Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Canada Class Spring 2

  Fri 31 Mar 2023 Mrs Lambert

  What a wonderful half-term we have had in Canada class. The children have written some amazing stories and have tried so hard to use all of the grammar skills that they have been taught. 

  We have been learning about fractions in maths and the children have wowed me. Fractions can be a very tricky concept but they have been so resilient and so many brought work in that they had been doing at home too!

  The children enjoyed our geography unit which was all about lines of longitude and latitude and time zones. They worked really hard and can now tell me lots about it all.

  In DT they loved designing, making, and evaluating their own pencil cases and did a wonderful job.

  I wish you all and your children a very happy, peaceful, and restful Easter.

  It has been a privilege teaching Canada class these last 10 months.

   

  Mrs Lambert and Canada class team. 

   

• China Class Spring Term

  Thu 30 Mar 2023

  We've had a very busy half term in China Class and the children have worked incredibly hard.

   

  In English, we have been focusing on grammar and punctuation. The children have learnt about using semi-colons, colons, the perfect form of verbs and adverbs to express time, place, possibility and cause.
  Using their grammar and punctuation knowledge, the children have written amazing stories, character descriptions and setting descriptions.

   

  In maths, the children worked very hard when learning about algebra, area and perimeter, volume and geometry.  

   

  In DT, we designed and made automatas.  This involved using various tools: saws, drills, hammers and glue guns.  The children showed great skill in measuring precisely, cutting out and trying different cams.  Finally, the children decorated their automatas to fit in with their design. Many parents were able to join us for this stage, which was fantastic.

   

  In RE, we have been thinking about the questions, ‘who was Jesus?’ and ‘who is Jesus?’. We have read parts of the bible; considered the names Jesus is known as, such as Messiah and the Light of the world; and discussed if Jesus is different things to different people.

   

  Well done China Class for a great half term. 

   

  Have a lovely Easter break.

  Miss Waring, Miss Carroll and Miss Rawsthorne.

• England Class - Spring 2 Newsletter

  Thu 30 Mar 2023 Miss Stephens

  Wow! It feels like we have blinked and the half term is over! What a lovely half term we have had in England class.

   

  In English, the children wrote their own bee fact files, comprised of their own bee facts that they learnt in school or for home learning. This week, the children have finished their innovated story for our story of The Sleepy Bumblebee. They chose their own place Mr Bumblebee could try to sleep but unfortunately Mr Bumblebee kept being disturbed from his slumber!

   

  In maths, we have begun to explore the composition of numbers to 10 and we will continue this into next term. The children have been using comparative language to describe when measuring different lengths, heights and capacities. We found it particularly funny when measuring eachother using objects around the classroom.

   

  In RE, we have read many Bible stories from the New Testament, exploring how Jesus told these stories to teach us about God and how to live our lives. We have also learnt about the most important time in the Church year, Easter.

   

  In our topic afternoons, the children designed, made and evaluated their own bookmarks using hessian, wool and a sewing needle. We are beyond impressed with all the children, the care and determination they showed to complete their book marks to such a high standard has been amazing to see. We also explored the natural world, observed and drew what we could see while in the forest area. We have practised taking turns, being able to wait for what we want and to keep trying when things are tricky.

   

  Well done England Class!

   

  Have a lovely Easter break,

  Miss Stephens and Mrs Rimmer

• Spain Class News - Spring 2

  Wed 29 Mar 2023

  We've had a very busy half term in Spain Class! 

  In English, we have been looking at wishing stories and have learnt 'The Magic Porridge Pot' off by heart. We then innovated in to create new stories as well as writing completely new wishing stories. The children have worked really hard with their writing this half term. They have been working hard on trying to get their full stops and capital letters in the correct places. 

  In maths, we've been looking at numbers to 40 and have begun to look at solving word problems. The children have been using tens and ones to show which number is greater and to help them put three numbers in order. 

  In RE, we've been looking at the Easter story and have had lots of good discussions about spring and how we can see things that seemed dead come alive again. We've discussed how this reminds us of Jesus, who was dead but came back to life. We made some really lovely Easter gardens using natural material in the forest area at school. 

  In Science, our topic has been all about animals and humans. We've looked at the parts of our bodies and our senses. We've been on senses hunts and explored our senses. We've begun to look at animals and discussed how we know an animal is different to an object. We will continue this topic after Easter. 

  In Geography, we have really enjoyed our London topic and have particularly enjoyed looking at the London landmarks. We loved having the parents in for our London Exhibition. 

  What a great half term Spain Class! Well done!

  Have a lovely Easter break. 

  Mrs Holden, Miss Walsh, Mrs McEwan, Mrs Chester and Mrs Lou

  

• Year 5 Spring 2

  Sat 25 Mar 2023

  It has been a busy half term with lots of new learning!

  In English, we have been learning to write suspense stories and information texts. The suspense stories we created were fantastic; we shared these with Year 2, who really enjoyed listening to our stories. 

  In DT, we all assembled torches. We first evaluated torches, designed our own and then created ours. We used an electric circuit, including a switch, and several junk materials to create our torch. Although this took a lot of perseverance, they turned out fantastic!

  In maths, we have been focusing on decimals and fractions. Lots of children enjoyed these units and were brilliant at them too!

  We have been learning about rainforests, focusing on the Amazon Rainforest, in geography. The children were really interested in learning that there are many people living in the rainforests!

  In science, we have been investigating materials and their properties. We will be carrying this on after half term.

  We had the opportunity to visit Manchester Airport Aerozone. We had lots of fun and learnt lots relating to jobs at the airport. Some of the activities we did were:
  - learning some interesting facts about the airport
  - role playing different jobs including air traffic control, cabin crew,check in assistants, aircraft Marshalls andsecurity (we used thereal baggage security machines and scanners!)
  - to end our day, we explored the new terminal, asked the workers our questions and found out what flights were departing that today!

   

  Have a lovely Easter break!

  

• Year 2 trip to Wild Boar Park

  Wed 01 Mar 2023

  Year 2 had a great time at Wild Boar Park. We looked at lots of different animals and watched them being fed. We got to hold guinea pigs, snakes, snails and a cockroach. 

  We enjoyed playing on the park after we had eaten our lunch and then we finished the day with a tractor ride to see alpacas and emus. 

   

  We had a great time and learnt lots more about animals and farms. 

  

• Spring 1 Canada Class

  Fri 10 Feb 2023 Mrs Lambert

  Wow! What an amazing and very busy half term we have had in Canada class. The children produced some wonderful work in English using our model text The Tear Thief. They created their own version by changing the kind of thief. They added in all of the skills that they had been taught and the outcomes were fantastic.

  It has been a tricky half term in maths. The children have been learning how to multiply and divide three digit numbers. They have had to apply their times tables knowledge in order to do this. I have to say that despite how hard it has been, that they have shown amazing resilience.

  In science they have been learning about teeth and digestion. They were superb today in identifying carnivores, herbivores and omnivores and then deciding which kind of teeth they would need.

  History has been good fun. The children have loved learning about aspects of Anglo – Saxon Britain. They know when they invaded and how long for. They have learned about who they were and why they invaded. They know that Britain was divided into several Kingdoms and that there were a number of leaders. Again, they produced fantastic and very artistic work.

  In art the children have been learning how to create repeated patterns – tessellations. They had to think about complimentary colours and warm and cold shades too.

  

• New Zealand Spring News

  Fri 10 Feb 2023 Mrs Beard

  We have really enjoyed our history topic this half term learning all about the life of Sarah Forbes Bonetta . We learnt how difficult her life was as an enslaved child and how it changed when she came to England to live with Queen Victoria . At home we produced some wonderful work about other significant people in history including Florence Nightingale and Lily Parr. 
   

  In RE, we have learnt about Jesus and his special friends the disciples . We read stories about them and why Jesus is special . 
   

  In art, we have been been improving our drawing skills and have drawn feathers . We used this to construct birds and added our own  beautiful watercolour feathers. 
   

  In science we have investigated different materials and their properties. We tested to find the best materials to fix my umbrella, for a super hero cap and to protect an egg when it is dropped . 

  

• England Class Spring 1

  Fri 10 Feb 2023 Miss Stephens

  This half term, England class have been absolute superstars!
  
  In English we learnt a text map for the story Owl Babies and innovated the characters Fox Babies. We wrote our own story books! We have also innovated fireworks poems using exciting firework words. Crackle! Whizz!
  
  In maths we are developing our number sense, understanding what zero is and knowing if we move a set of objects around, the amount stays the same even though it looks different.

  
  In RE, we love story time so we asked the question, what stories Jesus heard? We enjoyed reading the bible stories of Noah and the Ark, baby Moses and Jonah and the Whale. 

  
  Our afternoons have been filled to the brim with space themed learning. We have looked at the history of the moon landing, making comparisons of old and new. On Friday afternoons we made junk model rockets with our year 6 buddies. We have been incredibly creative this half term! Making our very own Starry Night painting, exploring mixing colours using the colour wheel, creating shades and tints along with our Chinese New Year Lanterns.
  
  Well done England class!

• China Spring 1

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  Year 6 have worked incredibly hard this half term to make it onto our recognition board. They have been Right Time Rhinos, Stay on Topic Tigers, Make 100% effort, perfect partners and many more.

   

  In RE, the children have been learning about why the significant events are important and why the Exodus is such a significant event in Jewish and Christian history. They have looked at the Seder plate and designed their own special meal.

   

  In science, the evolution unit has been really interesting.  Year 6 looked at how animals and plants adapt to their environment, including the peppered moth and Darwin’s finches on the Galapagos Islands. They have also looked at how living things produce offspring that are not identical to their parents.

   

  In maths, the children have tried really hard with percentages and ratio.

   

  In English, China Class have written warning stories and a persuasive poster. They are using more grammar features when writing, like modal verbs and subordinating clauses.

   

  For Safer Internet day, the class took part in a BBC live lesson and explored some of the risks of online gaming, and considered how to stay safe online. 

   

  We all really enjoyed our mystery readers and listening to the stories they read to use.  It inspired us to bring in books to read to the class.