: Blog items
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 10:17pm
Welcome back, hope you had a lovely holiday!
The children have come back to school ready to learn. It has been great to see how much they have grown over the summer.
There has been some lovely focus and learning with our task boxes and the children really enjoyed making chocolate brownies this week too!
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 6:50pm
Class 3 have had a fantastic week this week getting to know their new teachers and settling into Year 1. In Literacy we have been reading the story ' The lion who wanted love,' writing a character description all about Leo the lion. The children had so much fun creating a class story whoosh to tell the story using their super drama skills.
In maths this week, the children have been working on our number skills, practicing their counting, ordering and sequencing of numbers.
We can't wait for another fun week of learning next week!
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 5:10pm
The children who have started Nursery this week in the morning and afternoon have made a fantastic start with both their behaviour and learning. They have all settled really well and made lots of new friends - enjoying exploring inside and outside !
We look forward to welcoming lots of new faces next week!
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 4:32pm
We have had a fantastic first week in Class 14. We have explored the story 'The Heart and the Bottle' in Literacy and we have been recapping our understanding of the four rules of number in Maths. As an introduction to our new topic, World War 2, we have started to create the basis of our Art project for the term. We have made Evacuation label books, using collage to line our pages. We have been really inspired by different war time artists.
Mrs Baguley and Mrs Wall are so proud of Class 14 and the super start they have had to Year 6!
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 8:43am
What a fantastic first week back we have had! In Maths, we have been looking at number place value. We started the week by practising our careful counting and then moved onto making numbers using our equipment. In English, we have been looking at the book The Night Pirates by Peter Haris. At home, you could ask your child to tell you their favourite part and character.
Date: 8th Sep 2022 @ 4:15pm
The children have all settled back into the Learning base after the summer holidays.
They have spent a lot of their learning time talking to the other children and their friends about what they did in the holidays. Some children went on adventures on a plane and some went on a boat. Lots of adventures were had to lots of different places - water theme parks, dinosaur lands, parks, zoo.
The children all sounded as though they had a fun packed holiday.
Parents, if you have any photos of some of the activities that you did with your child in the school hoildays, could you please send them into school and we will do some work around it.
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: 8th Sep 2022 @ 12:08am
Class 9 children came back to school after their Summer holidays with big smiles and LOTS of enthusiasm.
This week we have been reading the story 'The Great Green Forest by Paul Geraghty'. The children have loved writing speech and thought bubbles for what they think the rainforest animals would be saying. They drew and painted an animal of their choice in the style of the author and illustrator Paul Geraghty. They have written descriptions of the animals and the forest, which they will edit and improve. What a great start to Year 4! Well done Class 9!
Date: 3rd Sep 2022 @ 11:38am
Date: 16th Jul 2022 @ 6:45am
On Friday, at Greenhill it was ‘Get Active’ day, where the children learnt all about why it is important to stay active.
The children wore sports clothing and took part in different sporting tasks. Y5 played rounder's, and did a few sporting challenges based on a long jump, running, and throwing.
We also designed a few poster about keeping fit and healthy. The money raised from this day will go towards new PE equipment. Well Done Y5!
Date: 14th Jul 2022 @ 4:03pm
Today we had our awards assembly. Here are our Class 8 award winners. Well done to the whole class for their amazing effort in learning this year. They should all be proud of themselves. 
Do you want to be a Superhero?
Date: 12th Jul 2022 @ 4:34pm
This week, the children have been learning all about Superhero's. We were lucky enough to have a visit from a Superhero and enjoyed making our own costumes.
They wrote about their superpowers and designed their costumes.
Date: 12th Jul 2022 @ 4:26pm
The children have been looking at the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
We loved making biscuits for Granny and making a basket for them. The children were careful to watch out for the big bad Wolf!
Using the mirrors, the children looked to see if they had big facial features like the wolf and practiced making funny faces.
Date: 12th Jul 2022 @ 4:21pm
This week the children have been learning about Robots. They have designed and made their own robots by following instructions and makino choices.
The children also use Communication Inprint to describe their robots.
Date: 11th Jul 2022 @ 10:12am
Class 14 have had a great week celebrating all their hard work. We visited the cinema on Tuesday and had a tasty lunch of fish and chips afterwards. We are working hard practising our leavers assembly ready to show parents on Tuesday 19th July at 9:30, we can't wait perform it for you.
Date: 9th Jul 2022 @ 9:06am
Y5 have been busy in science learning about plant lifecycles. This week we recapped on the different part of a plant and their jobs. They were amazed to find out that the leaf helps the plant to make its food using sunlight and carbon dioxide.
We then went onto look closely at the parts of a flower. We identified the male and female parts of the flower by taking apart the petals to reveal the stamen, and the carpel. The children had a great time dissecting the flower and labelling the parts.
Date: 7th Jul 2022 @ 6:05pm
Class 8 continued their learning on the Mayan civilisation this week by using their iPads to find out facts about the Mayan writing system. They loved finding out about all the different sounds and symbols they used.
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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: 1st Jul 2022 @ 10:54pm
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This week, Class 11 have been busy learning about Roman numerals. We have learnt to read and write Roman numerals as numbers and dates. We have also been answering problem solving and reasoning questions based on Roman numerals.
Today we put our knowledge and skills to use. We worked in small groups to solve tri-jigsaw puzzles in which we used Roman numerals. We started with a simple puzzle and then progressed to more challenging ones. The children felt so proud of themselves when they solved a problem. Well done! |
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 4:56pm
Class 8 have been learning about the Mayan civilisation. They have made chocolate boxes to store all their learning in. This week they have learnt about the different Gods and Goddesses that were worshipped as well as learning about the Mayan number system. They are really enjoying findning out new facts and adding them to their leaflet that they are writing in English.
Date: 29th Jun 2022 @ 4:32pm
Year 5 have been rehearsing for their big performance - Macbeth. They will be performing at Oldham Coliseum on the 8th of July. The class been working super hard to learn their lines and remember planned actions. We cannot wait for our big performance!
Date: 24th Jun 2022 @ 5:10pm
Today, as part of our Online Safety development, we took part in an assembly presented by the Google and Parent Zone's Be internet legends team. This special interactive event was fun packed and informative. The children enjoyed themselves very much and successfully solved the puzzle.
The children learnt a great deal about how the internet can be a safe place if we follow some very simple but important rules. The children will be coming home with a leaflet which explains everything that was discussed. It would be great if parents could discuss and reinforce online safety at home as well.
Date: 22nd Jun 2022 @ 6:15pm
In Maths this week we recapped what we already know about measurement before moving on to capacity. We have had a brilliant week so far with our maths because we started measuring out different capacities and reading the scales. Then this lead us on to converting milliltres (ml) to litres (l) and vice versa and then we added and subtracted ml and l. The children have had lots of fun and really understood the learning. Super stars!
Date: 20th Jun 2022 @ 10:15am
This week, in English, we have been developing our written work and the genre is Newspapers.
The children have been working on including the features of a newspaper and tried to include as many as they could.
In Maths, we have been working on Fractions; adding and subtracting them.
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 8:26am
This week in Nursery we have been learning about Trains and Trams. The children joined in with Train role play and made their own train using chairs. We had children playing the passengers, someone playing the ticket man and another girl playing the snack lady.
In the creative area the children have been busy junk modelling trains and trams. Working really hard using one handed tools.
In the Maths area we focused on representing numbers.
