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Year 6 spent the afternoon at Salt Ayre Sports Centre, having a go on their exciting indoor climbing wall, alongside some other activities in the sports hall. A great time was had by all!

Using a torch as our Sun, we recreated a day and worked out where our shadow would be and what size our shadow was. 

In maths, we have been learning about the properties of a polygon and then sorting them further into regular and irregular polygons. We have worked practically making polygons using up to 10 matchsticks. We were then set a task of using only 6 equilateral triangles to make a quadrilateral, a…

In Science we have been learning about the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun. We found out that the Sun stays still and does not move. The Earth orbits the Sun in an anti-clockwise direction. At the same time as it is orbiting it is also spinning on its own axis. The moon orbits…

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 this term’s Citizenship activities, we spent the morning with Mr. Mynott, who took us on a tour of County Hall before…

Today, we have been reading a variety of statements and deciding whether they referred to the Ancient Greek city-states of Athens or Sparta. We made a Venn diagram and looked at similarities and differences between the two places. After finding out about them, we were asked to decide which place…

Year 4 have had a fabulous afternoon listening to a Greek expert from The Heritage Learning Service. The children could dress in Greek costumes to help become absorbed in the activities. They learnt about the Minotaur, Greek City States, tyranny, early democracy and Alexander the Great. The…

We are ready to welcome everyone back tomorrow. Our new topic is all about journeys and vehicles. We would love to hear about a journey you have been onl

Year 6 had an exciting time at Jam (Jesus and Me!) Club today. Naomi and Jane came in and told us the story of Noah’s ark and God’s protection for Noah. We then had the challenge of protecting our own eggs. We worked in teams and with lots of different materials to create a protective layer around…

Today we enjoyed competing in our team colours to win the Intra Sport's trophy.

Today we have set up and conducted our own group investigations to find out what happens to a sound as we move away from the sound source. Each person in our group had their own role. 

We were finding fractions of amounts out on the playground this week.