Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 3 News
Fri 13 Dec 2024This Week year 3 have been doing further work on their Secret of Black Rock English unit. We are nearly at the end with the final pieces coming after christmas. We had a blast at the pantomime and the children were really well behaved in a busy environment! You should be super proud of them. We have also been to the church to finalise logistics for our christmas concert next week! We think we are ready to perform! Have a lovely weekend 🙂
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Year 6 News
Fri 13 Dec 2024We have had another busy week and we have continued to enjoy our advent treats.
On Tuesday, we really enjoyed our trip to the Pantomime, to see Jack and the beanstalk and we loved joining in with the boos, cheers and singing.
In English, we have written our explanation texts and we also had our parent workshop, where we focused on non-finite clauses.
We have lots to look forward to next week before we break up for Christmas.
Miss Ottowell
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Year 5 News
Fri 13 Dec 2024It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
The Jack and the beanstalk pantomime on Tuesday was a great success, year 5 were on their best behaviour and loved it.
We have been writing instructions on how to catch Santa Clause in English using our bossy, imperative verbs and soldiering on with adding and subtracting fractions with a different denominator in Maths. In Science we investigated levers, pulleys and gears creating our own lever and measuring where the pivot needs to be to balance with different weights. We started our R.E topic looking at the Christmas story and created our own modern version through drama. Our final dance routine was filmed in P.E and we excelled in making our Climate Change speeches our Go Zero lesson.
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Year 4 News
Fri 06 Dec 2024This week Year 4 have finished our persuasive letters in our English lessons and have published them. In Maths, we have been practising 3, 6 and 9 times tables and have been looking at the relationship between the multiples of each table. In P.E. We have been jumping off equipment in Gymnastics and learning the different passes such as chest pass and bounce pass. In Art, we have made our clay busts of Nelson Mandela and we will be evaluating them next week. Within Spanish, we have been practising saying different dates. We are really enjoying our Albany Advent gifts and are very appreciate of them. Friday was great and we had a fabulous time at the Christmas fayre.
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Year 3 News
Fri 06 Dec 2024This week, year 3 have been super busy continuing their unit on 'The Secret of Black Rock'. They are really engaged with the unit and they are loving the rumours that the story can create. We have continued practicing our christmas production and we will be going to ST Helens church next week to do I final rerun before performing to parents/ carers in the last week of term. The children are behaving really well in what is a busy period for everyone! As ever, we are super proud!
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Year 5 News
Fri 06 Dec 2024Another jam-packed week in year five. Lots of fun and lots of hard work too. It was lovely to see most of you at parent's evening and what a positive evening it was. We have also completed the art boards for Hickings lane park so go and have a look.
Albany advent has started, with the children being treated each morning. In science we completed our paper helicopters, learning all about air resistance and in art we started making our Indus Valley clay beads for our jewellery. The Christmas fair was also a huge success on Friday, thanks you all for coming.
Next weeks spellings are:
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Year 6 News
Fri 06 Dec 2024We started the week celebrating the beginning of advent and everyone is enjoying the daily treats from Mrs Goffin. We also learnt how to be safe and how to rescue others in the water during our swimming lesson. A really great skill to know.
This week, we have continued our work on fractions, learning how to add and subtract a range of fractions, including mixed numbers. Times tables are really important in helping us to work with fractions so keep learning them at home please.
In DT, our doll's house project is really starting to take shape. Working in teams, we have different rooms that are being created. Furniture is being made and wallpaper and flooring are being added too. We can't wait to see the finished products.
We are all looking forward to the Albany adventure next week!
Have a great weekend.
Miss Ottowell
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Year 6 News
Fri 29 Nov 2024In Maths, we have been learning how simplify and compare fractions, using our times table knowledge to help. We have also learnt how to convert mixed and improper fractions. Fractions really aren't as horrible as the children thought they were!
We completed our diaries in English, which were linked to the Highwayman. The emotive language, thoughts and feelings were particularly impressive and showed a good understanding of the characters.
Everyone created rainbows in Science this week, using water, a torch and a mirror as well as prisms. This showed how light is actually made up of a spectrum of colours. We will be using this knowledge to write an explanation text in English next week.
Please remember to bring clothes for swimming next week (2.12) as it's a water safety session. A normal swimming kit is needed too. Full length leggings, a long sleeved top and football skins are ideal. Nothing loose please.
Have a great weekend
Miss Ottowell
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Year 3 News
Fri 29 Nov 2024This week, year 3 have had a great week in the classroom. We have started our new narrative writing unit on 'The Secret of Black Rock' exploring lots of character feelings. We have also had a dental team in, giving on advice on good dental hygiene. Today, we planned our bridges in order to start making them before Christmas! We are super proud of the children as ever and we want them to have a lovely well-rested weekend!
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Year 4 News
Thu 28 Nov 2024This week in Year 4, we have started our unit on persuasive writing and have focused on a variety of persuasive techniques, ready to plan and write our letter next week. In Maths, we have finished our unit on area and the children have done really well in their end of unit assessment. Next week, we will be moving onto multiplication and division. In Science, we have been preparing our experiment into what drinks damage our teeth by using egg shells and a variety of different beverages. We also had a visit from the dental nurse this week who has showed us how to clean our teeth thoroughly and look after them. In Spanish we have been learning the days of the week and in PE we have been practicing our dribbling skills within Basketball.
