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Poet workshop, by Miss Wallis
Date: 12th Oct 2022 @ 4:56pm
Year 5 attended an online poet workshop. We wrote a poem about our favourite animal using similes and metaphors!
Y3 Water Colour Experimentation, by Miss Khan
Date: 7th Oct 2022 @ 3:53pm
Today we were using watercolour paints to experiment with different colours!
We are preparing to create a piece of artwork inspired by Andy Warhol's 'Campbell's Soup'.
Y3 - National Poetry Day Workshop, by Miss Khan
Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 3:09pm
Today we had the opportunity to participate in a wonderful poetry workshop with a guest speaker.
We wrote poems about our favourite animals, using metaphors and similes.
Which one is your favourite? :)
Year 3 Plant Drawing - Science, by Miss Khan
Date: 4th Oct 2022 @ 5:14pm
Year 3 have been learning all about plants in this half term's Science topic.
Today, we went into one of our wonderful outdoor learning spaces to draw pictures of the plants we could see and label their features :)
Staffordshire Hoard artefacts, by Miss Wallis
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 4:12pm
Year 5 really enjoyed looking at Staffordshire Hoard artefacts. They looked at how the artefacts can tell us about the life of the Anglo-Saxons and how the artefacts have limitations.
Poet visit, by Miss Wallis
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 4:10pm
A poet came to visit Year 5. They listened to lots of different poets and wrote a poem about 'Fun'.
Skippy John, by Miss Wallis
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 4:08pm
Year 5 had a great session learning how to skip with Skippy John.
Making a solar system, by Miss Wallis
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 4:06pm
Year 5 worked in team point groups to create a much smaller version of the solar system. They used different equipment to represent different planets based on their size.
Year 5 Making Anglo-Saxon shields, by Miss Wallis
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 4:03pm
Year 5 had created some Anglo-Saxon shields using cardboard and tin foil. The shields will be used for the Anglo-Saxon assembly later on in the half term.
Science, by Miss Jones
Date: 27th Sep 2022 @ 9:43am
We have been learning all about plants. We explored plants around our school and identified and classified the according to their features. We then investigated water transportation and how water travels around a plant. We learnt about the importance of the roots and the stem.
Year 3 Number and Place Value, by Miss Jones
Date: 26th Sep 2022 @ 8:08am
We have been learning all about Place Value!
Year 3 History, by Miss Jones
Date: 26th Sep 2022 @ 8:02am
We began the year by recapping the word chronology, we made a timeline of our life and then we looked at a timeline of World History. We talked about AD and BC and then had a go at ordering the different perdiods. As in introduction to primary and secondary sources, we have been looking at how we can find out information about The Stonehenge, we created a silhouette painting using watercolours. We also had a go at making our own cave paintings using the media of charcoal.
Imperial War Museum, by Mrs Toft
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 8:21pm
Year 6 had an amazing trip to the Imperial War Museum today. We took two trams to get to Media City UK where we then walked to the museum. Throughout the day we explored the amazing exhibition space and got to enjoy a 'Ministry of Memory Magic' workshop.
Y6 PSHE, by Mrs Toft
Date: 21st Sep 2022 @ 3:47pm
Year 6 enjoyed working together to arrange food groups. We discussed the importance of a healthy diet and how it can affect our mental health.
Crucial Crew, by Mrs Toft
Date: 14th Sep 2022 @ 10:15am
Year 6 spent the morning at Cruciual Crew today. Crucial Crew is a multi-agency safety event aimed at Year 6 children (10 to 11 year olds) designed to provide children with life skills that will enable them to keep themselves and others safe. They heard talks from the transport police, travelsafe metrolink, learnt about CPR and lots more.
Y6 - Lacrosse!, by Mrs Toft
Date: 13th Sep 2022 @ 4:02pm
Year 6 had a fantastic first Lacrosse session today. They will be taking part in Lacrosse for the rest of the half term. After school Lacrosse club will be offered to Y6 only - limited spaces - don't miss out!
Blitz Artwork!, by Mrs Toft
Date: 8th Sep 2022 @ 9:49am
To kickstart our new History topic, Year 6 used acrylic paints, yellow and black card and white chalk to create some Blitz artwork.
Classification Keys!, by Mrs Toft
Date: 6th Sep 2022 @ 4:44pm
This week Year 6 explored classification keys using sweets!
RE- parent visitor, by Miss McEvoy
Date: 21st Jul 2022 @ 12:35pm
To complete our RE topic, What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today, we had a special visit from one of our parents who follows Hinduism. Adi's mum from 4M came in to talk to the children. She was able to talk to the children about her religion and answer questions. Then she taught the children a bollywood dance. Every child was engaged and enjoyd this. The children were lucky enought to try on different tradditional dresses. We all have so much fun.
Litter picking, by Miss McEvoy
Date: 21st Jul 2022 @ 12:31pm
Year 4 enjoyed going into the local area and litter picking. Everyone was very sensible and thought about saftey. They then were rewarded with a play on the park. Good work Year 4.
Maths lesson with Lostock High School, by Miss Wallis
Date: 18th Jul 2022 @ 3:53pm
Year 5 had a fantastic Maths lesson with Lostock High School. They developed their memory techniques and had a go at some problem solving activities!
R.E Day!, by Miss Horvath
Date: 18th Jul 2022 @ 8:33am
Year 6 had a great time making arty vocabulary posters on R.E day last week.
Y6 STEM week, by Miss Horvath
Date: 5th Jul 2022 @ 5:25pm
This week, Year 6 were taught by our digital leaders all about online safety and computational thinking. In the lesson, the children had to recap what they knew about online safety, work in teams to instruct each other through mazes and summarise their knowledge in a fun Kahoot quiz! Year 6 have also spent some time learning about 'Carbon Footprints'. In this lesson, they explored their own carbon footprints and decided on tips on how they can reduce their carbon footprints. Towards the end of the week, Year 6 worked in teams on a STEM activity involving creating their own miniature 'Titanic' boats. They had to try to adapt their 'boat' to prevent it from sinking. We timed the ones that lasted the longest and discussed how this was due to surface area, mass and buoyancy.
Year 5 Geography Fieldwork, by Miss Wallis
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 12:41pm
Year 5 went on a walk around Stretford. We went to Stretford Mall, Stretford Public Hall and St Matthew's Church. We made notes on how our local area has changed.
Year 5 Litter Picking, by Miss Wallis
Date: 28th Jun 2022 @ 4:44pm
Year 5 had a fantastic afternoon litter picking in the school playground and Moss Park. Year 5 worked well as a team.
