Image of Reception Class -David and Goliath - Exploring Courage
22 May

Reception Class -David and Goliath - Exploring Courage

As part of our Courageous Advocacy Day, Reception talked about what it takes to be brave and courageous. We learnt that we do not have to be big in order to be brave. By acting out the story of David and Goliath, we learnt that when God is on our side we do not need to be afraid. A little person can make a big difference!

Image of Reception Class -Maths - Complex Patterns
22 May

Reception Class -Maths - Complex Patterns

In Maths, Reception Class has been learning about patterns as part of our topic on shapes. Today the children brightened up the houses of Darwen by drawing complex patterns on their houses!

Image of Reception Class - Jonah and the Whale
22 May

Reception Class - Jonah and the Whale

As part of our Courageous Advocacy Day, the children in Reception learnt about justice and speaking up for doing the right thing. They learnt this through acting out the story of Jonah and The Whale and they enjoyed creating whale pictures and sentences about how God wants them to be.

Image of Year 5 Researching Greta Thunberg
22 May

Year 5 Researching Greta Thunberg

In Year 5 the children were researching Greta Thunberg for our Courageous Advocacy day. The children were amazed at the accomplishments she has made in changing people's mindset on climate change.

Image of Year 1 Maths - Fraction Pizzas
21 May

Year 1 Maths - Fraction Pizzas

Year 1 have been learning about halves and quarters. Today, they made some fraction pizzas, they decorated them with three different toppings to show one half and two quarters.

Image of Year 4 Re-Writing Their Own River Poem
21 May

Year 4 Re-Writing Their Own River Poem

Over the past Five days Year 4 have been writing their own river poems and today they put all of the verses together.

Image of Year 4 Maths - Hours, Minutes and Seconds
21 May

Year 4 Maths - Hours, Minutes and Seconds

Today in year 4 Maths lesson we looked at analogue and digital clock, and when morning and afternoon starts. We also looked at what 'AM' and 'PM' stand for, AM stands for Ante Meridiem meaning before midday and PM stands for Post Meridiem meaning after midday. 

Image of Year 5 Mini Olympics
21 May

Year 5 Mini Olympics

Year 5 completed a mini Olympics on Monday. What fun we had. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and had the greatest time!

Image of Year 1 -  Guided Reading - Decoding
20 May

Year 1 - Guided Reading - Decoding

Year 1 enjoyed their guided reading session with their new book this week. The children read the new vocabulary from the text and enjoyed spotting these words as we read the book together.

Image of Year 3  French - Describing Animal Actions.
20 May

Year 3 French - Describing Animal Actions.

In today's French lesson Year 3 have been learning how to describe the actions of different animals.

Image of Year 3 Maths Group - Analogue time, o'clock and Half Past
20 May

Year 3 Maths Group - Analogue time, o'clock and Half Past

In maths today the boys have been looking at o'clock and half past. They had to say the time on the analogue clocks and then match it to the written time.

Image of Year 4  Science - Will Location Change How Water Evaporates?
20 May

Year 4 Science - Will Location Change How Water Evaporates?

In Science, Year 4 have been looking at whether location changes how water evaporates. They placed bowls of water outside in the sun, in the shade by the building, inside on the window bottom and next to the bookshelf. They then predicted which bowl of water would evaporate most. Over the next 3 days they will check the bowls and measure the water.