This week in RE, Class 8 have been looking at prayer and why Christians pray. We learnt that Christians pray as a way of communicating with God – it’s like a conversation. You can pray anywhere, anytime and there are different ways of praying such as singing as a group Read more…
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…
On Friday Year 2 had a fantastic day out at Skipton Castle. We enjoyed exploring the castle with our guides and were able to answer lots of questions using what we had learned in class.
Tomorrow the children in Year 2 will be heading off to Skipton Castle to support their learning in history. Today we looked at some information leaflets from the castle to see what we would find out before we go. We worked fantastically well with our partners and there was a Read more…
In English we have been exploring the text ‘The Paper Bag Princess.’ Today we wrote some fantastic newspaper reports describing the dragon’s attack on the castle. We used lots of adjectives for description and included new vocabulary we have learned.
As part of our new Science learning journey ‘Working Scientifically’ Class 5 carried out an investigation using Skittles. We wanted to find out what happened to them when we added different temperatures of water. We were amazed to see the effects and learn about what had happened. Can you explain Read more…
As part of our Super Scientists topic Class 5 have been investigating light. We learned about Issac Newton and the discovery he made about light. We used torches and prisms to explore how we can see the different colours of light as a rainbow.
Today we explored the pulse and improvisation using a range of instruments, as well as singing.
Today we have been playing the glockenspiel and singing in rounds to Pharrell – Happy.
In our design and technology lessons, Class 5 have been making puppets. We made an owl puppet to link with our text in English. We used many skills such as designing, cutting, sewing and evaluating. Our completed puppets have been proudly displayed for all to enjoy!