Our blogs
Friendship week, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 10:34pm
This week we have been focusing on friendships in school. We have read a story about being a 'bucket filler'. The story focuses on us making good choices and showing little acts of kindness towards others and how by doing this it also makes us feel happy. The children shared examples of their work in assembly on Thursday. It was also lovely to see lots of children get certificates in assembly today for being a good friend.
Gruffalo week, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 8:28pm
Fun in the icy sunshine, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 8:23pm
Have you filled a bucket today?, by Miss Adamson
Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 6:30pm
We read a story called 'Have You Filled a Bucket Today?' That taught us that everyone carries an invisible bucket around with them. When it is full, we feel happy but when it is empty we feel sad. We can fill others people's buckets when we say or do kind things. When we fill other peoples's buckets it fills our own too. When we are unkind we can dip from people's buckets. Sometimes, when our own bucket is empty, we dip from others people's buckets to try to fill our own but it never works.
That was wordy! Google How Full Is Your Bucket? It is an idea to teach children empathy.
The children have written what they do to fill a bucket. We showed some of our ideas at assembly.
Meeting an author: Robin Stevens, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 5:39pm
Year 6 enjoyed an insightful presentation by author Robin Stevens on Thursday. Robin spoke about her life, her inspirations, her novels to date and how to be a great writer. The presentation was followed by a Q&A with Robin!
Her books are proving very popular amongst the class - it's great to see so many of our pupils reading them this week.
James and Luke S log No.4, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 3:13pm
This Week In Year Four We Have Been Using The Friendship Box.Sophia Won , she had the most nominations, And Got Herself A Lotery Ticket. we Also Made These Things Called Chaterboxes.They Have Nice Words Inside That Make Us Feel Nice And Fuzzy. We wrote our own poppy poems and enjoyed dressing up
Remembrance Day, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 1:32pm
The day started learning about the history of Remembrance Day. The children then made some amazing posters using Remembrance themed vocabulary to show their understanding of the day . After play we went into the hall where Mr Turner from the Royal British Legion spoke to the school about life as a young boy in Bamber Bridge during the Second World War. He also spoke about the history of the poppy.
back in class the children used their senses to describe peace. This afternoon they are busy designing medals and choosing who and why to give them to.
Birthday boy!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th Nov 2016 @ 4:09pm
Happy Birthday Mason, a big thank you for the cup cakes ,they were fantastic!
Magical spelling, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 8th Nov 2016 @ 11:15pm
We have spent a lot of time looking at spellings and listening to sounds so today we decided to feel spellings.This probably sounds very strange but we really did feel words today.
We did this by imagining that we were Harry Potter or Hermione Granger and that our rulers were magic wands that could write words in the air in beautiful joined up cursive writing. Great fun was had by all writing words from our spelling lists in the air.
Birthday girl, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Nov 2016 @ 2:28pm
Happy Birthday Laila! Thank You For The Cupcakes They Are Realy Yummy And Are Scumshous!
By James (The Developor)
Signs of Autumn, by Miss Adamson
Date: 5th Nov 2016 @ 5:30pm
I hope that you are enjoying the holiday! Here are some pictures of when we went on a hunt for signs of autumn.
Cookie Monster pumpkin, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 28th Oct 2016 @ 4:27pm
Wow we made it to the end of a busy but fantastic week we have read stories, made maths magic spells, tasted soup, painted pictures, had a disco and made a Cookie Monster pumpkin. We are all tired out but looking forward to a wonderful week off.
Luke S and Daniel's blog, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 28th Oct 2016 @ 2:36pm
We used our knowledge on electricity to create an amazing Halloween decoration to go up on the apparatus. We did them over five days. We used our gymnastic skills to balance and travel over or under the equipment.It has been a fun week!
Have a fantastic half term break🙂
Year 6 Class Assembly, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 28th Oct 2016 @ 10:02am
Year 6 finished the first half-term on a high this morning with a fantastic class assembly performance! They feel extremely proud of themselves after the performance and so they should!
A few snapshots can be seen below.
We've also added the video clip from the opening segment of the assembly. The curtains opened to reveal an empty stage with a live broadcast projected on to the screen from our pretend class 'CCTV cameras' - see video. When the class arrived on the stage, they realised they had forgotten the script. Connor volunteered to go back and collect it (which is why he appears again at the end of the video clip).
We wish everyone a happy and safe half-term! See you all in early November to continue the great start to our year.
Bongos Homework, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 27th Oct 2016 @ 5:11pm
The Bongos wil be bringing their red holiday passports home tomorrow (Friday) to be added to over the break. Five children didn't return their passports at the end of the summer holidays so please can they remember to hand them in when we come back in November.
Also projects are due in on Monday 14th November. Details are on the bottom of page 2 of the curriculum outline which was sent home in September and which can be found on our blog.
Rota Kids , by Miss Leigh
Date: 27th Oct 2016 @ 4:32pm
A few weeks ago we had a visit from Tom to talk to us about Rota Kids and the charitable work which we can undertake. As a class we decided to become part of Rota Kids and today we held our elections. Many of the class put themselves forwards for election, making a short presentation about the qualities they could bring to the position. After listening carefully to the campaigns we held our very own election will ballot papers. It was a very close race!
The Results
President: Nathan
Secretary: Molly
Finance Officer: Nicholas
Congratulations to the successful candidates. We will update you on what we decide to do for our first charitable event.
Pumpkin soup, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 27th Oct 2016 @ 12:13pm
This morning after thinking about this weeks story,Pumpkin Soup, we made and tasted pumpkin soup. Some of us thought it was delicious and some of us were not too sure.
Biographies, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Oct 2016 @ 11:49pm
For the last 2 weeks we have been focusing on Biographies in our English lessons. I have been impressed by the children's dedication to researching facts about the author 'Dick King Smith'. They have worked together in pairs cooperatively and have organised their facts under subheadings. This week we have been focusing on writing in paragraphs. I can't wait to read their finished biographies which they are going to publish using the computer skills we have been learning this half term.
Walk in the autumn sunshine, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Oct 2016 @ 6:04pm
This morning we walked down to the park on School Lane. We were looking for signs of Autumn. Here are some of our photos....
Persuasive letter writing - Wind Farm, by Miss Leigh
Date: 25th Oct 2016 @ 11:57am
Year 5 have blown me away with some amazing writing over the past week.
We have been learning about persuasive writing for the past 3 weeks. Our writing was based on a purely fictitious letter we received about a plan to build 2 wind farms next to school. The child were determined this would NOT go ahead. We have research the positive and negative environmental factors of wind farms and discussed the impact of this kind of development on our community. Finally, we have been writing letters to the council protesting and putting together everything we have learnt.
I have been impressed with their use of persuasive features, use of emotive language and modal verbs. It has been fantastic to see such passion and enthusiasm for writing. The quality of the work they have produced has been tremendous. I think you will agree that the children have really risen to the challenge of a "real life" learning opportunity, although I hope we didn't panic you with the news of the wind farm.
Well Done Bears. You've ended this unit of work amazingly.
Shadows, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th Oct 2016 @ 7:53pm
The sun was shining this afternoon and we took the opportunity to look at our shadows and compare them to the predictions we made on Friday last week. The children discovered the position of their afternoon shadow was correct, however soon realised their shadow was an outline and didn't have hair, eyes and socks like their predicted shadows did! With the knowledge of how to make shadows larger and smaller using puppets on Friday they have shown a good understanding of shadows and had fun outdoors researching it. Let's hope we have some sun in the morning to test out our am shadow position predictions.
Pumpkin week, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 24th Oct 2016 @ 2:56pm
Take a look at what we have been doing today....
Meditation , by Miss Leigh
Date: 23rd Oct 2016 @ 1:27pm
This week tried out meditation as part of our RE work on Buddhism and the theme of PEACE. Mrs Thomson kindly showed us what to do. Afterwards we felt relaxed and chilled out. We certainly found it an enjoyable experience and many of us would like to do it again.
Max's calf, by Miss Adamson
Date: 22nd Oct 2016 @ 4:24pm
Max's dad kindly brought a calf to meet our class. She was very cute! We are going to name the calf so let us know if you have any ideas!
Saturday gardening day, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 22nd Oct 2016 @ 3:15pm
Thank you to all parents, children and staff who came along today, it was very much appreciated.We have cleared leaves, stained sheds and benches, cleared brambles, made a mud kitchen, filled two trailers with rubbish and generally had a really fun time. I think!
Take a look at what we have achieved when we all worked together.
