UKS2 Presentation of Learning

26th June 2025Laura Hamill

UKS2 were very proud to present their learning to their adults yesterday afternoon. After giving an introduction explaining all about our expedition titled: At The Coalface, the children explained what we had done during our case studies to answer our guiding question: How has the mining industry shaped communities?

Children then got to share their amazing final product – a lapbook that brought all of their hard work from this term together whilst showing off their fantastic artwork. Adults were able to take part in a gallery walk to view their child’s work and were also able to take part in other activites – looking through expedition books, taking part in a Kahoot quiz to test their mining knowledge and an opportunity to create some charcoal art of their own!

Thank you so much to everyone who attended and made it a lovely afternoon!

Sound starts in MT

23rd June 2025Stacey McClare

Today we started our science slice on sound! We explored and identified how sound is made by vibrations. First we looked at a variety of instruments, thinking about how the sound is made. We then looked more into vibrations and volume, linking back to the vocabulary we explored in our activate. From here we listened to the sounds in the classroom and outside, noting these down on our whiteboards. We worked in mini crews to discuss the sounds heard, the sounds that surprised us, which sounds were familiar and which sounds were the loudest and quietest. We then moved onto the ears thinking about external and internal ears. We thought about other animals that fall into these two categories. Next we explored the ear in more detail, looking at the parts and their function. After this we thought more about how sounds are made and what we have to do to make a sound. We voiced lots of objects that make sounds, then explored a range of musical instruments. We tried to work out how the different instruments made a sound. Finally we took part in 3 short investigations to find out more about vibrations and sound. Our exit ticket assessed our understanding where we wrote a small paragraph about how sounds are made.

Story Map

20th June 2025Elizabeth Frost

This week the children have been creating story maps about the gingerbread man, from this they have created their own versions how the gingerbread man crossed the river “he could use a surf board” and “he could use a jet pack”. We turned these ideas into drawings and sentences remembering our capital letters, finger spaces, and full stops.

KS2 Girls Football Tournament

20th June 2025Gillian Gilliland

A fabulous afternoon for our KS2 Girls football team playing in the sunshine.

Congratulations on coming 3rd in the tournament. Their brilliant teamwork, determination and great sportsmanship made us all proud.

Yoga in MT

18th June 2025Stacey McClare

Because the weather is so warm, we completed our PE lesson inside today where we took part in some yoga! We loved this! 🙂

Be Kind Treat

17th June 2025Tracy Haddock

In Crew Haddock we have been working on be kind howl and we have to be kind to our crew and others from when we come to school right up to end of break. 4 of our children hit the target today and got to spin the wheel. The children in our crew got to choose what they would like on the wheel . They also get an extra treat if they can hit the be kind 3 times out of 5 in a week. Here is what they won. Well done Crew Haddock.

Chapter one celebrations in MT

16th June 2025Stacey McClare

A massive well done to all the children who took part in Chapter one! You have showed so much progress with your reading this year. We all celebrated them today where they spoke with their volunteers on line and received their certificates. We all loved listening to and performing the poem at the end! Thank you to the chapter one representative, Lauren, she has been an amazing support this year 🙂