Reception-UTW-Bonfire Night
This week, Reception stepped into a world of sparkles and sizzles as we explored all about Bonfire Night! After sharing our own memories of watching fireworks light up the night sky, we watched a video to see the brilliant displays and bonfires in action. We had important discussions on how to stay safe around fire and fireworks, ensuring everyone knows how to keep extra safe while celebrating. Finally, in our creative area the children designed their own spectacular firework artwork using chalk, felt tip pens, sticks, glitter, and sparkling sequins!
Nursery/Pre-school- Computing - Creating My Own Music
This week, our nursery children have been combining their early phonics skills with music and technology, and they had an absolute blast! Using an interactive computer programme, the children explored how the letter sounds they are learning can be turned into musical notes and rhythmic patterns. Here is what our budding musicians got up to: Sound Explorers: We linked sounds to digital audio effects, experimenting with the different noises we could produce. Building a Beat: The children practised patterning by creating their own repeating rhythms and beats, tapping their toes along to the tempo. Loud and Quiet: There was plenty of laughter as we explored dynamics! The children loved discovering the difference between loud and gentle, quiet whispers. Spot the Instrument: They showed brilliant listening skills by identifying and naming the instruments they used.
Nursery/Pre-school- Continuous Provision- Exploring Our Indoor Environment
The children have had a wonderful week exploring our indoor environment, diving straight into all things Autumn with heaps of curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm! We have been exploring... Funky Fingers & Spiders: Our funky fingers area was taken over by creepy crawlies! The children used tweezers, pegs, and their finest pincer grips to rescue, count, and sort model spiders. This has been brilliant for building hand strength and fine motor control ready for early mark-making. Leaf Brooms & Storytime Magic: Linking directly to our story of the week, the children used the crunchy, colourful leaves we collected from the nursery garden to craft their very own brooms. There was fantastic fine-motor work as they bound, tied, and glued their natural treasures together ready for some storybook magic! Dressing Up & Imaginative Role Play: Our role-play corner was buzzing with excitement. Dressed up in a variety of brilliant outfits, the children let their imaginations run wild, inventing elaborate stories, taking on different characters, and collaborating beautifully with their friends. Master Builders in the Construction Zone: Over on the carpet, the building blocks were in high demand! The children have been developing their spatial awareness, balance, and problem-solving skills working together to build tall towers, sturdy enclosures, and intricate bridges. It has been a delight watching their independence, language, and creativity flourish across every corner of the room this week!
Reception - Blackburn With Darwen Recycling Scheme
Our Early Years children had a fantastic time kicking off their new Blackburn with Darwen recycling scheme with a hands-on discovery session! The children explored various materials and took on the role of bin detectives, carefully sorting each item into its correct recycling bin. It was a great session to introduce our new recycling scheme with Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Year 2 - Maths - Exchanging Ones
Our Year 2 mathematicians have been busy exploring exchanging ones in addition and subtraction. Using practical resources and manipulatives, the children worked hard to represent numbers, explore place value and develop their understanding of how numbers can be exchanged. A hands-on approach to help bring their learning to life, build confidence and deepen their mathematical understanding. Lots of fantastic thinking and problem-solving! Well done, Year 2!
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Year 5 DT - Tasting Bolognese Sauce
Year 5 Taste Testers: Exploring Shop-Bought Bolognese This week in Design and Technology, Year 5 put their palates to the test with a shop-bought bolognese sauce tasting session! Working like true food critics, the children carefully identified the ingredients and flavours they could detect before checking the packaging to see how accurate their taste buds were. We then turned our attention to the nutritional traffic lights and were surprised to discover that the sauce had amber ratings for both sugar and salt—much higher than expected. Inspired by our findings and guided by the Eatwell Plate, the class decided to take action. Realising we could pack in as many healthy portions from the fruit and vegetable section as we liked, everyone has now adapted their own bolognese recipes to include plenty of extra veg. It was a thoroughly enjoyable lesson, and Year 5 are ready to get cooking!
Reception-Blackburn With Darwen Recycling Scheme
Following on from our first lesson of our Recycling Scheme with Blackburn with Darwen, the children have loved exploring our Recycling Centre role play. They have made sure that all of the rubbish has been recycled into the correct bins, checking up on each other and then counting how much rubbish they have in each bin.
Year 6 - DT - Waistcoats
Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn a flat piece of fabric into a bespoke, wearable garment? This week in Design Technology, Year 6 stepped into the shoes of fashion designers as we carefully cut out our paper templates and transferred them onto our chosen fabrics: two front panels and one larger back piece. We smartly used chalk to mark our outlines so the lines could easily be rubbed off later without permanently marking the material. Cutting the fabric out with scissors proved to be a real test of resilience and control, meaning we had to collaborate brilliantly—holding material taut and helping one another through the trickier cuts. Finally, we lined up our panels and securely pinned the seams in place, leaving our waistcoats fully prepped and ready to sew next week!
Year 6 - English - Predictions
What can a piece of driftwood, a violin, and a starry night sky tell us about a journey across the sea? This week in English, Year 6 turned literary detectives to uncover the mysteries of our new class text, A Story Like the Wind by Gill Lewis. We explored a curious collection of clues—including a key on a string necklace, a cosy blanket, sheet music, and evocative illustrations—alongside a short, intriguing extract from the opening pages. Through lively discussions in pairs, small groups, and as a whole class, we pieced together what these symbolic objects might represent and what challenges the characters might face. We then channelled our ideas into thoughtful written predictions in our books, setting the stage for what promises to be a deeply moving story.
Year 4 Communion
Year 4 made us proud during the Communion service at Church. They listened to Rev Kev beautifully during our time there. We had four pupils who read part of a Bible reading each and some individuals chose to read out a prayer they had created. They were delivered with such confidence and clarity; Rev Kev was very impressed! Continuing in the community spirit, Year 4 enjoyed eating their lunch at Church before returning back to school.
Year 4 D.T. - Evaluating biscuits and their packaging
Year 4 are enjoying their first D.T. topic of the year, and it's all about biscuits! Before we lead up to designing and creating our own biscuits near the end of the unit, we had to evaluate existing biscuits and their packaging, trying to determine what target audience each product was aimed at, including what the different types of packaging were made from. Year 4 would more than confirm, that the best part of the lesson was definitely eating the biscuits! It is safe to say that the lesson was a hit!
Year 1-Design Technology-Investigating structures
Year 1 have been looking at stability in structures in preparation for making their pencil pot. We investigated where to add weight to our model to increase its stability.
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