Image of Year 5  Geography- Digimaps
13 Jun

Year 5 Geography- Digimaps

In our Geography lesson we looked at Darwen on Digimaps. We then looked at the distance from school to another locations.

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13 Jun

Year 6 English Debate

We created a 'line of continuum' to debate whether Mrs Ramsbottom in the poem is a good mother or not. At one end was 'strongly agree' and at the other was 'strongly disagree'. We had to justify where we stood with reasons for our choice. We then used the arguments made in our writing, a short discussion text debating both points of view.

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13 Jun

Year 2 PE Orienteering

Year 2 started their new unit on Orienteering. We tested our skills in position and direction by completing obstacle courses, sometimes blindfolded and listening to instructions from a partner.

Image of Year 2 Music Glockenspiels
13 Jun

Year 2 Music Glockenspiels

Year 2 created the pentatonic scale on their glockenspiels.

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12 Jun

Nursery - Art - Colour Mixing

Nursery class have been working on colour recognition and also exploring color mixing with paint. The children used the three prime colours, red, blue and yellow, to create their pictures and were encouraged to talk about the colours they could see in their work.

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12 Jun

Fair Play and Friendly Competition

With football’s European Championships about to kick off, it’s likely that young fans will be inspired to take to the pitch themselves – or perhaps they’re naturally sporty already. High-profile tournaments such as this can be a great opportunity to teach children and young people about what constitutes being ‘a good sport’ – not just in terms of technique, but also attitude. This guide collates our expert’s tips for encouraging fair play and friendly competition between children. It will help you to ensure that they can relish an enjoyable game of football, rugby or something else entirely — without unhealthy approaches to winning and losing polluting what could be an uplifting experience for all. Sources https://www.yourschoolgames.com/taking-part/joining-competitions/reframing-competition/ https://www.yourschoolgames.com/taking-part/joining-competitions/reframing-competition/aac/ https://www.fairplayinternational.org https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7e208240f0b62305b80fa4/Going_20the_20extra_20mile_20-_20excellence_20in_20competitive_20school_20sport.pdf https://www.afpe.org.uk/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65fd68f9f1d3a0001d32adbc/Enhancing_physical_education_provision_and_improving_access_to_sport_and_physical_activity_in_school.pdf https://www.youthsporttrust.org/school-support/free-resources

Image of Reception - Maths - Doubles
12 Jun

Reception - Maths - Doubles

Reception class have been busy learning about doubling numbers, we used a tens frame and counters to identify and double numbers 1 - 5.

Image of Reception Class  - Pizza Making
12 Jun

Reception Class - Pizza Making

Reception Class had a wonderful morning aking pizzas with our chef from Aspens Catering. The children had a selection of toppings to choose from and learned lots of information about the different food groups.

Image of Year 5 PE Lesson - Orienteering
12 Jun

Year 5 PE Lesson - Orienteering

In our PE lesson we played dodgeball for our warm up. For the main activity we focused on team work ready for our exciting orienteering lessons.

Image of Pre School- Maths-Number Hunt
12 Jun

Pre School- Maths-Number Hunt

The children had a fantastic time searching the classroom for treasure maps with different numbers on. The number was written down on the board and the children went around the room finding them. At each number map the children had a number task to complete, jump 5 times, 7 hops and so on. The children then created their own map adding their own numbers on.

Image of Pre School- Physical Development- Cutting skills
12 Jun

Pre School- Physical Development- Cutting skills

On our fine motor table this week, we have been developing our cutting skills. Learning how to hold the scissors correctly and move along the lines that are on the paper. The children worked really hard cutting out and making cuts into the paper.

Image of Year 1 R.E. - Creation
12 Jun

Year 1 R.E. - Creation

Year 1 experienced creating new things during their first lesson on our unit of Creation.