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Year 1 showed their respect and manners on their walks to the war memorial today. Everyone was very polite and a represented our school so well. We enjoyed seeing the memorial to those who died in wars and reflected on the sacrifice they made. 
 

Year 2 had a fantastic morning at D’Urton Rise housing development. After putting on our high-viz vests and hard hats we had the chance to look around a part-constructed house. Nick, the site manager, explained which materials they use to build different parts of the house and we discussed the…

In Geography, we have been learning about our local area and investigating it using maps.  We have learnt the difference between human and physical features and decided we needed to try and see some of these with our own eyes.

The children were fantastic and could spot human and physical…

In Year 3, we have been learning all about our bodies and what we are made of.  We have learnt about our skeletons and can name some of the main bones and what their jobs are.

We decided that we wanted to conduct an investigation and came up with the question - Do longer legs make you run…

In the Autumn 1 term, Year 4 have enjoyed reading ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’. The book focus was on a Syrian refugee called Ahmet. In Pastoral, we have been learning about discrimination and planned a Faith in Action project. On Thursday 12^th October, we organised a cake sale. We raised…

As we couldn’t get outside for PE due to the rain, we combined our PE lesson with Science and learnt how to take and measure our heart rate, then observed how our heart rate changed after various periods of exercise. We concluded that doing exercise for a prolonged period of time increased our…

In Year 3, we have been thinking about how we can keep ourselves and each other safe so we invited Nurse Isla to come in and teach us some basic first aid.

The children learnt how to put a plaster on correctly, how to bandage an injury and what to do if they find themselves in need of…

As part of our curriculum in Year 3, we are learning about the different cultures which make up the population of Preston.

We were very lucky to get to spend some time with Nital who offered to teach us some traditional Bollywood dances.  The children loved participating and performed some…

Over the last couple of weeks we have been learning the names of the seven continents.  We played a game on the yard to locate the continents on a map drawn on the floor.   In class we practised finding them on a world map, on a globe and in an atlas.  See if your children can remember the names…

In Year 2 we have been learning about people who help to keep us physically healthy and safe. We thought about the people in school who keep us safe. Mr Hannah visited our classes and told us about how he makes sure our school is a safe place.  The children listened well and asked Mr Hannah some…

Year 1 Sacrament are settling in to their new routines well. Today, we enjoyed our PE outdoors. We finished just before the rain began!

What an amazing week that we have had in Year 3!  The children have settled into their new routines wonderfully.

In Year 3, we are putting a huge focus on ensuring that we are developing our skills of reading and our times tables.  Your child should have come home with their Boom Reader login…