In Art this term, Year 5 are studying the work of Henri Rousseau. In Tuesday’s lesson, the pupils began to create their own interpretation of Henri Rousseau’s ‘Tiger in a Tropical Storm’. To begin with each pupil was given an image of a tiger and then they began to sketch Read more…
Today, Year 5 invited parents and carers into class to support them creating their final product for our stuffed toys DT unit. This term, Year 5 have been exploring the concept of creating their own stuffed toys. First of all they designed their product and then had a practice at Read more…
On Wednesday, five children from Year 5 and five children from Year 6 visited Harwood Park Primary School for Science Ambassador training. The children took part in a variety of activities throughout the afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it! They represented themselves and Heap Bridge brilliantly. Well done to you Read more…
This week it was the turn of the girls to compete in the Heywood Sports Association Dodgeball Competition. Although, slightly more subdued than the boys competition last week, the standard of dodgeball continued to be of a high level. All the girls represented Heap Bridge brilliantly, doing themselves proud and Read more…
This week Mrs Wallsworth took some of the Year 5/6 boys to compete in the Heywood Sports Association Dodgeball Competition. The event was held over two nights, Monday at Holy Family High School and then Thursday at Heywood Sports Village. The boys tried hard and the games were tough and Read more…
In English, Year 5 have been looking at the poem ‘The Magic Box’ by Kit Wright. In the first lesson, the children read through the poem and then identified examples of things that they have experienced or would like to experience linked to the five senses. Next, they developed their Read more…
In Art this term, Year 5 have been learning about lino printing. Lino Printing is a form of block printing that involves carving a pattern or design into a linoleum, rubber or vinyl surface that can then be printed from. In today’s lesson, we carved our final design into the Read more…
In Science this term, Year 5 have been exploring different forces. Last week, we looked at air resistance. Air resistance is a type of friction between air and another material. For example, when an airplane flies through the air, air particles hit the airplane making it more difficult for it to Read more…
Last week, we attended the Heywood Schools Sports Presentation at Newhouse Academy. The evening was to celebrate all the success during competitions this academic school year, medals were presented for First place and runners up. We would like to say a massive well done to all the children who have Read more…
It was great to be back at the Etihad Manchester Indoor Athletics Arena today for our annual School Sports Day. Thank you to all the parents who came to support… your cheers helped to create an atmosphere for our sporting heroes. A huge well done to all our pupils… Read more…
Today we entered the Heywood Schools Gymnastics competition at Newhouse Academy. There were 5 schools in total who took part with over 75 children in total competing for their schools. We took 3 teams to this event a Year 1/2 team, 3/4 team and 5/6 team. The standard was amazing Read more…
Today during PE Year 1,2,3&4 continued their celebrations for the Queens Jubilee during their PE lesson. We didn’t let the rain stop us, we started off with completing a Jubilee dance dancing through different years, then we went on to complete an obstacle course. During the obstacle course the children Read more…
Today we entered the Heywood schools Year 3&4 Mixed Dodgeball competition at Heywood Sports Village against 4 other local primary schools. This was a first competition for most of our players and they did an amazing job, some fantastic efforts. Well done Year 3&4.
Today we entered the Heywood Schools KS2 Cross Country event at Newhouse Academy. The children raced in their year groups with Girls competing against each other and the boys against each other. Year 3&4 had to do 1 lap where as year 5&6 had to complete 2 laps. It was Read more…
Today 8 children from Year 4&5 took part in the Rochdale School Games Partnership Gymnastics Festival at Heywood Sparks Gymnastics. The children were joined by 7 other primary schools, and the aim of the Festival was for the children to have lots of fun experimenting lots of different equipment. During Read more…