Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Positive Noticing Day 2024
Wed 04 Dec 2024On the 13th November we took part in Positive Noticing Day . This is our third year marking this special day when we take time to notice all the positive things we do as a school family.
Positive noticing is simple, practical and highly effective. It is an everyday relational strategy, any time, any place.
Catching children doing the right thing and marking it with positive acknowledgement is not just kindness, it teaches behaviour. You get more of the behaviour that you notice most.
The impact of positive noticing is both immediate and long-lasting. It helps build self-esteem and confidence in children and shifts the culture in the classroom so that the right behaviour is always the most sought-after behaviour ( Paul Dix)
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Gob Stopper Gala
Tue 15 Oct 2024Our school hall was transformed into a chocolate extravaganza by our wonderful PTFA - FFAST!
On entry into school, the children could purchase Wonky Bars and be in with a chance of finding a golden ticket. Golden ticket prizes included - sitting on the teachers chair for the day, extra playtime, PNE tickets, vouchers and chocolate prizes.
Inside, there were lots of exciting things for the children to do. There was chocolate tombola, sweet necklace making, Play Your Cards Right and a photobooth with Wonka herself! There were also lots of goodies available to buy including a chocolate fountain, popcorn and hotdogs.
Children, parents and staff had a great time and the event raised £700!
Thank you all for your kind donations and for making the event such a success.
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Grandparent's Day
Mon 14 Oct 2024On Friday 11th October, we hosted our annual Grandparent's Day. This is when grandparents or special friends are invited into school for a special show.
Each class performed something on the stage. We had dances, songs and presentations.
The Year 6 children sat with the grandparents and served them tea and coffee during the interval.
We hope all of our grandparents and special friends had a wonderful time.
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Tim Peake
Wed 09 Oct 2024On Wednesday 9th October, a group of Year 6 pupils went to Westholme School to listen to a talk with Tim Peake, meet him and get a signed copy of his new non-fiction book. The children enjoyed listening to Tim explain about life in space as well as reading an exert from his new book. The children had lots of questions and were inspired by Tim Peake to become astronauts in the future.
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India class
Fri 20 Oct 2023We have had such a fantastic start to India class. The children have settled in well, learning routines and expectations quickly; we are so proud of them!
In DT, the children loved learning about the different vitamins in different coloured fruits, as well as cutting them up and making their own kebabs.
In English, the children worked really hard to learn the story of the Ghanaian Goldilocks and wrote their own versions. They have also written a discussion, looking at the question ‘should Goldilocks be in trouble?’ They have learnt all about rhetorical questions and subordinate clauses and have applied them accurately in their writing.
In maths, the children have been looking at different methods for addition and subtraction using numbers to 1000.
In RE, they have enjoyed learning about being called by God. The children learnt what a prophet was and their Holy stories from the bible.
This week, year 3 have been focusing on Black History and the theme ‘Saluting our sisters’. The children focused on Mary Seacole and they have produced some excellent diary entries and art work!
The children have been recognised for their resilience this half term and have been showed good listening skills while working and being kind to each other.
We hope you have a lovely half term.
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Egypt Autumn 1
Fri 20 Oct 2023This half term, Egypt class have settled in wonderfully to life in Year 2.
In English, we have explored a defeating the monster text, Jack and the Beanstalk, we have innovated the story and wrote a letter of persuasion. We have learnt how conjunctions can join sentences together and noun phrases adds description to our writing.
In maths, we have explored different methods of addition and subtraction. We have begun to use our knowledge of place value to help us solve these equations using the column method.
In science, we have learnt all about different survival needs of animal groups. You may have seen our fantastic pictures of year 2 handling whole fish! The children loved this lesson, although the classroom was a bit pongy for a little while.
In geography, by looking at physical and human features of the four countries of the UK, we have been able to discuss their similarities and differences. By making a postcard for each of the four countries, the children have identified landmarks, flags, native languages and fantastic facts.
Well done Egypt class!
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India
Fri 21 Jul 2023Well, what an amazing year India class have had in year 3! The children have had a great last week in school, enjoying a fun swim in our swimming lesson on Monday, transition day on Wednesday, running races on Thursday and then our last day today! The children have all been on the recognition board for many things: giving 100% effort, active learning, teamwork, perfect punctuation and lots more.
The children worked super hard with their English unit this term, creating suspense stories and writing detailed instructions. In maths, the children have been learning fractions and angles. This was a tricky unit, but with perseverance the children really enjoyed learning lots of new knowledge.
In geography, the children enjoyed learning about the Lake District, answering questions such as why do people go to the Lake District and what effect do tourist have on the Lake District?
In science, the children learnt about rocks, the different types, how they are formed and how fossils are made.
It has been an absolute privilege to teach every single child in India class and we are super proud of all of them. I hope you all have a lovely summer holidays and I look forward to seeing you all in September!
Miss O’Keefe
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China Summer 1
Tue 06 Jun 2023The children in China Class have been amazing this half term. We have seen such resilience and perseverance. Every child has done their best and we are proud of them all.
The children have been on the recognition board for many things: making a massive effort, 100% effort, persevere platypus, clever clam, stay sitting starfish and quick high-5 hens among others.
In history, the children enjoyed learning about crime and punishment and how it has changed.
In science, the children learnt about light and how we see things, including how our eyes work.
In maths and English, the children completed work including area and perimeter, fractions, long multiplication and division. We revisted the different types of nouns; investigated verbs and reminded one another about different apostrophes.
China Class made bunting and coasters to celebrate the coronation.
After SATs, year 6 went to Robinwood for three days and had an amazing time.
Well done China Class,
Miss Waring, Miss Carroll and Miss Rawsthorne.
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Spain news Summer 1
Fri 26 May 2023During this half term the children have been working really hard in all areas of the curriculum. They have fully embraced new concepts in maths such as multiplication, division and fractions. In English, the children have done a super job of writing their own journey stories with new characters. In science, we have been learning how to categorise animals. The children particularly enjoyed categorising the animals depending on what they eat.
In History, we have looked at transport from the past. The children have not been able to believe how long journeys took people in the past compared with now. In art, we have been looking at artists’ work that have been inspired by Flora and Fauna. The children are all very creative and were able to plan and create some amazing collages of a chosen minibeasts. In RE we have been finding out why baptism is important to Christians. As part of this work Reverend Anna came in to teach us what happens during a baptism service and brought us some things that are used during the service for us to look at. In PSHE the children have been learning about important and safe relationships. The children really enjoyed sharing their special relationships with their families and explaining why they are so special to them. Thank you for all your hard work, Spain Class you are really working hard to get ready for Year 2.
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Year 2 Summer News
Fri 26 May 2023We have worked really hard this half term in all subjects.
In English, we have enjoyed learning the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and created our own versions of the story where Jack meets a new monster at the top of the beanstalk. The children had great ideas for their writing.
In history, we have enjoyed learning about the Preston Guild. We found out that this happens every twenty years and we used magazines and DVDs to find out how people celebrate. We are looking forward to 2032 when the next Preston Guild will happen.
In science, we have been investigating habitats in our school grounds. We looked at where animals live and why.
In art, we have enjoyed making worry dolls. We read the story Silly Billy by Anthony Browne and looked at the traditions in Guatemala for making worry dolls. The children worked hard binding lollipop sticks together with wool and then decorating it.
