Today was the turn for the Year 5&6 Girls to attend their Dodgeball Competition for the Heywood schools at Heywood Sports Village. This was some of the girls first competition and they were amazing, showing great teamwork and gaining more confidence throughout each game. We had a mixture of results Read more…
Today we entered the Heywood Schools Year 5&6 Boys Dodgeball Competition at Newhouse Academy. This was our first competition in a while, and whilst having lots of fun the boys did an amazing job showing some fantastic teamwork too. We had a variety of results throughout our games. Well done Read more…
As part of this week’s Book Week, Year 6 joined the children in Year 2 to do some paired reading. To begin with, Year 6 listened to their Year 2 buddies do some fantastic reading, then each pair explored some of the Year 6 texts together. The Year 6 children Read more…
As part of this week’s Book Week, Year 6 used various texts to explore the theme of ‘Refugees’. The children discussed the current situation in the Ukraine, then used both their Bookflix picture book ‘The Arrival’ and the famous poem ‘Refugees’ to create their own reverse poems. All of the Read more…
Today is ‘World Poetry Day’ and the challenge set out in this morning’s assembly will be to find a poem you like and post it in this school blog post. You may even find examples of people reciting your favourite poem on sites like You Tube – if so – Read more…
This term in Geography Year 6 have been learning all about South America. To consolidate their learning each child created a double page fact file all about the continent’s landscape, human geographical features, exports and climate. Everyone really enjoyed the topic and produced fantastic fact files…have a look at some Read more…
Today Year 6 took part in a SCARF (Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship) workshop based on what they have been learning about in their PSHCE lessons. They participated in activities and discussions relating to health, lifestyle, relationships and wellbeing. The session was very helpful in consolidating the children’s knowledge Read more…
For this year’s Safer Internet Day, Year 6 produced and presented some Google slides surrounding the theme of ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online.’ Everyone created informative and mature presentations- some pairs even gave us a quiz!
Our ECO Council have being taking part in something extremely special this week! We have been gifted one of the Queen’s Jubilee Tree’s, which we have planted in our woodland, to celebrate her long reign of 70 years. Together, we have used lots of tools to plant and secure the Read more…
This afternoon Year 6 took a trip to Rochdale to take part in Crucial Crew- an event which aims to raise awareness of safety issues for children. The children engaged with various people who work in the community, including police officers, the British Transport Police, Metrolink officers and local council Read more…
Today in Science, Year 6 investigated the effects that increasing the voltage in an electrical circuit can have on its components. We had a great time completing our experiment and almost all of our predictions were correct!
This afternoon in Art we practised creating our own digital photomontages based on a theme of our choice. The app was a little hard to navigate at first, but we persevered and produced some great pieces!
Today Years 5 and 6 had their Christmas party day. We spent the morning decorating biscuits, playing computer games and doing some crafts and this afternoon we ate some delicious snacks. We also played party games in the hall, but we had so much fun playing them that we forgot Read more…
Today we entered a Year 5 and 6, friendly football tournament with other Heywood schools. The boys gave all 5 matches a great effort and showed some great teamwork. For some of the boy this was their first tournament and we are proud of how they did, and looking forward Read more…
For this term’s DT project, Year 6 designed and created their own playground structures. They began by sketching designs of their structures, taking into consideration what makes a successful playground. They then used a range of materials to create 3D structures and the results were absolutely fantastic!