Year 5 History - Mind Maps Of The Industrial Revolution.
In our History lesson the children used their knowledge of the Industrial Revolution to create a mind map.
Year 5 English Journey To The River Sea
Today in our English lesson we discussed the Amazon rainforest setting from our class novel, Journey To The River Sea. The children then listened to Miss Lawson write her version of the setting.
Year 5 PSHE Rosa Parks Story
The children looked at discrimination within our PSHE . They watched a clip and discussed how the children felt then they read the story of Rosa Parks. Afterwards they looked at how to treat people with respect.
Year 2 - Fire Safety Visit
Today we had a visit from Darwen Fire Brigade. They taught us all about how to stay safe around fires and how it's important to have a get out plan at home.
Year 2 Fire Plan Reenactment
Year 2 acted out what they had learned about a fire plan at home.
Reception Music: Musical Patterns.
In Music, Reception have been making musical patterns by playing a drum and tambourine in different ways (tapping, shaking, banging and scratching in a particular order). They have also used their listening skills to identify how an instrument is played without looking!
Reception RE Lesson learning about The Mosque.
In Reception, we have continued our RE topic on Special Places. This week we were learning about The Mosque. Ms Dalal, Mrs Patel and Sohail from Year 6 answered many questions and showed us how they pray using a special counter. We were impressed that many children, including Sohail, go to The Mosque every day to learn the Quran. We were told that the boys and girls go in separate rooms and everyone takes off their shoes to show respect.
Nursery Class - PSED - Can You Dress The Pirates?
Nursery Class have been exploring all about pirates this week. The children were tasked with choosing some clothing and dressing the pirates. We spoke about the name of the item of clothing and where on the body it would go.
Year 5 Science Life Cycle of a Bird
Today in our Science lesson we have been learning about the life cycle of a bird and the parts of an egg.
Year 5 PE Javelin
In our PE lesson we looked at the technique needed to throw a ball. Then the children had to use that technique to throw a javelin.
Reception Class - Introducing the Bee Bots
Today in Reception the children have been programming the Bee Bots to follow an instruction, referring back to the arrows we learned about last week. The children had retained the names of the arrows, along with being able to correctly identify left and right. They could navigate the Bee Bot to fllow the directions of the arrow, explaining what was happening.
Year 1 P.E - Throwing and Catching.
Year 1 enjoyed P.E outside this week. During this lesson they learned how to throw a short distance under arm and a longer distance using an overarm technique.