Our new French topic this half term is “En Classe” and we are learning to name some of the objects in our classroom. This week we consolidated our learning by playing some games. We had to reach Ito the freely bag (without looking) and try to guess what the objects Read more…
We’ve been continuing our learning about States of Matter this week and have learnt why solids, liquids and gases behave differently. It’s all about the particles. The particles in a solid are packed tightly together so there I see no room to move. This is why a solid keeps it Read more…
Our new Beliefs and Values topic for this half term is ‘Christianity’ and we started this week by exploring where and when Christianity was founded and who founded it. After discovering that Christianity was based and the teachings of Jesus (and began after his death), we looked at various images Read more…
To finish off our Science topic, ‘Eating and Digestion’, we carried out an experiment to answer the question, ‘Do we need acid to digest food?’ To do this, we needed the following pieces of equipment: Two sealable freezer bags (the stomach) Two slices of bread (the food) One glass of Read more…
Today, we had a visit from Chaplins Pantomimes who treated us to a wonderful performance of Cinderella.
We have been preparing for our final piece of writing, recounting our trip to Macclesfield Museum and as part of that we have completed an activity called ‘Magpie Notebook’. Children got the chance to go around the classroom and read other children’s drafts and ‘magpie’ ideas from each other to Read more…
This week, we have being taking part in the Hour of Code. Miss French set us the task of helping The Grinch save Christmas. We worked together to create algorithms to program a drone to collect presents to return to Whoville. Why not have a go yourself at http://www.grinchhourofcode.com
Last week, Mr Dixon wasn’t able to attend our music lesson because he was ill, so instead of cornets we had a recorder lesson with Mrs Taylor. She taught us how to play two notes on the descant recorder (B and A) and we played some rhythms and call and Read more…
Today, Class 9 visited Macclesfield Museum to experience life as a Victorian child. We took part in a Victorian school lesson with Ma’am, who was very strict, as well as learning about Christmas in Victorian times. Did you know, Christmas Crackers were a Victorian invention? We learnt this today, and Read more…
In Science this week, Class 9 have been studying teeth! We learnt about the reasons we have teeth, the different types of teeth (and their uses), and how to keep our teeth healthy. Did you know, children only have 20 teeth, which they will lose by the time they are Read more…
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