26 January 2017

Red Riding Hood sent a letter

This morning we read Little Red Riding Hood. We then practised our questioning skills, writing questions for the wolf. We also made story maps and created puppet shows. This afternoon, we received a letter from Red Riding Hood. She knew we were learning about her and she also knew that we had been…

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24 January 2017

Hat Making in Year 2!

This week in Year 2 we have combined our maths and ICT to work out how to make ourselves a hat, then write a set of instructions for others to follow. 

We had to think about measuring, sequencing instructions and taking photos using the IPad camera. 

In 2JF we are learning the importance of…

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23 January 2017

Basketball Morning

On the 9th January 1AE were lucky enough to have a basketball session with Mr. Basketball. We all learnt a lot about basketball skills and had a great time.

 

Thank you Mr. Basketball! 

 

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23 January 2017

PE in 1AE

 

This term we are looking at ball skills, such as throwing and catching. 

 

Have a look to see how we are doing!

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23 January 2017

Code breaking Challenge

4 children from both 6HJ and 6NT went to Rossall School on Friday 20th January for a Code Breaking Challenge which included decoding 3 different ciphers. These ciphers gradually became more challenging as the day went on. The children fully engaged with the activities on this interesting and…

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23 January 2017

3SK Magnet Madness!

In our science lessons we are learning about magnets.  We investigated whether we could move different objects using only a magnet.

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21 January 2017

Footballing fun in Reception

The children are very lucky to recieve two sessions with the wonderful sports coaches from Blackpool Football Club. Two of the main skills the children have been working this term is Balance and Co-ordination and Ball Control. The children have made great progress since september and it has been…

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21 January 2017

Fee Fie Fo Fum, There is a lot of measuring to be done...

Jack and the Beanstalk

This week the children were sent a tough challenge by a mysterious giant! They got stuck in measuring plenty of objects, trying to figure out if they were bigger or smaller than the giants foot. 

The children also explored a variety of beans looking for similarities…

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17 January 2017

Using diennes

We love to use our equipment in Maths to find efficient methods of addition.

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16 January 2017

Police interviews

This week we are writing questions for the big, bad wolf. We have become the police and are interviewing him after his adventure with the three little pigs. 

 

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16 January 2017

Sport for Champions

 

The children in Year 6 are taking part in Sport 4 Champions on a Friday afternoon. This programme gives the children the chance to try a range of activities, understand the importance of being active and eating healthy foods and have fun whilst doing so. 

Participating in sports in…

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14 January 2017

Programming Fun!

We started our new ICT topic this week, learning about sequences of instructions and algorithms.

We had LOTS of fun 'programming' each other to put on our shoes, jumpers/cardigans and to draw a stick man. We learnt that our instructions have to be clear and specific, otherwise there are some…

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