Nursery - Fun in The Snow
On Tuesday the children were very excited that we had woken up to a snow covered community! We all got our wellies and wet suits on, wrapped up with hats scarves and gloves and went out to explore in our garden. The children enjoyed noticing the differences in the garden, the slippery ground, the icy leaves and the cold snow among many other changes. We made footprints in the snow, made snowballs and went sledding. Happy snow day!
Nursery - Literacy - 'We're Going on A Leaf Hunt'
The story Nursery class have been enjoying this week has been 'We're going on a leaf hunt'. We used the scenes from the story and a bit of imagination to go on our very own leaf hunt. The children were observant of their surroundings and found areas in the nursery garden that had similarities to our story. The children were encouraged to copy sound effects and positional language used in the story as they made different movements with their bodies. The children climbed to the top of a big hill, walked through the dark dark forest, rowed across the cold cold lake, found a house to hide from the skunk and with a bit of help from Miss Cooney, the children experienced a waterfall!
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!
Year 3 English - An Independent Write About Antarctica
Year 3 have been learning how to write a leaflet in their English lessons. They used their knowledge about Antarctica from their Geography lessons to create an independent leaflet.
Year 6 Geography - Solar Power
Working together to understand the benefits and drawbacks of Solar Power, and the impact that solar farms can have on a local community.
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Year 2 Geography - Physical Features
Year 2 walked to Polyphemus Woods in our local area to look at the natural features of a woodland.
Year 1 Geography
During Geography this week, Year 1 explored the Reception area and later produced maps using symbols to represent the equipment they found.
Year 2 - Geography - Oceans of the World
Year 2 recalled the seven continents of the world using our giant globe. They then used maps in an atlas to locate and leaves the five oceans of the world. We then wrote about where the oceans were in relation to the continents.
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Year 4 Geography
As part of our Amazon Rainforest studies, we used our knowledge of infographics to create one based on the Amazon! We learned a lot about how we might improve the quality of our information and how it is presented, and we can't wait to use these skills in our Nessie infographics in English!
Year 4 Geography
Our Geography unit for this half term is The Amazon Rainforest. We used an atlas to locate the Amazon Rainforest and its key features, also looking at the countries surrounding it. We revised our knowledge of the 7 continents of the world, and identified them on a non-labelled map. We had great fun searching the atlases for rivers, mountains and cities!
Year 6 Geography- Brazil Nut Life Cycle
In our Geography lesson we have been looking at the life cycle of the Brazil Nut and looked at the effects for plants, animals and people if the Agouti (animal that eats the nut) becomes extinct.
Year 6 Geography
Year 6 have been researching about Rainforests for our Geography topic all about the Amazon and Brazil. We created infographic posters with the information we discovered, which included the layers of the rainforest, and the creatures which live there.
Year 5 Geography
In our Geography lesson this week we looked at the map we created on our field trip and classified the buildings we recorded.
Year 1 Geography - Capital Cities
Year 1 researched the capital cities of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales using atlases.
Nursery - Geography - Exploring Sea And Land Animals
This week we have been looking at different animals and the places where they live. The children did really well in distinguishing between the land animals and sea animals and were able to place them in the correct habitat.
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 5 Geography Field Trip
Today the Year 5 children went into Darwen Town centre to study the surrounding buildings. They created a map of the area which they thoroughly enjoyed. Afterwards we cooled down with an ice-lolly courtesy of Miss Meagher! Thank you Miss Meagher it was definitely needed. We ended our wonderful afternoon with a park trip where we created a variety of rubbings. The children were an absolute pleasure and represented the school very positively!
Reception Class -Visit to the Beach
Reception Class had a fantastic day at the seaside! The children took part in a beach hunt looking for different beach related objects, including shells, driftwood, a feather and seaweed. We also found a crab, a jellyfish and a dead seagull which the children were fascinated by! The children had a great time splashing in the water, exploring the sand and having an ice cream, even if one was pinched by a seagull! We received so many nice comments from the public about how well behaved the children were, and I agree, they were fantastically behaved and great ambassadors for our school!
Year 2 Geography - Observing The Natural Coastline
Year 2 had their visit to Lytham St Annes. We used our compasses to find north, south, east and west to record the Coastline features we could see in each direction.
Year 6 Orienteering PE
In our PE lesson we have started Orienteering. We had to follow both visual and written instructions, either by copying our partner with the physical route they took around the map or by following the written route that they have made for us.
Year 5 PE Orienteering
During our first lesson on Orienteering the children had to navigate a map of school to locate different objects. They also had to use their knowledge of a compass to support them with this . The children had a lot of fun!
Year 3 - Geography - Rivers
Year 3 have been learning about the importance of water and rivers. They learnt about the water cycle and labelled the features of a river such as mudflats, waterfalls, tributaries, ports and towns.
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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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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.
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Reception - Understanding the World - Understanding Arrows
Reception class discussed what the different arrows mean and their names (forwards, back, left and right). They then had to follow my instruction when I showed them an arrow, moving one step in that direction.
Nursery Class - Understanding the world - Finding Hidden Animals in our Environment.
Nursery class explored their outdoor environment to find some hidden animals. The children used their brilliant searching and looking skills to find all of the animals from our story and match them to our checklist. As the children found the animals they were encouraged to voice the animal sound, some children began to make movements like the animals they had found and could even remember where some of the animals would usually live.
Reception - Train Journey
Reception class experienced a train journey today! We walked from school to Darwen Train Station and took the train to Blackburn as we were going to the cinema. The children were so excited and enjoyed talking about the different scenery they could see through the window.
Year 3 Geography - Counties that make up England.
Today in Geography, year 3 have been learning about the counties that make up England. In particular they looked at Lancashire. They used google maps and an atlas to identify local towns. Taking this information they marked the towns, Blackpool, Preston, Darwen Blackburn and Burnley on a blank map.
Year 2 - Geography - Hong Kong
In Geography this week, we have been discovering the location of Hong Kong. We have written descriptions of Hong Kong using geographical vocabulary.
Year 3 - World Book Day
Today for World Book Day Year 3 read Handa's Chicken and learned about Africa. They looked at its different countries and also the different flags. They also enjoyed a visit to nursery, to listen to the story of The Gruffalo read by Miss Lawson.
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Reception Class - Our Local Area
This afternoon the children have continued to develop their geographical knowledge by exploring their homes and the local area on Google Maps. The children loved directing me to their houses and pointing out familiar landmarks.
Year 6 - English
Over the last two days in our English lesson we have been learning about Mount Everest. We have learned a lot of interesting facts and discussed what we need to take in our rucksack.
Reception Class - English - Writing about Penguins
Reception class have been learning all about penguins this half term. During our English lesson the children wrote the sentence ‘the daddy penguin hugs his baby.’ The children applied their phonetic knowledge, identifying tricky words and using their segmenting skills. Great effort everyone!
Pre School - North and South Pole
This week in Understanding the world, we learnt about the North and South pole and what we would find there. We discovered lots of ice and different animals to what we would see in Darwen. We put the polar bears and reindeer in the North pole and whales and penguins in the south pole. The children then explored ice and what happens to the ice when it starts to get warm.
Year 2 - Naming Continents
Year 2 had fun naming the continents this afternoon. When they caught the globe they had to name the continent it landed on.
Year 6 Geography - Ordnance Survey Maps
On Friday afternoon, Year 6 began learning how to read Ordnance Survey maps. We are looking at 4-digit and 6-digit grid references, and the symbols used on the maps.
Explorers Exhibition - Reception Class Visit
Throughout today, Reception class have been in small groups to visit our 'Explorers Exhibition' that was kindly set up by Mrs Thompson. The children have thoroughly enjoyed looking at the different items and learning about some of the more obscure objects. The children had some very good ideas and opinions about the items set out. Ask them about some of their favourite pieces of exploration equipment or memorabilia when they get home.
Y4 - Geography - Maps
Year 4 a great afternoon in Geography looking at lots of different maps. They had an empty map of Europe which they were trying hard to complete with the different countries and seas. They learnt some interesting facts about the Mediterranean Sea, too! I wonder if they can remember how many countries and continents the Mediterranean Sea surrounds...
Y5 - Geography
Today year 5 went on a local area walk as part of our local area study in Geography. The children completed surveys about the streets and amenities in our area, as well as analysing the conditions in our area. Now to upload to digimaps!
Y4 Geography.
In Geography, Y4 have been finding facts about countries that are on the Mediterranean Sea!
Year 5 Geography
Year 5 have been working hard with Mrs Mountain this afternoon learning all about contour lines. They have made models showing how the contour lines on a ordinance survey map demonstrate the gradient of the mountain. Well done everyone!
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