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Y6 - War Memorials, by Mrs Toft
Date: 12th Jun 2024 @ 4:54pm
For part of their History topic about the world wars, Year 6 walked to St Matthew’s Church to explore the war memorials outside and inside the building. They recorded names and key dates of fallen soldiers from both wars and further researched the impact that World War I and World War II had on our local area.
Year 1: R.E - Challah bread, by Mrs GIlmour
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 2:36pm
In R.E the children have been learning about the festival of Shabbat which is a day of rest in Judaism. Challah is a special type of plaited bread that is eaten during the festival of Shabbat. The children learnt how to plait the bread, cooked it and ate what they created.
Y2 - History Posters, by Miss Khan
Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 5:35pm
In History, we have been learning about seaside holidays in the 1950s.
For our final lesson, the big finish was to make a reconstruction of a beach in the past.
Have a look at what we made :-)
Y2 - Writing, by Miss Khan
Date: 20th May 2024 @ 4:40pm
This half term in English, Y2 have been learning about explanation texts.
In Science, we have been learning about plants.
So for our hot writes today, we paired the two together to create these beautiful pieces of writing, full of facts about plants!
Take a look at some of our work, we are really proud of it :-)
Year 6 Ice Cream & Hoodies!, by Mrs Toft
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 4:24pm
Year 6 enjoyed a post-sats ice cream and some extra outdoor time today. They also recieved their leavers hoodies!
Year 1 plant hunt, by Mrs GIlmour
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 3:50pm
This week Year 1 have been learning about common garden plants. They learnt that garden plants are planted on purpose and can be used to look pretty such as a pansy or used for food such as rosemary. We went for a walk around our local park and area spotting the garden plants on the way. We did observational drawings and found out the name of new plants.
Y2 - Fractions, by Miss Khan
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 3:40pm
This week, we have been learning all about fractions in maths.
Today, we went outdoors with the chalk to create visual representations of the fractions we have learnt.
Take a look at what we did :-)
Y6 - TingaTinga Art, by Mrs Toft
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 5:03pm
This half term Year 6 are exploring a range of African Art. Today they made their own TingaTinga art pieces inspired by Edward TingaTinga.
Year 1 visit to Stretford Library, by Mrs GIlmour
Date: 8th May 2024 @ 3:41pm
This week the children visited Stretford Library. They walked their and back and passers by commented on their exceptional behaviour along the journey. When we went inside the library the children had a guided tour of the children's area of the library and the different sections they could choose a book from. They then had a tour of the adult library as well. They were then given the task of being book detectives and finding different books on their sheet such as 'find a book in a different language'. They had lots of fun and were then able to choose one book to borrow from the library as well.
Year 1- Julia Donaldson Exhibition, by Mrs GIlmour
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 2:15pm
In the Autumn term, year 1 went to the Lowry Theatre to visit the Julia Donaldson exhibition. We had been reading the story Stick Man and it was amazing to see Julia Donaldson's real draft books and ideas for how she created these stories. There was lots of interactive games, a reading area and a role play area, the classes had so much fun! We travelled by the tram to Salford which was another exciting (and tiring) part of the day too!
Y2 - Souvenir Gallery, by Miss Khan
Date: 24th Apr 2024 @ 4:35pm
In History, we have been comparing holidays from the 1950s to our modern day holidays.
Today, we were looking at what photos and souvenirs can tell us about a holiday.
Thank you so much to everyone that printed photos and brought souvenirs in! We loved learning about each other's holidays and sharing our stories.
Y2 - Great Science Share Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 23rd Apr 2024 @ 5:27pm
Today it was the 'Great Science Share Day'!
Our investigation was all about spinning - we aimed to answer "what type of footwear helps to create the best spin?"
Thank you to everyone that managed to bring in some socks for the children to use for this investigation - we really enjoyed it :-)
Y4 - Circuits, by Miss Wallis
Date: 22nd Apr 2024 @ 1:13pm
Year 4 made a simple circuit using a bulb, a battery and 2 wires.
Y4 - DT, by Miss Wallis
Date: 22nd Apr 2024 @ 1:10pm
Year 4 worked hard to create 3D purses out of felt. We stitches the pieces of felt together using a variety of stitches.
Y4 - Freddy Fit, by Miss Naushin
Date: 22nd Apr 2024 @ 1:06pm
Year 4 have really enjoyed their active session with Freddy Fit! They learnt lots of intresting facts about our bodies and how to keep healthy.
Y4 - Volcanoes, by Miss Wallis
Date: 22nd Apr 2024 @ 1:06pm
Year 4 really enjoyed making volcanoes from cardboard and water bottles. We then made them explode on the playground.
Y6 - Circuit Components, by Mrs Toft
Date: 12th Apr 2024 @ 3:54pm
Y6 - Eid Party, by Mrs Toft
Date: 12th Apr 2024 @ 3:49pm
We had a great Eid Party today! Eid Mubarak!
Y2 - Eid Party, by Miss Khan
Date: 12th Apr 2024 @ 3:05pm
Today, we celebrated Eid with some crafting, party food, dancing and colouring.
Many of us also got our henna done which was very exciting!
We have loved our party day! Thank you so much to everyone for bringing party food in and helping make our day extra special :-)
Y2 - Planting, by Miss Khan
Date: 11th Apr 2024 @ 4:53pm
This half term, our Science topic is "Young Gardeners".
Today, we recapped the parts of a plant. We then learnt about the process of germination.
We planted our own bulbs and are excited to see what these turn into!
Y2 - Textiles, by Miss Khan
Date: 19th Mar 2024 @ 3:58pm
Today, we designed, made and evaluated our stuffed animals to complete our DT topic on Textiles!
Each of us designed either a monster or an owl teddy. We then threaded the needles, stuffed, sewed and decorated our animals.
Take a look at us in action :-)
Y2 - Zoolab, by Miss Khan
Date: 13th Mar 2024 @ 5:00pm
Today, we had the pleasure of having Zoolab in school to show us some animals!
This was for our Science topic. The Zoolab leader spoke to us about prey, predators and food chains.
We loved holding the animals and sharing our ideas.
Thank you to Miss Warden for organising this experience for us :-)
Y2 - World Book Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 3:21pm
Today it is World Book Day - the perfect day for a class full of budding readers!
We started the day with a wordsearch, followed by an assembly where we got to parade our costumes around.
Next, we designed our own book covers for a story of our own, and created our own bookmarks to take home!
We read one of our favourite Julia Donaldson books, 'The Smeds and the The Smoos' and took a trip to our school library for some relaxing reading.
We have had the best day and everyone looked amazing! Thank you for all your efforts with costumes :-)
Y2 - Watercolour paints, by Miss Khan
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 3:12pm
Today, we had a lovely, calming afternoon using our brand new watercolour paints to create our own artwork, inspired by a journey.
We then used felt tips to add symbols on, to mirror the aboriginal art we have been learning about.
We loved it :-)
