Year 6 Science: Identifying Plants for Classification
Year 6 had fun in the sunshine this week, identifying and classifying some of the common UK wild plants in our school grounds. We discovered that a lot of the plants can be classified as flowering plants!
Year 4 Maths Completing a Symmetric Figure
This week in Maths we have been looking in more depth in to shape and specifically how to complete a symmetric figure. Using a mirror we have been able to check our answers and make symmetric patterns of our own.
Year 6 Class Worship: Perseverance
Year 6 are using our Class Worship time today to learn about the parable of the widow who persevered. We thought about a time in our own lives when we had to persevere at something difficult and eventually succeeded. A lot of examples were from our visit to PGL! We then wrote about our perseverance experiences.
Year 3 Art - Making A Moving Picture Book
In today's art lesson, Year 3 began to put together their moving picture books. They designed their own cover based on their favourite nursery rhyme and completed the first step in making the pop up part inside.
Reception Maths: Taking away
Reception class have been learning about taking away in their maths lessons. They are now able to form number sentences that include the "minus" and "equals" symbols.
Reception Picture News
During Picture News Reception discussed the qualities of friendship and discussed how valuable friends are to us. Qualities such as kindness, caring and forgiving were discussed and the children enjoyed talking about their friends.
Free Lunches over Summer
Free lunches during the summer holidays, to register please contact 01254 585000
Year 6 Geography
Year 6 enjoyed a starter activity with inflatable globes in our Geography lesson. We had to throw the globe to each other, and had to name continents and oceans our thumb landed on! It took some thinking to remember lessons from all the way back in Year 2, but we had a lot of fun!
Year 6: Exploring Coding with Microbits
Year 6 have been lucky enough this afternoon to have Rev Kev come along to our class and help us to code the Microbits. We have created thermometers as a class, and then went on to exploring and creating our own coded projects, including 'rock paper scissors', making a rocket fly, making them talk to each other, and making music!
Year 3 English - Developing A Character From A Narrative
Year 3 have been reading the story of 101 Dalmatians during their English lessons. Today they looked at Cruella De Vil and using noun phrases wrote about her character thinking about what she looked like, how she behaved and the effect she had on other characters.
Year 3 Liturgical Board - Courage
Year 3's Liturgical board is linked to the school theme of worship Courage. We talked about what courage is, how we show it and people of courage such as Martin Luther King Jr and Harriet Tubman. We also listened to the story of David and Goliath.
What You Need to Know about Gambling
Online gambling has become more prevalent over the years, with such practises widely advertised on social media and even incorporated into various apps and games. It’s growing easier for children and young people to come across opportunities to gamble online, putting parents at greater risk of financial loss or mental and emotional strain. That said, there are steps you can take to keep these youngsters as safe as possible from the impacts of gambling, and our free guide details these for you. At the same time, our expert points out the most significant risks posed to under-18s, to help you keep these damaging pitfalls to a minimum. Support Services NHS National Centre for Behavioural Addictions and the National Problem Gambling Clinic NHS Northern Gambling Service website NHS Southern Gambling Service website NHS West Midlands Gambling Harms Clinic website NHS East Midlands Gambling Harms Clinic website NHS East of England Gambling Service website NHS South West Gambling Service website https://www.gamcare.org.uk/about-us/what-support-do-we-provide/ Sources https://www.leeds.gov.uk/one-minute-guides/gambling-and-young-people Gambling Commission - Young people and gambling 2023 https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/Measuring-GRH-in-CYP-A-framework-for-action.pdf https://bigdeal.org.uk/ https://parentzone.org.uk/article/pressure-to-spend https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-018-0220-3 https://www.problemgambling.ca/gambling-help/gambling-information/about-slot-machines.aspx#near_misses https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10899-017-9701-7 https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/07/how-gambling-affects-the-brain https://www.itn.co.uk/media-centre/exclusive-5-news-study-university-bristol-business-school-exposes-alarming-scale#:~:text=Across%20all%20media%20channels%20examined,or%20115%20messages%20every%20hour. https://www.gambleaware.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/pbhm-final-report-december-2016.pdf