Christmas DT Challenge
Christmas Design Technology Week
(Monday 4th – 8th December)
WWBBA: designing, making and improving a product
SC: Show an understanding of the quality of materials to choose appropriate tools to cut and shape and ensure the product have a high quality finish, using art skills.
Use…
Christmas DT Challenge
Year 5 have worked really hard this week on their DT challenge. Throughout the week they have planned, made and evaluated gingerbread houses and biscuits. They also had to make prototypes for the pakaging they were going to use for the biscuits. Once they were happy with their design it was…
Christmas DT Challenge
This week in Year 2 the children were challenged to create their own 3D Christmas tree. They followed a design criteria, making sure that their design was stable and strong. The children communicated and developed their ideas through a variety of ways such as talking, drawing and making…
The Fire Service Visit Reception Class
As part of our theme of superheroes and real-life heroes the reception class have been learning about people who help us in our community.
Carla from the Lancashire fire service came in to visit us to tell the children about the role of the firefighter. She shared a book and information about…
Headteacher's Award
Well done Matthew and Evie.
Evie always makes me smile and has such a positive attitude.
Matthew has definitely made a difference this week and helped the homeless in Manchester.
I am very proud of both children. Well done!
DT Christmas Challenge!
This week in school has been the DT Challenge Week!
Year 3 have been creating Christmas decorations. One of the Year 3 skills is to sew, leaving a seam allowance,so we did this by sewing star Christmas tree decorations. Although the children found the task very difficult, they were all very…
Christmas DT Challenge
We have had a fun filled week in Year 4 this week.
In our DT Christmas challenge we linked our work to Science - Electricity and our RE topic Christianity - Jesus is the light of the world.
First the children designed and then made their own Christmas decoration. This could be for the…
Christmas Elf
He's here!
Father Christmas has sent one of his elves to visit our classroom each day. The children have named him 'Elfie' and he is causing havoc in our room and reporting back to Father Christmas each night. This morning, he was swingin from the window blinds! I wander where he will be…
Jesus is the light of the world
Today, we learnt about the importance of the Christingle celebration in the Christian faith.
As a class, we made our own Christingle which is made of an orange, a candle, a red ribbon and dried fruit and sweets on cocktail sticks. We found out the meaning of each part.
- The orange is the…
Year Three Singing!
In Topic this half term we are learning all about Queen Elizabeth II. As part of the topic we have been learning how to sing the national anthem; ‘God Save the Queen’ and ‘Rule Britannia!’ When singing we have been learning to have control and awareness of others whilst singing in a…
The Owl and the Pussycat
This half term the children have been sharing the poem, 'The Owl and the Pussycat,' by Edward Lear. They have thoroughly enjoyed reading and learning the poem and have produced some wonderful descriptive writing as well as creating their own version of the poem.
This week, the children recited…
Headteacher's Award
Well done to Cain.
You always make me smile and you are such a polite little boy.