Year 3 Learning Afternoon!
Today Year 3 invited our parents and carers in to share some of our recent Maths learning. We have been learning about measurement; measuring cm and mm and finding perimeter of 2D shapes. Today with the help of our visitors we measured the perimeter of 2D shapes in cm, of shapes drawn on the…
Gangsta Granny!
On Friday Year 3 had a wonderful day visiting Blackpool to watch ‘Gangsta Granny’. We all enjoyed the show; laughing and smiling all the way through and Year 3 behaved fantastically throughout the whole day. We have now decided as a class to read ‘Gansta Granny’ as our class novel, we look forward…
Oreo moon phases
This week we have been looking at the moon and how it moves in relation to the Earth. We researched the length of its orbit and the different phases it goes through on its journey around Earth. To help us remember this, we recreated these phases using Oreo biscuits. It was great fun and even…
Ready for the Summer term
The pupils in Year 4 have returned from their Easter break refreshed and ready to get our new Summer term off to a good start. We have a busy half term coming up, starting with our trip to see 'Gangsta Granny' on Friday in Blackpool. We are all very excited about this trip. Coming up soon we…
What's your story competition winners!
You may remember that a few weeks ago, Year 4 had the opportunity to enter the local competition, What's your story, Chorley? The children had to create an original piece of writing on the theme of their town, Chorley. We are absolutely delighted that two of our pupils, Molly and Thea, had…
Partying to celebrate good attendance in Year 1!
In Year 1 we ended the spring term with a small celebration because we had the highest attendance in the first half of the spring term. We had £10 to spend which we spend on goodies and drinks. We also had a bit of a dance.Check out our moves...
Building a town in Lego!
On Tuesday we had an amazing time building a whole town out of Lego! We love buiding with Lego in year 1 so it was like a dream come true. Mr Garside gave us some tips about how to build with firm foundations and how to make sure our brick work was sturdy.
Our first task was to each build a…
Lego Day for Reception Class
What a fantastic day we had building a city out of Lego with the children in KS1. We were shown how to build a house with a roof and then experimented with windmills, playgrounds, boats, football pitches and all sorts of other structures. We learned a lot and had a lot of fun too.
Design Technology
Year 5 have ended the term on a high!
On Thursday Dr Martin worked with the children on a disaster relief challenge. The children had to work in teams and design a bridge to cross a fast flowing river in order to deliver supplies to stranded people. The children had to take on different roles…
Making Victorian Toys!
Year 3 have had a lovely last day of term. We have made 'thaumatropes' which is a spinning Victorian toy. Children planned, made and then evaluated their toys and were given the opportunity to peer assess each other’s, saying what we liked and how we they could be improved. To end the…
WWII Day
WWII Day
Today has been our World War Two Day. As we came in we had to create our own National ID cards, which were cheacked by our 2 ARP wardens. We then learnt all aboout rationing and created models of a Victory garden including an Anderson Shelter. Watch out for the siren!
The Giant Tetrahedron
Year 4 had a fantastic morning today building an enormous tetrahedron in the school hall! Using only wooden dowel and elastic bands, each child made their own tetrahedron, then under Dr Martin’s guidance everyone’s shape was attached together to make a final tetrahedron over 4 metres tall! All…