On Tuesday we braved the weather to visit the local park to explore forces. The children explored how to make objects move or stop using a push or pull force. They also explored what happened when the force was increased or decreased. Lots of learning but lots of fun. Well Read more…
Well what a wet and soggy day we had but we also had so much fun and learnt lots of things about the stone age. We found out about the use of fire in the stone age and how they would have made fires using flint, sticks and dried grass. Read more…
During international week, year 3 visited China to learn all about the country and it’s culture. We had a great week. We learnt how to count. We tasted chinese food using chop sticks. We made fans, lanterns, dancing dragons and we drew and painted our own koi fish.
This half term we are studying stone age art. In this lesson, we were exploring how to make our own stone age paint using things in the environment and spices.
This term in history, we are learning about the stone age to the iron age. We have been learning about what life was like in the early stone age and what people did to survive. We looked at how they made weapons for hunting using sticks and stones and tried Read more…
This half term in science we are learning about rocks and soil. We began by looking at the rock cycle and how different types of rock are made. We used starburst sweets to create sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks. We then explored rocks more carefully and examined them and Read more…
Last week we entered the Heywood Schools Gymnastics Competition. We took 3 teams, a Year 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6. Prior to the competition, the children had to learn a set floor routine and perform a vault suited to their age group. All the children did amazing and performed their routines Read more…
Today we have had the most amazing day at Rochdale Fireground Museum! We loved getting the bus there.. The staff were brilliant and we revisited the Great Fire of London unit from our history curriculum.. We became fire fighters for the day! The children behaved excellently and were all proud Read more…
On Wednesday we had Sports Cool Bury come into school to give the children in reception and KS1 a taster session in Tri-golf. The children really enjoyed their session and learning new skills.
We have had the most amazing morning at Neeli Mosque in Rochdale. We travelled on the bus… Once we arrived at the mosque the extremely helpful volunteers gave us a tour and explained everything we needed to know about mosques. The children are loving their RE lessons, learning all about Read more…
To support our RE curriculum, Year 2 had the pleasure of visiting the church in our local area today. The children were very sensible on the walk down and it was a lovely day to get out of the classroom! We enjoyed sitting in the sun and listening to the Read more…
Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed our sculpture unit in Art this term. We researched the artist Pippa Hill and paid close attention to the technique she uses. After we designed our animal sculptures we practised carving, moulding, twisting and rolling the clay.. We loved making all different things, we ever Read more…
Today we have all loved celebrating King Charles 111, Year 2 created some King and Queen rules.. We are learning about clay sculptures in our art lessons at the moment so today we made crowns using techniques based on the artist Pippa Hill.. After our delicious picnic lunch made my Read more…
In Science we have been learning about animals including humans, what they need to survive and how to live a healthy lifestyle. We understood the importance of personal hygiene by carrying out an experiment. The glitter on our hands represented germs and we were amazed with how quickly the glitter Read more…
This week we have been learning all about how important it is to look after your mental health. We read some books that encouraged us to talk about our feelings. ‘Glad Monster, Sad Monster’ even had a mask we could use.. We created worry monsters… After lots of discussion we Read more…