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We have been thinking about what helps us to learn well. One thing we thought about was the importance of teamwork and so today we had a team challenge. Each table group had to create the longest paper chains they could from just two large pieces of coloured paper. The teamwork was…

Today Steve from Life Education came to teach us about our amazing brains. We also thought about how to make sensible decisions and how to be good friends. We loved meeting Harold the Giraffe again!

We are learning about graffiti art this half-term and today we made our own graffiti art names. We created a 3-D effect by adding shading and tried to choose bright, contrasting colours. We are really proud of our pictures and hope you like them too!

We enjoyed learning about our wonderful bodies. We learnt about the different foods we should eat and how to keep our bodies healthy. 

This morning, we said a big Scotforth St Paul’s goodbye to Mr Cocker and Mr Barnacle.

In their final week at Scotforth, Year 6 have taken part in a First Aid Course designed by the Red cross, specifically for primary age children. They looked at what to do if they came across someone who had a suspected broken bone, was bleeding heavily, had banged their head, had a burn, was…

Congratulations to all of the children across the school who achieved their black Karate Reading band this year for fantastic reading at home.  Today they had a treat morning! We played on the parachute, did a book trail, a book quiz and finally we enjoyed ice-cream in the sun! It was lovely…

Today we enjoyed getting out into the sun to measure the capacity of different containers. We estimated and then used our measuring jugs to see how much water each container could hold. Our estimates got better as we went along!

Year 4 had a fantastic French day today! There were some very fashionable outfits and delicious French food to try. We played games of boules and had a competition to create a model of the Eiffel Tower out of paper straws. In the afternoon, the children created pointillism paintings inspired by…

Year 4 have been busy practicing their sewing skills ready to make their Greek-inspired money pouches. Well done everyone!
 

Today we had a great time playing wheelchair basketball!

Today we learnt about the dangers of deforestation and made posters about how to look after the natural resources of the world.  We made the most of the hot weather and enjoyed working outside in the shade.