For children’s mental health week, we thought about how we express our feelings. The children in school made feeling scribbles, where they took their pencil for a walk and then chose colours for their feelings. If they were feeling a lot of an emotion then they coloured lots of big Read more…
This half term in PE, we have been learning how to play hockey. We started by learning how to hold the stick correctly and manipulate it so that we’re only ever using the flat side of the stick to hit the ball. Then we moved on to passing and tackling.
In Computing this week, we’ve been learning about malware. We have looked at what it is, where it comes from, what it does and how to avoid it. We made posters to make other people aware too.
Due to the current situation regarding Coronavirus and large gatherings we have been unable to have our traditional Nativity plays and carol concert. However, the children (and teachers!) have not let this dampen their spirits and each class has produced a video performance for you to watch. There’s singing, dancing, Read more…
This week, in Language and Communication our discussion was related to our focus text in English (The Iron Man) and our focus question was: We discussed this question with our partners and then shared our opinions with the class. We thought carefully about the vocabulary we used and came up Read more…
Today, Class 9 took part in the PLT-organised Reindeer Run to raise money for Springhill Hospice. The children were sponsored by family and friends to the run laps of the playground wearing festive antlers.
Today in Computing, Class 9 completed their ‘Hour of Code’; an annual worldwide event to to celebrate computer science. They were able to choose from a variety of coding activities and can continue their learning at home by visiting https://hourofcode.com/uk/learn
Usually in year 4, the children would learn how to play the cornet but, due to current Covid-19 restrictions this isn’t possible. Instead, Mr Dixon from Rochdale Music Service is coming in every Friday to teach us Music Theory through different games and activities. This week we recapped what the Read more…
During our assembly time this week, we have been thinking about bullying and how to stop it. On Tuesday, we watched a video from Captain McFinn about how to deal with bullying if we experience it ourselves or if we see it happening to others. (9) Captain McFinn: Help Kids Read more…
This week, Class 9 had their first ‘in-person’ Language and Communication lesson. The discussion was related to our focus text in English and our focus question was: We discussed this question with our partners and then shared our opinions with the class. We thought carefully about the vocabulary we used Read more…
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