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Many thanks to our special visitors. The beaming smiles on our diddy Delph-Siders' faces, says it all!

#Enjoy #Embrace 

Year 6 are really embracing Remembrance Week so far! #enjoy #embrace

Well what a way to start our World War 2 week by learning all about the roles of a Medical officer and learnt about the equipment that a soldier would have had to carry. We then tried on some uniform and explored different equipment. 

We also got to explore 2 World War 2 ambulances ( one…

As this weekend is Bonfire Night, in Year 1 we have been talking about how to be safe around fireworks and bonfires to keep ourselves and our families safe. We made rockets this afternoon and discussed why we celebrate Bonfire Night on the 5th of November. 

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This week year 2 have been learning about the Great Fire of London.

We have made our own houses and set them on fire to show how fast the fire spread through London in 1666.

We were singing 'London is burning' as the fire happened.

#enjoy #embrace #evolve #wemakethedifference

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This week, Year 6 have been learning all about the naming system of Skelmersdale’s roads, which was part of the new town plans back in the 1960s!

This week we have made pumpkin soup! Lots of sensory sensations during this activity from pulling out the pulp and seeds, smelling the pumpkin and onion to the smell from the cooking. We enjoyed chopping the pumpkin and onions and of course the wait to tasting it! Chefs in the making, great…

What a busy, busy week for our delightful diddy Delph-Siders! They have had THE best disco celebrating Halloween; talked about Bonfire Night celebrations and flicked paint to represent fireworks; traced over patterns in glittery sparkle dust and explored shimmering water using their scooping and…

This week Reception have been learning all about Diwali, during our computing session, we created our own rangoli patterns. We have also been learning all about Bonfire night, we used different tools to create our own firework pictures and spoke about the importance of being safe on Bonfire night.…

Reception #enjoyed adding patterns to their pumpkins, in the style of the artist Yayoi Kusama. We worked on our cutting skills and added patterns using different sized dots. 
 

Year 3 are loving learning about the Stone Age and today they were fascinated to view 3D models of a Palaeolithic and Mesolithic camp. It really helped to understand what homes were like in these periods.

Year 5 got stuck into their next English topic - The Highwayman!

We read the poem and discussed rhyming patterns and some unfamiliar language. Next, we begin writing a prequel to the Highwayman's story.