All of our Home Learning blogs
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 12:42pm
Welcome Back to another school year.
It has been a super week in Year 2, we have been looking at the book 'The Big Bad Owl' by Steve Smallman. The children have been strating to write about the main character Scowl and will be writing a retell next week.
Have a look at the class pages for the Parent's Meeting PowerPoint that has been uploaded.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mr Bottomley and Miss Coyle
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 1:00pm
In Class 6, we have been taking part in a football competitionagainst Class 3, 4 and 5.
We are super excited to say that we won the trophy, but more inmportantly we played with respect.
Looking forawrd to the final weeks in Year 2 before we more to Year 3 in September
Date: 15th May 2024 @ 8:32am
This half term the children have been learning all about Skeletons in their science lessons.
They have learnt why our skeletons are important and have also taken part in an experiment to see if all skeletons are the same size.
The children had to measure eachothers heads, feet and arms. They concluded that all skeletons are different sizes.
They have also created a power point about skeletons.
Ask your child to show you their power point on their iPad.
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 12:43pm
Date: 1st May 2024 @ 8:51am
Class 14 have been working extremely hard over the past few weeks to help get themselves prepared for their upcoming SAT's tests. The children have all been trying hard with their revision, working on their areas for development.
Over the weekend, please run through some of their past papers with your child them to support them, read books and ask them lots of questions and also please ensure that your child has a good nights sleep.
Thank you for all your support.
w/c 18.03.24- This week in Year 5
Date: 21st Mar 2024 @ 9:29am
This week in Year 5, we have been news reporters on the scene at the tragic fire at Notre-Dame cathedral. The children have immersed themselves and have done a great job at bringing the news to life through roleplaying as interviewers, eye-witnesses and firefighters. Please make sure to ask your children about their learning this week- can they recognise the difference between direct and reported speech? This links to our Geography topic where the children have been learning about the geogrpahical layout of France, we have learnt that France is divided into regions, what these regions are called and known for and about the mountain ranges and rivers which are significant features in the French landscape.
We hope that you enjoyed Class 11's assembly and that they are keeping you aware of the exciting learning we are doing into the story of King Lear.
Next week, we have a really exciting week planned, including our DT work, baking scones, and our Fab Finish for our French topic. Make sure that you are coming into school and not missing out on these experiences.
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 2:41pm
This week Year three have been celebrating curriculum week.
The children listened to the story:
The children described the purple character in the story. They used similes and conjunctions to improve their writing.
Some of the similes they included were 'as cool as a cucumber, as round as a ball, as loud as a lion'.
They also tried to include different conjunctions such as; when, before, after, while and because.
Towards the end of the week the children wrote a speech from the Blue family introducing the colour Purple. They worked extremely hard on their handwriting and spelling skills. They used vocabulary linked to the type of character they were pretending to be.
The children also took part in drama where they used different techniques to act out the story.
During the afternoons the children took part in some art lessons. They practiced shading using coloured pencils and paint. They then created a picture of the purple character using their shading skills.
Date: 14th Feb 2024 @ 8:46am
This half term the children in class 7 have been learning all about Ancient Egypt.
This week the children took part in a DT lesson where they designed, planned and created an Egyptian Necklace to sell at the Manchester Mueseum.
The children had lots of fun adding patterns and colours to their designs.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 8:22am
This half term year three have been learning all about the Stone Age.
They started their learning with a visit from a drama school who explored the Stone Age through drama.
They then took part in a WOW afternoon where they were able to carve tools, research the different periods of time and create cave paintings.
The children enjoyed recreating a picture of Stone Henge using water colours and collage.
Date: 14th Sep 2023 @ 10:47am
This half term the children will be learning all about Great Britain.
The children had a wonderful afternoon tasting traditional food from the 4 countries, learning traditional dances and drawing the countries flags.
They are very excited to find out the answers to all of their questions.
Date: 28th Apr 2023 @ 10:58am
Class 7 started their science learning for this half term with a WOW afternoon.
They took it in turns to taste different fruits and vegetables, create obseervational drawings of the fruit and vegetables, learn about the five food groups and create a healthy balanced plate.
They had lots of fun and took part in lots of discussions about how to stay healthy.
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 3:52pm
Class 7 have had a wonderful week celebrating Christmas.
They loved the presents they recieved on Thursday off Father Christmas.
Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful families and friends.
And a Happy New Year!
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 8:23am
This week in our English lessons we are going to be looking at a setting description of the ice age.
The children watched the film last week and used what they saw to create their own settings.
They worked as a team to create a setting box, where they then thought of adjectives and similies to describe the different parts.
Date: 7th Oct 2022 @ 8:26am
This week in topic we used our atlases to look for the seas and oceans that surround the UK.
We worked with our partner and labelled the map of the UK.
Miss Gilmour then challeneged us by asking us to find 10 different rivers that could be found across all four countries of the UK.
We enjoyed using the atlases and were able to find all of the rivers.
We will link our topic lesson to National Poetry day where we will learn about how we can save our oceans by recycling!
HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY DAY!
English- Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers
Date: 30th Sep 2022 @ 1:59pm
Over the last three weeks class 7 have been looking at the story 'Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers'.
The children have worked really hard to create a setting description, character description and an alternative retell.
During their lessons the children have really impressed Miss Gilmour with their knowledge and vocabulary.
It has been a great start to Year 3 and Miss Gilmour is very excited to see how the children's writing progresses over the year.
Ask your children if they can remember the story we have been reading.
Date: 23rd Sep 2022 @ 2:19pm
This week in year three we have introduced the iPads that we will be able to take home.
We have been very excited to learn all about our iPads and how to keep them safe.
We have all made a promise to our teachers that we will look after our iPad and use it for our learning in school and for homework outside of school.
We cannot wait to be able to take them home with us next week!
Date: 8th Sep 2022 @ 8:33am
This week the children took part in a WOW afternoon!
The children discussed what they already knew about Great Britain and what they would like to learn.
They then looked at the flags, traditional dances, clothing and food from the four countries.
They had a wonderful time!
Date: 7th Jul 2022 @ 8:55am
This week we took part in the Intra School Football tournament.
Class 7 played against class 8, 9 and 10.
Clas 7 0-0 Class 8
Class 7 2-0 Class 9
Class 7 2-0 Class 10
They worked as a team to become the champions of the tournament.
Those children who were waiting to have their turn cheered on our team from the side lines and some even created dance moves for our team.
They had a wonderful morning and couldn't believe that they had won the trophy.
A fantastic end to a fantastic year!
Date: 25th May 2022 @ 2:51pm
Today we completed our volcano artwork!
The children have loved creating their own collage volcano!
Date: 24th May 2022 @ 4:40pm
A few weeks ago children from across school took part in a writing competition.
Many children had the opportuinity for their writing to be published in a book.
These two superstars have now bought a copy of the book where their own writing has been published.
I am so proud of them and all of the other children who entered the competition!
Date: 24th May 2022 @ 4:37pm
This week Class 7 have started their art work.
This half term we have been learning about volcanoes in English and Topic and to finish the half term we have decided to create pictures of volcanoes through collage.
The children have begun their artwork this afternoon and have had lots of fun.
We cannot wait to see the finished piece!
Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Mummy's Gold
Date: 30th Mar 2022 @ 8:16am
Over the past two weeks we have been learning all about Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Mummy's Gold. The children started their learning by creating a setting box using different materials. The children really enjoyed working as a team to create their own desert box.
Once they had created their setting box, the children thought of similies to describe the different parts of the desert. They then used this learning to write a setting description.
This then supported their learning for this week. The children acted out the story and then wrote a alternative retell. They had to think of a new ending for our story and everyone was very creative!
Date: 18th Mar 2022 @ 12:25pm
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 6 have been looking at creating an information web page all about refugees. We looked at the features of a non-chronological report as well as carrying out our own research on quality web pages. You will be able to look at our work on our class pages.
Thank You,
Class 13 and Class 14.
Date: 3rd Mar 2022 @ 3:37pm
This week the children have started a new topic in science!
We have started to look at the life cycle of plants and this week concentrated on labeling the different parts. We then had to explain the function for each part of the plant .
They created some incredible drawings!
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 1:06pm
We have had a wonderful week learning about Metacognition in Class 7!
Class 7 have had an incredible start to Curriculum Week! We have enjoyed discussing Metacognition and have thought about all the different ways we can include it in our learning. Meditation has been one of our favourite activities.
We have spent part of our mornings creating our very own affirmation books. We have enjoyed thinking about what will help us to progress in our learning. We have discussed the comfort, stretch and panic zones of learning and will use our affirmation books to support us!
We have been practiced the different Kagan structures that we have been using over the year. Our favourite structures are rally robin and round robin. To make it more interesting the teacher will ask a child what another child has shared with them.
On Wednesday we spent the day planning, monitoring and evaluating our own Egyptian necklaces. We thought about what we already knew about Egyptian necklaces, what we needed to learn and what resources we would need. We then began to make our necklaces and monitored our learning as we were going!
