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Year 6 had a long but interesting day today on their visit to County Hall. We began bright and early by walking down to the station and catching the train to Preston. As part of Multi-cultural Week, we spent the morning with Mr. Mynott, who took us on a tour of County Hall before showing us into…

We have enjoyed travelling to Africa this afternoon. We designed African masks and Peter came in to talk about African wildlife. We had an amazing time!

Today Reception and Nursery took a visit to our local fish and chip shop. We learnt about things we are famous for,  traditional British foods, we made our own afternoon tea and practiced lots of skills when making our own sandwiches. We also learnt all about our King and when he came to visit…

As part of Multicultural week Year 4 had their annual French Day. The children dressed up and took part in a catwalk. We tried lots of different French foods, made a game with instructions in French and had a go at a quiz. Outside we played boules and croquet. We learnt about the festival of Mardi…

Mrs Winder our resident Cheerleader talked to us today about the history of Cheerleading. She showed us some of the medals her and her team had won and we watched some experts show us how it was done. Mrs Winder then took us outside and taught us some of the basic moves.

Today Peter Nutsford came to talk to us about Endangered Animals of East Africa. He is a wildlife photographer and shared his photos, videos and experiences of mountain gorillas, rhinos and warthogs. Peter was amazing and the children enjoyed the presentation. At the end of the session Peter…

We had a great morning looking at the English game of Crown Green Bowling. We definitely improved our technique and became more confident with the rolling skill. 
We enjoyed trying to beat Coach Dan! 

We then looked at English landmarks. We were excited to look at the Eden Project in…

We have made our passports and boarded our flight. First stop … Hong Kong. Mrs Law told us all about life in Hong Kong and we learnt some Cantonese! 
Next destination … Honduras. We looked at lots of photos, tasted Plantain crisps (fried bananas) , made our own fruit salad and looked at stories…

It was lovely to have Isabella's mum come into school today to teach us some Chinese words and tell us the story behind the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac.  We found out that all the children in the class were either born in the year of the rooster or the year of the monkey.  We then had a go at…

Reception had an enjoyable day learning about cultural diversity within our class. We looked at where places were on the map and the children spoke about their countries. 

Year 6 had a busy but enjoyable day learning about cultural diversity within our class. Several children gave presentations about the countries they originate from, and their experiences of living in those countries. We discovered several differences but also many similarities between the various…

We had a fantastic day today, visiting Williamson Park. We visited the Butterfly House where we learned about the life cycle of butterflies and also different habitats. It was a chance to experience the conditions in a rainforest, which is our current geography topic.  We also handled some of the…