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Date: 11th Jun 2023 @ 6:44pm
On Friday, we launched our new connected curriculum topic 'How do you get to the Maasia Mara?' We shared what we know about Africa and asked what we would like to find out about the Africa. Then we learned a some interesting facts about Africa and Kenya. Then we made an African necklace using paper plates, pasta, string. We decorated the necklace using African patterns. We also played with African animals in the construction and small world area and coloured African patterns. It was lots of fun!
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Date: 11th Jun 2023 @ 5:39pm
Wow, I believe it’s the the last half term of Year 1!! Where has the year gone!
The children have come back into school raring to get on with their learning, and what a busy half them we have.
On Friday we launched our final topic called ‘How do we get to the Maasai Mara?’ We learnt a little bit about Kenya and looked at the Maasai tribe and in particular focussed on the necklaces worn by the tribe. We used paper plates, vibrant colours and pasta shells to create our own necklaces.
We also looked at patterns that can be found in Kenya and all over African countries. We tried to create our patterns taking inspirations from some fabric with those patterns already on them.
It was a great afternoon getting us started in our final topic.
Date: 9th Jun 2023 @ 8:44pm
We've had some beautiful weather this week. We've played outdoors and had an amazing time in Nursery. Our new learning asks the question, "Where will I go and how will I get there?" Our imagination took us to a magical land one afternoon.
"If we fly to fairytale land we can see a dragon."
"The dragon is smashing the castle!"
"This is me with my Mummy in the sun."
"Where's number 6 gone? I only have 1,2,3,4,5. This one is number 9. Look at my dinosaurs on the train."
Date: 9th Jun 2023 @ 2:27pm
On Tuesday, Year 4 celebrated our Viking day where we came dressed as Vikings, and participated in a range of Viking activities.
At the beginning of the day, we decorated our shields and took them outside to play some team games. One was called fishing. Later, we raided an Anglo-Saxon village and found lots of artefacts! After breaktime, we raided a British village and Miss Bryce and Mrs Caine were not very happy...they came back to class to find that their furniture had been plundered! oops! We celebrated our victory with mead.
We explored Thor's hammer next, and created it using marshmallows or flapjacks. We're not sure Thor's real hammer was that tasty...
In the afternoon, we began our CC unit and explored the similarities and difference between the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions!
Date: 8th Jun 2023 @ 10:43am
This week marks the first week of our final half term in Year 3! It has been a fantastic year and we have made some amazing memories so far.
This week our class star baker generously brought in cupcakes for us all! We decided the best way to eat them would be on the adventure playground after a lap or two of the daily mile track.
Date: 7th Jun 2023 @ 3:06pm
This week we have been learning all about fractions. Today we looked at splitting shapes, groups of objects and pictures into equal and unequal groups and how this links to fractions.
What We Are Learning in Summer 2
Date: 5th Jun 2023 @ 9:46pm
The parent overview for the summer 2 half term is now uploaded to the class page. Please take a look so you can think about how to support your child's learning. We will also be sending paper copies home this week.
Date: 5th Jun 2023 @ 9:43pm
Before the holidays (which already seem a long way behind us), we had a full sicence day to finish off our space topic. 5CR learned how to make a model of the sun, moon and earth and to demonstrate how day and night is formed. We established that the moon is almost always there somewhere, its just that we don't see it during the day. Later on, we explored time zones by relating it to the three zoom calls we'd had from others around the world. And finally, we made some shadow clocks and sundials. It was a lot to fit into a day but they children really engaged and, I think and hope, learned a lot!
Drawing workshop with Axel Sheffler ??
Date: 4th Jun 2023 @ 11:57am
On Wednesday 24th May we were lucky enough to have a drawing workshop with the one and only famous illustrator Axel Sheffler. He is the illustrator for the world famous Julia Donaldson stories. He used the story ‘A sqaush and a squeeze’ to show us how to draw the characters from it.
It was lots of fun and the concentration that the children displayed whilst doing the drawings was amazing to watch!
Date: 4th Jun 2023 @ 11:51am
On the last week of term we finished our science topic about plants by learning about trees. We found out that some trees are called evergreen and some are deciduous. We looked at the leaves of these types of trees that gave us clues of which type they are.
We investigated tree bark and leaves outside in the playground. We found some leaves on the ground and observed them closely discussing what type of tree they came from- evergreen or deciduous. Them we did some leaf rubbing some using wax crayons which showed 5e veins and patterns really closely.
We also looked at the bark on the tree trunks. We saw little insects living in the bark and learned that it helps to protect the tree trunk. We did some bark rubbing some using wax crayons.
Date: 26th May 2023 @ 2:35pm
Today one of our challenges was to complete the shape challenge. Look at how speedy these children were. Do you think that if you practice you'll be able to complete the game in less than a minute?
Date: 25th May 2023 @ 2:58pm
As part of our connective curriculum we have planted cress seeds and observed them grow. Today we followed a recipe to make egg mayonaise and cress sandwiches! It was so much fun to make and we enjoyed eating them afterwards! They were yummy!
Art Workshop with Axel Sheffler
Date: 25th May 2023 @ 11:12am
This week we attended an online Art Workshop with the illustrator Axel Sheffler. The children loved seeing how Axel brought the characters to life in some of their favourite stories. They worked really hard to combine the skills taught in their Art lessons to create different effects on their own work. See what characters you can spot below:
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Date: 21st May 2023 @ 2:59pm
On Monday, year 4 ventured to Castleton! Whilst we were there, we visited Speedwell Cavern - a mine where you travel underground on a boat! Although it was spooky at first, we thoroughly enjoyed it.
We also completed a traffic survey and field sketch which we will now compare with Clayton.
Date: 20th May 2023 @ 11:39am
Recently, we went on a school trip to Chester. When we arrived in Chester, we took a look around the Deva Discovery Centre. Inside, we got to explore many different aspects of Roman life. We saw areas where archaeologists had dug and uncovered years of Roman history, became archaeologists and looked for bones, and even got to dress up in Roman attire. In the afternoon, we became Roman soldiers and went out on patrol. We took our shields and weapons before marching through the city of Chester to the Roman gardens. In the gardens, we had the chance to learn about army formations and even take part in a battle. It was an enjoyable day for all.
Date: 19th May 2023 @ 9:59am
Last week we had a fantastic trip to Chester to expand our learning about the Romans.
The children were given all the tools of a Roman soldier to march around the city and as they went they shouted: "Sin, sin, sin, dex, sin!" We marched through the city all the way to the Roman Gardens where they learned how to battle like a soldier, using their sheilds in different formations to protect themselves and their friends.
We then marched back to the Museum for some lunch and then a tour of the old Roman town.
The children found the whole experience very informative and immersive. They loved dressing as Romans and learning lots of interesting facts (the favouirte being how they went to the toilet - yuck!).
Unfortunately the photos I took seem to be having trouble uploading to this blog but trust that we had an amazing time!
Thank you again to our parent helpers - we really couldn't have done it without you!
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 2:33pm
We have been working scientifically this week in 1HB whilst observing flowers! We have been using the science equipment such as petri dishes, tweezers and magnifying glasses to look closely at wild and planted flowers. We used the tweezers to pull apart the flowers and place them into the petri dishes. Then we observed closely using the magnifying glasses. It was amazing to look at the parts of the flowers more closely and we discovered that leaves have little veins that are used to feed the plant the water and we also discovered that some of the flower heads have seeds or pollen in them!
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Coronation Day Celebrations in 1AI!??
Date: 8th May 2023 @ 4:32pm
On Friday we had an amazing day in school celebrating all things related to King Charles Coronation Day. We started the day with a fabulous assembly led by Miss Higgins and Year 3 where we learnt about what was going to happen in the coronation ceremony. During the morning we went outside and played various fairground games and had a selfie with the king himself!!
In class we also learned more about King Charles, sang our special coronation song that we were learning in singing assembly, made a crown and our very own Union Jack flag.
It was lots of fun! ?
Date: 8th May 2023 @ 1:22pm
We had lots of fun on Friday celebrating the King's coronation. We all came to school dressed in our own party clothes and looked fantastic! We started the morning with an assembly where we learnt what the King's coronation is all about and the year 3 children acted out the ceremony so we found out what to expect on the day! Our favourite part of the day was when we went outside to play the fairground games such as hook a duck and giant noughts and crosses! We also did lots of other fun activities such as decorating a plant pot and planting a sunflower seed, designing and making our own crowns, flag making and we also decorated the Kings favourite flower to make a whole school celebration card! What an exciting day we had!
Date: 7th May 2023 @ 12:40pm
Hi all!
We have just completed week 3 of our first term back. This marks the half way point of Summer 1 term! What a great three weeks it has been.
We had a great launch of our new topics of the Romans by hosting a feast! We tried a wide variety of foods and learned all about what Romans may have eaten (most of it we decided would be fairly gross these days!).
Since then we have been learning all about key events in Roman history.
In Science we have been exploring forces and their affect on how things move. This week we have also made predictions and tested our hypothesis on magnets.
Week 4 we have a trip to Chester booked and we can't wait to find out what a real Roman city looks like. We will be able to find out how the Romans settled in Chester and why. We will also be able to role play while we are there!
Don't forget to give you children any travel sickness medicine before we leave and bring any packed lunches in plastic bags so that rubbish can be thrown away. Children must come to school in uniform and sensible shoes. We are expecting good weather, but there is potential for showers so please send children in with a light coat or jacket.
Looking forward to seeing you all next week!
Miss Higgins :)
Date: 5th May 2023 @ 4:12pm
We have had a most wonderful day today, celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. This morning, we spent some time making crowns and placemats. We also took selfies with King Charlie and planted sunflowers in recognition of the ecological work he does. This afternoon, we spent some time making bunting, colouring in or making coronation baskets to carry our things home in. We also had some time outside playing traditional games such as hook a duck, tin can alley or snakes and ladders.
I thoroughly enjoyed having a day off timetable to spend some time with all the children in the class and I think they enjoyed themselves too. We hope they enjoy everything they brought home today, including the special commemoration badge.
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 10:29am
On Wednesday afternoon, we had a look at a whole range of different artefacts, from books and coins to shields and armour. A firm favourite was the armour, as everyone enjoyed having the chance to dress up as a Roman soldier. Also, we discovered how heavy it was to put on Roman armour, let alone wear it all day. We also learnt about primary and secondary sources and how reliable these sources are.
Date: 1st May 2023 @ 8:42pm
This week for challenge Friday the children had a team challenge to complete. They worked together to design and make a minibeast home for all of the minibeasts in the garden. The children spoke about how the homes needed to be dark and have lots of spaces for the minibeasts to hide and feel safe in. They decided to use sticks ans stones from the outside are to make their homes. At the end of the day the children took the homes into the garden. They can't wait to check who has moved in on Wednesday morning.
Date: 28th Apr 2023 @ 3:01pm
This week in P.E, Nursery have been learning a special dance! We started by being a bean, making roots and popping out of the dirt! Next we stretched up to the sky, waved our leaves in the breeze and smiled at the sun. Could you have a try at home?
Date: 28th Apr 2023 @ 1:47pm
What a week!
This week, we tried to swim to Paris...only joking! In our swimming lesson, we were challenged to swim as many lengths of the swimming pool as we could. There is a challenge that many Manchester schools are taking part in at the moment, which encourages children to swim for as long as they can. We will find out how many length we did next week, and see if we managed to swim to Paris.
In science, we looked at classifciation keys, and how we would classify different animals using keys. Our CC focussed on us being geographers and comparing Castleton and Clayton using ordnance survey maps. Clayton is a part of a city, whereas Castleton is a village, so they are very different! Did you know that Clayton has a natue reserve, but Castleton does not?
In our writing lessons, we are writing persuasive leaflets to persuade our linked Y4 class to visit Clayton.
Please remember to bring in empty cereal boxes next week, and to bring in the trip letters. There is bank holiday on Monday and a strike day on Tuesday :)