Last week, classes 9 and 10 went on a tip to support their learning about the history of transport and how development in transport affected the local area. We took a steam train from Heywood to Rawtenstall and then back to Bury where we ate lunch and explored Bury Transport Read more…
Class 9 had a wonderful time exploring poetry today with local poet, Ian Bland. Ian delivered a fun assembly where he performed some of his poems including, The Dinner Lady Dance, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, and The Teachers are Asleep (which required audience participation from Miss French and Read more…
Today, class 9 took part in a VR workshop all about climate change. We got the chance to link it to our learning in Geography and English and discover even more about it. We experienced the effects of melting ice caps and deforestation as well as meeting polar bears, orangutans Read more…
Class 9 had fun making the water cycle in a bag this week in Science. This activity was a fun way to learn about the role that evaporation and condensation play in our weather. The bags are taped to the window so we can watch closely to see our oceans Read more…
Children in Year 4 have been having lots of fun at our Times Tables after school club. They have been playing lots of games to help them learn and remember their times tables.
Class 9 went on a treasure hunt around the classroom today to discover the answers to ten questions about Hinduism, to prepare us for our next topic “What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?i
This week, Class 9 have been looking at old maps of Heywood and comparing them to present day. We used our knowledge of grid references to see what was the same/different in certain areas of the town. We decided that in the past, Heywood was quite rural, but as time Read more…
In Art, we have been studying Andy Warhol, the 1960s pop-artist and this week practised the skill of tracing images to copy them. This is so we know how to make three exact copies of our final piece or work. It wasn’t easy, but we persevered and got there in Read more…
As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, we had a visit from the SCARF Life Bus and Harold the Giraffe. We talked about our bodies (and even got to look inside!) as well as how to keep our bodies and minds healthy. We then explored how people can be different Read more…
