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As we celebrated Australia day, we explored the bush fires and how they started. Year 1 couldn't believe somebody would set fire to that beautiful landscape! We soon learnt that it was not just one person, but the actions of everybody contributing to climate change! We #embraced the challenge of…

Yesterday the children created their own shopping list to buy ingredients to make a gingerbread man. Today we used the ingredients to make our very own gingerbread man. They enjoyed weighing the ingredients and watched excitedly as they were mixed. When we came back from our lunch, we found crumbs…

Lancashire Fire & Rescue joined us for the morning to discuss road safety tips and opened up a discussion on how to remain safe near busy roads.

Year Six are smashing our in-class reading challenge by reading loads at home and moving up the reading ladder. Every fourth week, children get to unwrap a mystery book from a selection! Six children have achieved this so far - who will be next?

Y6 loved practising their gymnastics skills by holding balances  and working in pairs.

Year 5 and 6 combined for an afternoon of Hinduism work, where we discussed how Hindus use story-telling to gain a wider meaning for life.

Year 2 loved a journey into space as they visited the Planetarium. We stepped inside and were taken on a journey around the Solar System and learnt lots of facts about the different planets. We also joined Neil Armstrong on his mission to be the first man on the moon.

Y5 loved the visit from the Planetarium this week as part of our Earth and Space topic!

Today the children had to predict whether the wind would blow the items over. We worked as a class to predict, then we went into smaller groups to experiment. The children spoke about their thoughts on each item before we tested it. They had so much fun watching the items blow away, we had lots of…

On Monday the children used their number knowledge to call the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. They discovered that the wolf wasn't bad and that he only wanted to be friends with the pigs! The children decided to create some wanted posters, as they wanted to find the wolf and tell him that…

Today Year 1 began looking at some brand new books. Each child showed how beautifully they can work with a partner as they took turns to help the other read each page. It was so lovely to see children helping their partners sound out words they struggled with and encourage each other to keep…