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Today, along with children from some other local schools, Year 6 went to Ripley to meet the famous children’s author Jacqueline Wilson. We learnt how she began writing in primary school and had her first story published in a magazine at the age of 17. Her first book was published when she was 26…

Today we held our Christmas Market after school - the culmination of our Enterprise Week. Each group packaged and priced their various products before displaying them for sale in the hall. As a class we did really well and managed to more than double the money we had been loaned by SCOT4ALL! We…

Today our classroom was very busy (and a little bit messy!) as we investigating packaging by carefully pulling apart cardboard packages we brought from home! We were amazed that they were made from just ONE piece of card. We looked at the tabs that were needed so that the packaging could be glued…

Year 6 have been working hard all week, planning and making a range of products to sell at the Christmas Market on Friday. They have used many skills throughout the week and taken on roles including project manager, accountant, advertiser, quality controller and resources manager. Come along to…

Our Angel is taking shape ready for the Abbeystead Angel trail next weekend.  Nursery’s Angel with all its beautiful handprint wings will be on display on the way to Abbeystead from Quernmore not far past Jubilee Tower. There will be lots of other Angels on display in Abbeystead…

This morning we had a visit from Sarah, a STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) ambassador. We learnt about electricity and were able to do some exciting experiments - including making a human circuit in which we could test out some materials to find out if they were insulators or…

This morning, we were practising our cutting skills. We are going to be designing and making a decoration so we will need to be masters with our scissors!

Year 4 have been writing their own prayers. Some were about praising God, some were thanking Him and others were saying sorry. We thought about God’s beautiful world and how we should take care of it. We have tied them to the fence so lots of children can read them.

Today we had our grown ups come into our Reception classroom. They came to our Reading Cafe and read us a story. We had so much fun and loved listening to lots of different stories. 

Our display in class is helping us to remember the different stages of the water cycle for when we write our explanation text.

Year 6 have been learning how to make pastry - the final one of the cooking and baking skills they have learned throughout their time at Scotforth.

Year 6 are currently learning about life in Britain during WW2. Today we focussed on what life was like for children who had been evacuated from cities and sent to live in the countryside. Using evidence from actual WW2 evacuees, we each took on the role of an evacuee and shared our experiences…