Blog Author: N Billingsley

Pupils in Year 5 and 6 enjoyed an afternoon watching the Manactco theatre company perform a KS2 production of A Christmas Carol. Pupils engaged well with the performance making it a splendid introduction to our English unit.

Year 6 had a visit from Lancashire Fire and Rescue service to teach them about different aspects of keeping safe. The pupils were very knowledgeable about what to do if there was a fire in their house and could describe how to contact the emergency services. The firefighters talked about the…

Year 6 have been learning about different jobs in Ancient Egypt. They researched the different roles in Egyptian society including priest, pharaohs, craftspeople and scribes. Excellent research skills year 6 - well done.

What a fantastic start for year 6! They have had a very busy week. Not only have they completed many learning activities, they have also been busy applying for the pupil leadership roles. Keep up the excellent work! 

We had a fabulous time at a taster day at Corpus Christi high school. It was a day filled with fun and learning. We started off in Science, investigating the amount of vitamin C in different fruit juices. Then we moved on to music, where we played the drums. After lunch it was time to learn a bit…

Fantastic work in design technology today when making enchiladas. Pupils worked safely and co-operatively in their groups to chop vegetables, grate cheese and fold their tortilla wraps. Excellent work Year 5!

This week year 5 visited Alston Observatory.   Our visit started with a talk about the key features of the planets in our solar system. We then studied some star constellations in the planetarium. Finally we saw one of the giant telescopes which is used to observe the night sky. 

We were very enthusiastic when exploring the Crumble software to make the sparkle flash and change colour. Excellent programming Year 5!

We had a great start to our new year by attending Mass for the feast of the Epiphany. We also visited church to look at the Nativity scene. We thought about the gifts which the wise men gave to Jesus and reflected on what gifts we could give eg the gift of kindness, sharing, respect, forgiveness.

To support our work in English, Year 5 visited the Museum of Lancashire. We took part in 4 activities which taught us more about ‘top secret’ work during World War 2.  We would love to share the secrets with you but sadly we can’t as they are TOP SECRET!!  

Year 5 have been reading and analysing the war poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’. We were very impressed with the art work and poems which the pupils created after studying the poem.

Last week pupils spent time researching a famous person. They created a poster about the person and included many details about their lives and successes. Pupils then shared the information with a partner or in a small group. It was great to see pupils using their speaking and listening skills so…