Class 9 had a fantastic day today celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. They all came dressed in red, white and blue and spent the day learning about their allocated decade – the 1970s. We learnt some key events that happened in that decade and produced some psychedelic art inspired by Read more…
Yesterday afternoon, we had a wonderful surprise: Miss McArthur popped in with her baby boy, Tobias. The children really enjoyed seeing Miss McArthur and meeting Tobias, and there were many oohs and ahhs and cuddles. Some children even got to read to him and others drew pictures of him. We Read more…
To finish off our ‘Money’ topic in Maths, we had a fun lesson today. Children were put into business teams and tasked with being the team to make the most money by making stars and selling them to Miss French. Each team was given a starting budget of £2 and Read more…
This week in History, class 9 looked at the chronology of Anglo Saxon kings. Some children came to the front and wore crowns, pretending to be some of the kings and we made a physical timeline, rearranging the children depending on the dates they reigned. Children then used that knowledge Read more…
This week we have been comparing the UK to another European country – Norway. We had a great introduction to some of the similarities and differences. We learned all about the geographical features of the country as well as their school life and finally their common foods. We then sampled Read more…
We have rounded off our Science topic on sound this week by investigating pitch. Frist we got out the glockenspiels and investigated how the pitch of each note was different and why that might be. We concluded that the pitch changed depending on the length of the keys. The longer Read more…
Today in Class 9, we took part in a PrimeVR workshop. We visited the Polar regions and met some cute arctic creatures. We also looked at the impact of climate change. It was really fun!
Class 9 were history detectives this week finding out how Heywood had changed over the past 130 years. Using historical maps, we investigated the land use in Heywood in the present day, the 1950s and the 1890s. We discovered that over time, Heywood has become more urban, with more houses Read more…
In French, we have been learning Easter nouns and did a hunt around the classroom to find Easter objects.
In Art, we have been studying Andy Warhol, the 1960s pop-artist and this week practised the skill of tracing images to copy them. This is so we know how to make three exact copies of our final piece or work. It wasn’t easy, but we persevered and got there in Read more…
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