In Science, we are exploring our senses. After predicting what we may find, we had lots of fun in the playground identifying what we could smell, see, taste, hear and touch! We also used our knowledge on adjectives and nouns to describe things. The leaves felt smooth yet crunchy. The Read more…
This term, in English, year 5 have been exploring the rainforest. We are currently writing a narrative that takes explorers on an adventure through the rainforest. Yesterday, we used drama to explore the actions, feelings and thoughts of our characters. Take a look at our work.
Following on from ‘The Write Stuff’ in English, year 4 children have written their own narrative linking in closely with the Pixar animation of The Blue Umbrella. Children created their own characters and objects bringing them to life! Take a look at some of our first drafts of our writing Read more…
Reception are learning how to strengthen their arms and wrists ready to write. They enjoy our Write Dance sessions and make marks and patterns in the classroom. This week they have been making number stories and drawing them to share with their peers.
In year 4, children have been following ‘The Write Stuff’ looking at the pixar animation The Blue Umbrella. The animation tells the story of Blue and Red, two umbrellas on a rainy, stormy day in a city. During this rainy day, the two different-coloured umbrellas meet and fall eternally in Read more…
In Year 2 we have been doing work around the book ‘The Snail and the Whale’. After reading the beginning of the story, the children used their imaginations to create their own ending. They developed some wonderful stories! For our experience day we made slime which resembled the snail’s trail. Read more…
In Year 2 we have had a wonderful start to the year. As you can see in the pictures below, we have been busy reading, practicing yoga, gymnastics, maths, science and history. What has been your favourite thing about coming back to school?
Today, year 5 have written some fantastic poems reminiscing about their time in year 5. I thought it was important to take this opportunity to share our happy memories with everyone and publish our very last blog for this year. Take a look at their excellent poems below.
This morning, children from different schools in the Arch Alliance took part in a Spelling Bee competition. This event was held at Milnrow Parish and was a great success! Four children from year 4 to 6 represented Heap Bridge very well. Well done to all the children who took part Read more…
Year 3 were very surprised when they came back from half-term to discover lily pads in the classroom! They discussed how they thought the lily pads had got there and who they thought had visited the classroom. It turned out we were not the only ones surprised by the sudden Read more…
In English, we have been exploring the animation ‘The Blue Umbrella.’ The animation tells the story of Blue and Red, two umbrellas on a rainy day in a city. During this rainy day, the two different-coloured umbrellas meet and fall eternally in love. We have started writing a narrative and Read more…
In English, year 5 have been looking at persuasive features and how these can be used, in order to support them in their writing. Children have planned and written some fantastic work to encourage people to visit Egypt.
This term we are studying Ancient Greece. The children have been busy this week finding out about Greece today in terms of physical and human geography. They then used their research to write a persuasive piece on visiting to Greece. Some great writing Year 6. I’m very tempted to go Read more…
Year One were very lucky to welcome the author Anna Lucas into our classroom to share her new book ‘Sir Undercracker’. The children enjoyed listening to the story while joining in with the rhyming pairs and learning some new vocabulary with Anna! Prior to the visit, the children developed questions Read more…
In English this half-term, Year 3 are taking part in a Big Writing Adventure. The Big Writing Agency have hired us to help Cat and her friends who are going on a school trip to a castle. They need our help to write a play script so they can re-enact Read more…
Year Two had a fantastic morning with Anna Lucas.Anna is a real author who came into school to read her new book, ‘Sir Undercracker’. We all enjoyed a fantastic story session with lots of actions, learning super, new vocabulary along the way. Anna talked us through the process of writing Read more…
Reception had a wonderful time joining in with Anna and Sir Undercracker this morning. They listened carefully for the rhyming pairs, joined in with all the actions and learned lots of new vocabulary. I am sure the children will continue to enjoy exploring this book. Thank you Anna!
Today was the 22nd year there’s been a World Book Day! World Book Day is a charity on a mission to give every child and young person a book of their own. It’s also a celebration of authors, illustrators, books, and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, Read more…
Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day and all the children dressed up as various different book characters. All the children out in a lot of effort into their costumes and looked brilliant! through a range of book related activities and tasks in the afternoon. In the afternoon we did Read more…
Today the children wore fantastic costumes to school, celebrating world book day! Throughout the day we have read stories in relation to the characters that the children are dressed up as. The children have enjoyed reading and writing their own stories.
Today we celebrated world book day through a range of book related activities and tasks. Here are some pictures from across the day. Guess the book character. Children had to ask a range of questions that could only be answered with yes or no. Share our favourite books and learn Read more…
Today, the whole school dressed up for World Book Day. Year 5 children took part in many book day activities and they all looked fantastic in their outfits. Following on from World Book Day, this week’s homework is to write a detailed book review of your favourite book on our Read more…
Reception have been sharing the story of The Runaway Pancake. They have joined in with the story repetition and created the characters. Today they learned why we have Shrove Tuesday and talked about their favourite toppings on pancakes. We all enjoyed flipping and tasting the delicious pancakes.
Reception have been enjoying the warm weather outside and acting out the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They enjoyed playing the different character roles and experimented with porridge and cereals.
Reception were very surprised to see the Evil Pea had visited their classroom this week. They received a recorded message asking them to help save the trapped vegetables and then set straight to work writing their lists. They went on to create their own Supertato models to use just in Read more…
In the past few weeks Year 1 have been learning about different cultures, we have discussed the different animals, food, climate, clothing and dance styles in lots of different countries. In English we created our own story based on a different culture after reading Handa’s Surprise. Year 1 enjoyed getting Read more…
Over the past two days, 12 children in Year 5 have been working with Mrs Weatherhead, MBE and author of the children’s books ‘Starfly’. They focused on writing and reading skills based around her books. The series of books ‘Starfly’ are an exciting children’s novel about the early life of Read more…
In Year 4 this week we have been studying the poem ‘When I heard the music…’ by Pie Corbett. First of all we listened to three pieces of instrumental music: Under the Sea – The Little Mermaid How Far I’ll Go – Moana Once Upon a Dream – Sleeping Beauty Read more…
As we approach the end of the term in time for the Christmas celebrations, we have been looking at the poem “Twas the night before Christmas”. The children enjoyed reading the poem aloud and looking at the use of rhyme. They then worked in groups to create their own version Read more…
