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Designing and creating a book sleeve, by Ms Patel
Date: 19th Mar 2024 @ 1:18pm
In D.T this half term, the children have been designing and creating a book sleeve for a KS1 child.
Forest School - Session 1, by Ms Patel
Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 12:49pm
The first session in Forest School for Rigby Class was extremely wet and muddy! Despite this, the children had a fantastic time in the woods. We used the hammer to practise some 'Hapa Zome' which is art using different leaves under a piece of cotton and bashed with the hammer to create a print, we created sculptures using clay and natural materials found in the environment, the children enjoyed climbing trees, accessing the mud kitchen and fully embraced the Forest School ethos. Looking forward to our next session!
Science Week, by Ms Patel
Date: 12th Mar 2024 @ 2:17pm
As part of Science week, the children took part in a live lesson where they learnt all about different insects and they are argued for or against the statement: "
For one hour everyday, all electrical items should be turned off to save the environment."
We now have tadpoles in Beesley Class!, by Miss Fann
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 4:14pm
Exciting news in Beesley Class.... the frogspawn has now hatched into tadpoles! The children are enjoying watching the tadpoles move around the tank and have been learning that the tadpoles who stay at the bottom of the tank have not yet developed their lungs and the ones who are near the surface of the water have. The children are now looking to see if they can see any legs growing.
Beesley Class World Book Day 2024, by Miss Fann
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 4:03pm
Beesley Class had a fantastic day dressing up for World Book Day. The children also took part in a live zoom with the author of the JoJo and Gran Gran books- Laura Henry-Allain. Laura read her story JoJo and Gran Gran visit the farm.
Benedict Class World Book Day, by Mrs Bancroft
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 3:00pm
World Book Day, by Ms Patel
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 7:54am
The children dressed up as their favourite book characters and took part in a range of activities for World Book Day
Investigating Pitch, by Ms Patel
Date: 5th Mar 2024 @ 12:56pm
The children investigated various musical instruments and objects to explore the pattern between the pitch of the sound and the instrument’s features.
National Tell a Fairy Tale Day, by Miss Fann
Date: 28th Feb 2024 @ 1:53pm
The children in Beesley class enjoyed celebrating National Tell a Fairy Tale Day. The children have been looking at the stories The Three Little Pigs and The Little Red Hen and have been taking part in activities such as; building a new house for the three little pigs, following instructions to draw pigs and created their own puppets to retell the stories in the puppet theatre.
During 'Drawing Club' the children created their own version of The Little Red Hen, drew a map of the farm and created recipes for some magic bread (baked by The Little Red Hen).
We also read the stories of Jack and the Beanstalk and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Conscience Alley, by Miss Fann
Date: 27th Feb 2024 @ 4:19pm
During English the children in Finch Class have been taking part in drama activitites today. The children used Conscience Alley to explore the character Little Red Riding Hood further with the question whether she should walk through the woods to Grandma's house or not. The children were split into two groups to share ideas before giving their view to the character, Little Red Riding Hood before completing their writing.
The arrival of frogspawn in EYFS!, by Miss Fann
Date: 27th Feb 2024 @ 8:23am
The children in Barlow and Beesley class had a nice surprise when they arrived at school yesterday- the arrival of some frogspawn! The children are very excited about having them and so far have enjoyed observing the frogspawn in the tank. We have been talking about the different stages of the life cycle of a frog and went to our school library to find lots of books about frogs for us to look at. Some children have noticed some tails growing and moving already. We can't wait to see some more changes over the next few weeks...
Living things and their habitats, by Mrs Hinchey
Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 7:56pm
This week we've started a new unit in science - Living things and their habit. To help us understand classification we created our own classification example using liqourice allsorts.
Finding our balance, by Mrs Hinchey
Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 7:44pm
In Gymnastics we've been working on different ways to balance as a group. There were a lot of falls, but even more success and laughter.
Poetry recital, by Mrs Hinchey
Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 7:32pm
In Spring 1, we learnt about Haiku and Limerick poems. At the end of the unit we enjoyed reciting our own compositions for Mary class.
Exploring sounds, by Ms Patel
Date: 20th Feb 2024 @ 8:04am
The children took part in a carousel of activites to explore how sounds are made.
Chinese New Year, by Miss Fann
Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 12:17pm
This week the children in Beesley Class have been learning all about Chinese New Year. During 'Drawing Club' the children have been learning the Zodiac story and have created their own animal to take part in The Great Race. The children then went on to design a different race and finally created a potion to wake up the cat.
2024 is the year of the dragon.Throughout the week the children have taken part in a range of different activities including; Mandarin number writing, creating their own individual dragons, making a class dragon from their handprints, junk modelling dragons and food tasting. We have had lots of fun learning all about Chinese New Year!
Creating Interest - Persuasion, by Ms Patel
Date: 5th Feb 2024 @ 11:38am
As part of their persuasion topic, the children looked at a range of products and discussed how the products and their adverts persuade consumers to purchase them.
Making igloos, by Miss Fann
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 8:33pm
Over the past few weeks, the children in Beesley Class have been exploring the Arctic. The children have been looking at the animals that live in the Arctic and have been looking at photographs to compare it with our local area, Bamber Bridge. The children noticed how many different types of buildings are in Bamber Bridge and we talked about where people may take shelter from the cold in the Arctic. This led to our exploration of igloos. The children worked together to use the junk modelling materials to create their igloos. The children have been looking at joining by exploring using different types of glue and tape. We found that some types of glue were better at joining materials such as cardboard with another material, whereas some types wouldn't allow the materials to join. The children have started to decorate their igloos and have started to use different textures on their models.
Once the igloos have dried the children are looking forward to putting them in the Small World Area of our classroom and using them in their play. A fantastic example of the children building for a purpose!
Elsa visits Beesley Class!, by Miss Fann
Date: 30th Jan 2024 @ 9:50am
The children of Beesley class were shocked to see that Elsa had paid a visit to their classroom and, not only that, Elsa had used her magical powers and frozen all of the animals! The children had a go at exploring the ice talking about how it felt to touch and what it looked like. The children shared their ideas about how they thought the animals could be rescued. Some of the children's ideas included; "smash the ice", "put water on it" and "get an ice hammer." As a class we then talked about freezing and melting. We explored what happened when we held the ice in our hands and noticed that some of it melted into water.
The children were then given the challenge to rescue the animals from the ice. It was fantastic to see the children share their ideas and exploring throughout the challenge.
We are pleased to say that the children managed to rescue all of the animals.Well done Beesley Class! Great teamwork!
Growing Artists, by Ms Patel
Date: 30th Jan 2024 @ 7:21am
The children in Rigby class have been focussing on the use of shapes, shading, and texture in art to enhance their drawing skills
Year 1 - Marvelous Math's, by Mrs Bancroft
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 2:55pm
DT - Making moving models, by Mrs Bancroft
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 2:55pm
Year 1 Exciting English, by Mrs Bancroft
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 2:54pm
Seminarian Paul's last day in St Mary's parish, by Mr Ballard
Date: 24th Jan 2024 @ 1:35pm
