Year 5 Maths: Identifying Multiples and Factors
This week, Year 5 focused on Multiples and Factors in Maths. We started today's lesson with a consolidation activity identifying multiples of various numbers, then challenged ourselves to find the factors for those multiples. This practical exercise solidified the children's understanding of the two distinct concepts. This week's learning has successfully set the stage for finding common factors—a crucial skill they'll use throughout Year 5 and in future mathematics.
Year 4 Maths - Adding and Subtracting
Year 4 have been extending their knowledge of adding and subtracting numbers and have worked really hard when exchanging, or needing to change the place value of the numbers within their sums. We have also been practising making sure that we have set out our problems correctly to ensure the correct answer is obtained. Lots of counting skills have been displayed and Year 4 have demonstrated their skills well!
Reception Maths – Repeating Patterns
Our Reception children have been exploring repeating patterns through hands-on activities linked to White Rose Maths. They worked together to spot, copy, continue and create their own patterns using everyday objects. The children loved working practically – sorting, building and chatting about what they noticed. These activities not only help develop early mathematical understanding, but also encourage turn-taking, reasoning and careful observation. Learning through play is such a big part of our EYFS curriculum, and it’s lovely to see the children so engaged and confident as they explore new mathematical ideas!
Year 3 - English - Exploring Non Fiction Texts
Our Year 3 students delved into the fascinating world of non-fiction texts this week. They explored a wide variety of informative texts, learning how to identify key features such as headings, diagrams, captions, and indexes.
Year 5 Holy Communion Service
This Tuesday, Year 5 had the opportunity to visit the church for Holy Communion. We explored the meaning of Brotherly Love by reading a passage from 1 Corinthians 13 and discussing its message. After sharing our wonderful and heartfelt prayers, we took part in the communion service, with students choosing to either receive communion or a blessing from Rev Kev. The morning concluded with a lovely lunch shared with the congregation before we returned to school.
Reception - Visit to Darwen Library
Reception had a fantastic time visiting Darwen Library! The children loved learning about all the fun things you can do there, from borrowing books to joining in with special story sessions. Jackie, the librarian, read Dear Zoo and the children joined in using props – it was such a joy to see their excitement. Some of the children even signed up for their very own library cards! A huge thank you to everyone at Darwen Library for inviting us – we had a wonderful morning and can’t wait to visit again.
Year 5 R.E. How do Christians Use the Bible?
Year 5 were delighted to welcome Rev Kev to our R.E. lesson this week, gaining valuable insight into how Christians engage with the Bible. Rev Kev thoughtfully explained the practices of reading and studying scripture, emphasizing how the Bible guides his own life and word choices. The session sparked a lively and interesting discussion, where the children posed amazing questions and confidently demonstrated the depth of their learning on various Biblical subjects this term.
Year 5 Art - Making Stronger Marks
This week in Art, Year 5 focused on developing stronger mark-making techniques. Students conducted an in-depth investigation into various pencil types, specifically using 6B pencils to draw and create typography directly over newspaper articles. The primary challenge was ensuring their drawings and writing were bold enough to dominate the underlying text. Following this successful experimentation, they transferred these newly honed skills to plain paper.
Year 4 - Storytelling Through Art
Continuing with Year 4's Storytelling Through Art topic, this week we have made our own sketchbooks, ready for our stories to be drawn in them these next few weeks. Year 4 demonstrated superb listening skills and good teamwork to help each other create a sketchbook each. Year 4 cannot wait to begin putting their practised skills to the test in their handmade books next lesson!
Pre-School - PE - Different Sized Movements
In P.E this week Pre-School have been acting out their story- Goldilocks and the hree Bears. We talked about each step of the story before acting out the action for each step, using big, medium and small actions.
Reception- Music- Getting To Know The Musical Instruments
In music this week the children have been introduced to different music instruments. We listened to the sounds they make and how we can make them have loud and quiet sounds. We can use them fast and slow and using these methods we can play them to different songs. The children each selected a different instrument and we selected different songs to sing. We matched up the song to how the instrument could be played. Twinkle Twinkle was a slow and quiet sound on the musical instruments but The Grand Old Duke of York was loud and fast.
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Year 1 - Independent Challenges
We have had a fantastic week so far completing independent challenges! These vary from completing a 'colour and write' phonics challenge, to building a school using lego!
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