Moving Pictures

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We kicked off our new DT unit by exploring and investigating with different materials to create a moving picture. We discussed the elements we would need to move a character in our picture and worked on our cutting and sticking skills. 

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Electricity

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Year 4 have started their new topic in science. We have found out about where electricity comes from and sorted equipment into mains or battery power.

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Emergency!

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Children in Year 1 have been learning what to do if there is an accident. We talked about when we needed to tell an adult and when we might need to call the emergency services. We then role played calling 999.  The children had an excellent understanding about who they might need to contact for…

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Science Competition

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Congratulations to 5Sacrament for winning our ‘What is it?’ Competition during Science week. Thank you for all the entries to the poster competition. As you can see from the photograph the entries were fantastic. The overall winner was Hrithik.

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Do plants need soil to grow?

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During science week, 4B planned an investigation to find out if plants need soil to grow. We found out that no, plants don't need soil to grow, however, soil helps the plant to grow healthily. The children will be using the results to plant and look after their own sunflower plants over the next…

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Our Sunflower Growth

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Six weeks ago we planted sunflower seeds and we have been monitoring their growth. The stems are now over 30cm! We have been keeping a diary and noting the changes that have happened during the term. This week we are going to take them home and repot them so they can grow into a full…

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The United Kingdom

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In Year 1 we have been learning about the United Kingdom. We have been learning about the names of the countries and features of their capital cities. To help with our learning we have made messy maps to show landmarks in the different cities.  Super work Year 1!

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Volcanoes

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This week 4B have created their own volcano using papier mache. Mrs Southward can't wait to see them all when they are painted next week.

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Blackpool Zoo

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Both Year 1 classes have enjoyed a trip to Blackpool Zoo this week. We loved observing the animals and discussing their similarities and differences.  We heard lots of animal noises too including chattering monkeys, baking sea lions and roaring lions. We didn’t enjoy the sandwich stealing seagulls…

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Tennis in the sunshine

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4B really enjoyed playing tennis in the sunshine today. The children have really improved their control and skills in striking a ball with a racket.

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Sentence building

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This week, to help our fairytale writing, we completed a sentence building activity. We were given a selection of words including past tense verbs, adjectives and adverbs and we had to build our own sentences which we are hoping to use in our stories when we come to write them. The children were…

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Year 6 Fire safety talk

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Year 6 were very knowledgeable about what to do in an emergency when we welcomed some local firemen in to school.  They were also warned about the dangers of leaving phones and devices plugged in overnight. 

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