most?

Did you know that an egg shell has a similar make up to the enamel on our teeth? We have set up an investigation using eggs to see which liquid will damage the shell the most. Each group could choose which liquid they put their eggs into such as coke, orange juice, water, vinegar, tea or coffee.…

12 May

A living Lancaster timeline

Year 6 braved the wind this morning when we ventured down to the field for our history lesson. We wanted to create a timeline showing the development of the city of Lancaster, from its Roman origins to the twentieth century.  Our timeline was far too long to fit into the classroom, but we had…

12 May

Visit from University of Cumbria

The children had a great time catching and throwing and completing an obstacle course today. A big thank you to the students for taking the lesson and the medals went down a storm.

11 May

Woodland maths

After a full morning of SATs, Year 6 ventured into the woods this afternoon for some fresh air, exercise and maths! We worked with a partner, following and solving a trail of maths problems around the woods.

10 May

Enjoying Sequences in Gym

Today we were joined by Mrs Muckalt to learn more about using effective sequences in gym. We used counter balances and counter tension balances as well as including jumps and different ways of travelling. We had great fun!

 

10 May

A little lamb visited nursery today!

As part of our growing topic this half term, we were lucky enough to have another animal visit us in nursery today! 
We used our gentle hands again and stroked him. We found out that his fleece was furry and soft, his legs were long and he drinks milk still. We even took turns to feed him his…

9 May

Investigating bigger numbers

We used lots of resources to make some 2 digit numbers. We used the vocab tens and ones and understood the value of numbers.