Class 8 have started a new learning journey about time in Maths this week. We have been learning to tell the time to the nearest minute. We enjoyed a game of time bingo to kick start our learning. Can you offer any top tips on how to tell the time Read more…
On Friday, Class 8 had a wonderful time completing fitness circuits with Team GB badminton player Jenny Wallwork. The children put in 100% effort and had lots of fun cheering each other on. They also enjoyed listening to Jenny about how she had always dreamed of becoming a top class Read more…
We were very lucky this week to work with Jenny Wallwork, a team GB Olympic badminton player. All the children took part in a sponsored fitness event and learned about the importance of following your dreams. Everybody gave their very best effort and had lots of fun whilst keeping fit! Read more…
Reception have continued learning about money this week in maths. Today we finished off the week with a problem solving lesson where the children used trial and error to find out which two objects from the shop they could buy using ten pennies. Some children were also able to add Read more…
In PE with Miss French this week, Class 4 were tasked with finding different ways to move across a bench. The children came up with a variety of different ways, including some Miss French hadn’t even thought of! Some of the them provided quite a challenge when it came to Read more…
Our maths lesson today not only tested our reasoning skills but our growth mindset too! The strategy we are focussing in this term is trial and error. We were given a task to solve independently using tokens. We had to find a pattern using columns and rows and odd and Read more…
The children enjoyed an exciting assembly on Wednesday. They had the opportunity to join in with an Easter bonnet parade and show their bonnets to the rest of the school. Mrs Caulcutt and Mrs Lee were blown away by the standard of the Easter bonnets along with the time and Read more…
In Class 8 we made catapults as part of our Linked Learning on the Romans. We worked in teams to follow the tricky instructions. We had lots of fun testing our finished prototypes. What top tips would you give somebody who wants to make a catapult Class 8?
This afternoon 5 members of Year 6 took part in the annual Mathletes tournament held at Siddal Moor. In the first round they competed against St. Luke’s. Heap Bridge were the opposition in the semi-final. We played against St. Michael’s in a tense final, winning by just one point. A Read more…
Over the course of the last two Science lessons in Year 4, Class 9 planned and carried out an investigation to find how to build the tallest spaghetti tower. Using just raw spaghetti and marshmallows for joints, the children tried different strategies to see who could build the tallest structure. Read more…