Significant events

24th January 2023Ruth Shields

As we continue through our History case study, we started to think about significant events and how these have impacted today’s society.

We started with a silent conversation where children had to think about what the image showed and when in history it took place.

Once we had finished discussing the events and when we thought they happened. It was time to match the image with the statement before putting them in chronological order. Lovely to see that some children already had some prior knowledge of these events such as Titanic, the Queen’s coronation.

Today MI finish PP2

24th January 2023Stacey McClare

Some great writing in MI 🙂 Such positive attitudes shown throughout this piece of writing. I look forward to reading your final versions after you have edited and redrafted.

Gap filling in arithmetic

24th January 2023Stacey McClare

Today we looked at and unpicked our last arithmetic paper. After some modelling, we used our purple pen to have another go at the questions we got incorrectly. Some great partner work shown 🙂 MI you really are showing great improvements in arithmetic, keep it up!

Strike Action

20th January 2023Admin Carcroft

You will have heard in the news that the NEU have voted to undertake strike action over the coming weeks. This means that many teachers across the country will be on strike over four days in February and March (please see the dates below).

At this early stage it is not clear what impact this will have on our school, or schools across the Trust. I do, however, urge families to have a ‘Plan B’ in place for childcare on the dates listed below, in case of a full closure.

I will of course, keep you informed as much as I can over the coming days as details emerge.

Intended strike days:

February 1st
February 28th
March 15th
March 16th

Fun in Crew MI

19th January 2023Emily Ibbotson

It was challenge crew yesterday morning and it was too funny not to share. The children worked in pairs to take it in turns to give instructions on how to draw something. They soon realised that they had to have good communication skills and be really clear and specific with their instructions to make sure their partner knew what to draw. It was such a great activity which we call enjoyed. We were all laughing our heads off! Here are the results… some are better than others!! Have a great extended weekend.

PE – Gymnastics

19th January 2023Ruth Shields

Some great examples of gymnastics during PE.

Children had to jump from the bench and practice using pike, straddle, tuck, star, half turn and full turn after they jumped.

Shadows

19th January 2023Ruth Shields

During Science, we have been investigating how we get shadows. To achieve green standard, children had to explore if they could prove whether light travels in straight lines or not.

By the end of experiment, children were confident that light travels in straight lines and that we have shadows due to an object blocking the light source.