On Monday, Class 8 went on a walk around Heywood as part of their Investigating the Local Area topic in Geography. Beforehand, we drew maps of our route and plotted symbols of where we wanted to visit. Here are some pictures of the places we chose to visit – these Read more…
We had lots of fun at the safari park and so a wide variety of animals!
Year 5 really enjoyed their trip to the zoo last week. We spotted a number of animals which would be found in the rainforest. The lemurs were very friendly.
On Friday Year One went on a trip to Formby Beach 🏖 to look at the natural features of a coastal area (and build a few sandcastles!) Luckily it was a glorious day, the sun was shining and fun was had by all. A big thank you to all the parent Read more…
As part of our Linked Learning topic in Year 5, we discovered how chocolate was made from the rainforest. We discussed the process from cocoa bean to chocolate bar and the importance of fair trade. We then tasted 6 different chocolates (some we loved and some we didn’t!). Using our Read more…
For our our topic ‘Where on Earth are we’ we created our very own globes and painted them on Ed our paper mache dried!
To celebrate all their hard work and to show all they have learnt in Linked Learning this half term, Class 6 had a Mexico party. We listened to traditional Mexican music, had a go at smashing a piñata and tried some yummy Mexican food. We enjoyed the salsa and tortilla Read more…
In Linked Learning we have been learning about the 7 continents of the world and explorers that have been there. This week we have learnt about Kenya, in Africa. We have found out where it is in the world, what currency they use, which foods they eat and the difference Read more…
Class 11 have produced some fantastic pieces of homework over the holidays for our Linked Learning topic ‘Rainforests’. There has been a variety of work including: information posters, power points, postcards and drawings. A particular well done to Kyle for going to the zoo and bringing in photographs and information Read more…
This week we have finished off our Africa topic by designing and painting African drums. We have practised mixing warm colours and painting them carefully by looking at examples for our inspiration of African patterns.
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