Image of Year 3 Music - Keeping To The Beat Of Four
12 Nov

Year 3 Music - Keeping To The Beat Of Four

In music Year 3 have been learning to keep to the beat of four. The children worked in a circle passing a cup on the first beat and then clapping three more beats to make four, repeating the pattern and keeping in time with each other.

Image of Year 3 Science - Recognising The Bones In Our Bodies
11 Nov

Year 3 Science - Recognising The Bones In Our Bodies

In today's Science lesson Year 3 have been learning how to recognise the main bones in their body. They also collected data by measuring each bone and ordering them from shortest to longest.

Image of Reception - Smoothie Bike!
11 Nov

Reception - Smoothie Bike!

Reception took part in the smoothie bike experience this morning, and although our feet didn’t touch the pedals, we had great fun! The children discussed different types of fruits that they liked and learned how many portions of fruit and veg they should eat every day. The children tried 3 different smoothies altogether; strawberry and banana, mango and pineapple and then one with all of the fruit together.

Image of Reception - Maths - One More Than
11 Nov

Reception - Maths - One More Than

Today the children have been looking at one more. We used a number line and blocks to support our work. Our sentence was one more than - is -.

Image of Year 4 English - Writing and Presenting Stories
7 Nov

Year 4 English - Writing and Presenting Stories

We have finally finished our unit on the Loch Ness! We have thoroughly enjoyed this unit, and wow, have the children produced some fantastic story outcomes from it! We were so proud of our stories, that we decided to type them up to put on display in school, and we worked hard on improving our typic skills in the process. We can't wait to find out what unit is coming next!

Image of Year 4 Maths - Understanding Area
7 Nov

Year 4 Maths - Understanding Area

This week, year 4 have started to look at area. We discussed what area meant, and were impressed with Dylilah's answer of, "It's the whole inside of that board, I would cover the whole board to show the area." We used post it notes as squares to physically construct rectilinear shapes with different areas, before learning how to draw them in our books. Well done year 4!

Image of Year 4 - Trip to Blackburn Cathedral.
7 Nov

Year 4 - Trip to Blackburn Cathedral.

Year 4 attended the moon exhibition at Blackburn Cathedral. We met with other Cidari schools to work in groups answering God’s big questions. We had a Worship with Bishop Phillip who taught us about the creation and asked us some questions; What words would you use to describe the moon? What does the moon make you think? How does the moon make you feel? The children took part in a number of workshops including dance, cooking, planting and clay sculptures, all representing one of God’s big question. The children were so well behaved and were great ambassadors for Darwen St James,

Image of Nursery - UTW - Exploring Elements Of Routine That Happen During The Day And Night
6 Nov

Nursery - UTW - Exploring Elements Of Routine That Happen During The Day And Night

The children in Nursery class have been working on their understanding of routine and events that happen during the day and night. The little ones selected items of interest from the basket and we discussed what the item was, what we do with it and when we might need it. The children mimicked using the items and had a good understanding on what each item was for, however It was interesting to hear how many children wear wellies to bed, haha! Nursery class really enjoyed this activity, so it will be available in provision for them to continue to explore and further support their understanding on day and night routines.

Image of Year 5 Tree Planting - Creating a Micro Forest!
6 Nov

Year 5 Tree Planting - Creating a Micro Forest!

Year 5 were very lucky this week to be invited by Lancashire Council to help create a micro forest on Winterton Road. We were all very excited to plant some trees and help to save the planet! It was very muddy, but great fun and we all learned some valuable skills about how to plant trees!

Image of Year 5 Maths - Multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000
6 Nov

Year 5 Maths - Multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000

In maths we have been learning how to multiply by 10, 100 and 1000. We wrote digits from 1-9 on our whiteboards, and then moved the required number of places along a place value chart, making sure we added people with the place holder 0 to the empty places. In these photos we multiplied 58 by 10, 91 by 100, and 45 by 1000.

Image of Year 5 English - Freeze Framing Key Scenes from Beowulf
6 Nov

Year 5 English - Freeze Framing Key Scenes from Beowulf

We have been reading the story of Beowulf and Grendal in English, and we had a lot of fun deciding on the key scenes from the story and then using the drama technique of freeze framing to act these scenes out. Can you guess what is happening in each photo?

Image of Year 6 English : Comparing Modern and Classic Texts
6 Nov

Year 6 English : Comparing Modern and Classic Texts

In English Year 6 has analysed front covers and language features to find differences and similarities between classic and modern texts. We were surprised at how similar the language features were in the Wizard of Oz (published in 1900), and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (published in 1997).