This term Year 3 have been learning all about Prehistoric Britain. In Topic today, they learnt about the theories of Stonehenge. These include a burial ground, concert venue, healing place and a calendar. The children had some great discussions about each of the theories and why they thought they may Read more…
Tonight a team of girls from Year 5/6 and one Year 3 child competed in the first leg of the Heywood PE Association girls football competition. The standard of football was very good and we were very impressed with the determination and the teamwork that the girls displayed. They played Read more…
What a successful start to the new school year! I have been extremely impressed by Year 3 and their effort in Maths over the last week. They have tried very hard and have enjoyed using the practical equipment to explore Place Value. Well done Year 3, I am very proud Read more…
Last night, Year 4 had their school sleepover; although I’m not sure how was much sleeping was involved… The evening began with shelter building – they had to build a shelter that was big enough for their whole team to fit and eat their supper. They found it quite challenging Read more…
On Tuesday our football team attended the EFL Kids Cup Regional Finals at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster. The EFL Kids Cup is a national tournament for junior footballers which offers children the once in a lifetime opportunity to play at Wembley Stadium. The Cup involves over 16,000 children and Read more…
Year 6 have been learning the poem “Twas the night before Christmas” in preparation for carols around the tree. Today, we worked together in our kite groups to create our own version of the poem. Working collaboratively on our ideas. Here are a couple of the finished poems. Read more…
Today, year 6 welcomed their parents and grandparents into school to work along side them on their DT project. The children have worked hard on designing their advent calendar and it was lovely to see them working alongside their parents and grandparents in making their designs come to life. Well Read more…
On Tuesday, volunteers from the Cherwell Centre in Heywood returned our ape Bridget to the school. The ape was designed by Year 4 pupils before the summer for the ‘Monkey Town Goes Ape’ event, held in May. Year 4 pupils worked with Manchester based artist, Lee Hartley to create the Read more…
What an exciting day it has been for the School Council today. The day had finally arrived for our Rochdale School Council Award assessment. There are 3 awards – the Bronze Award, the Silver Award and the Gold Award. The assessment is done by another School Council and their teachers. Read more…
This afternoon, Year 5 children took part in Working Together Learning Together along with parents and grandparents of the children. As part of our Mayan unit we each designed a Mayan dream catcher. Firstly, we cut out a cardboard ring and then began to wrap wool around it until it was Read more…
Todays Agenda Tuck shop days Discussion about Heap Bridge has got Talent and to start planning Discussion about the bronze and silver assessment day and what we’re going to do Today, Ellie is leading the meeting with help from Morgan, Joshua and Ryan. We have split into four different groups Read more…
In todays meeting Ellie (chair) and Morgan (secretary) led the meeting. Recently, we have been aiming for the School Council bronze award; however, someone suggested for us to go for the silver. We discussed how we can change the school, which is part of this award. Mr Cockcroft also attended this meeting. Also Read more…
The children spent the afternoon trying to complete a number of tasks by working as a team. What did you learn about teamwork year 6? What made the tasks easier or harder? Can you work as a team to get the ball across the playground using only pipes? Can you Read more…
On Friday, Year 5 enjoyed their visit from Asda Community focusing on Life Cycles as part of their new Science unit. Children discussed and learnt about different life cycles, they took part in a quiz and made their own grass heads. Unfortunately, due to the terrible weather we were unable Read more…
Year 3 have had great fun today in Maths. The children have been finding out about weight (mass). They have enjoyed taking part in practical investigations in groups. They have been selecting and weighing different objects from around the classroom. They have been converting grams to kilograms and kilograms to Read more…
This afternoon, two of the Year 5 School Council Members attended the Shine Partnership School Council Event with Mrs Scallan at St Margaret’s CE, Heywood. There were 4 schools there in total today. The first activity was an ice breaker so everyone got to talk to each other. It was Read more…
Today Ellie-Jo, Morgan, Joshua and Chloe lead the Whole School Electrical Safety Assembly. They planned it at the last meeting (Thursday) with the rest of the school council and prepared a power point presentation with songs and videos to help the children learn how to keep safe with electricity. They Read more…
For ‘World Book Day’, we joined together as a class to write our own class story. Every child in the class contributed a piece of writing in order to build up the story, which was then published. I know you’re all amazing, inspiring writers and the book will be excellent once complete. Let’s Read more…
On Wednesday 14th December 2016, Year 3 and Year 4 had their Christmas party. During the morning the classes were mixed up and worked in groups to complete various craft activities, theses included making a lollipop stick Christmas tree, making a reindeer tree decoration using their hand, making a Father Read more…
Over the last few weeks Year 5 and 6 School Council have been looking at the criteria for what we have to do to achieve the School Council bronze award. We have been going through the Audit Tool and have been highlighting and working out what we need to prove to Read more…
Today, parents and grandparents came into school to work with us on our advent calendar DT project. The children enjoyed working alongside their parents and relatives and are proud of what they have achieved so far. We look forward to sharing our completed pieces with you. Thanks to everybody that Read more…
This year the School Council have organised a non-uniform day to support this year’s Children in Need Appeal. The children and staff were all asked to come to school in anything brightly coloured or spotty for the day in exchange for a £1 (minimum) donation. As you can see from Read more…
In Science this term we are learning all about living things and their habitats. On Tuesday afternoon we went out into the environmental area to hunt for invertebrates. We worked in our Kite groups and using a classification key we were able to identify what we had found. We all Read more…
Today, year 6 went to Crucial crew to learn about keeping themselves and others safe in a range of situations. Well done year 6, you asked lots of sensible questions.
Today, children in Year 5 have been learning about the Egyptian mummification process. As part of our history lesson, children took part in drama activities acting this out and then they wrote a set of gruesome instructions. Take a look at some of the pictures from our lesson. (Our class assembly will take Read more…
Last year, when the children were in Year 4 we had to postpone their sleepover at school due to bad weather. On Thursday 15th September 2016, Year 5 finally had their sleepover. Everybody had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Take a look at the photos below to see just how Read more…
During Roald Dahl day yesterday, children from Year 5 took part in lots of exciting activities; discussing their personal dreams, mixing the BFG dreams and dream jar making. Below are some pictures from yesterday.
First you need to learn the science of raft building, buoyancy and forces. The next challenge is to put all of that theory in to practice, work as a team and build a raft that will carry your team to ‘the rock’! Success is within your grasp but that’s what Read more…
Can you build the highest tower of crates? Test your skills of endurance, team work and problem solving. Hold your nerve and maybe victory will be yours!!! Desert Group Volcano Group
A fantastic performance this afternoon by our Year 4 ukulele players. Watch the videos below for the progression of their work throughout the year. Well done Year 4!!!