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We had a fabulous day today meeting Howard Carter and finding out about the day he discovered Tutankhamen's tomb. We asked lots of interesting questions, looked at some amazing artefacts and participated in some exciting activities. We definitely learned a lot. We will be using our experiences to…

We had lots of fun this afternoon challenging each other to some seated fencing matches. The children have enjoyed the Sport 4 Champions programme delivered by Sport Blackpool this half term.

Year 6 have produced some excellent writing based around The Silver Sword which is our novel this half term. Enjoy reading!

This week we have been learning about old toys. We have written questions and then interviewed Nana Roberts about the toys she played with when she was little. We found out lots of interesting information. 

What toys did you have when you were little? 

We worked together to make the different body parts of the Iron Man using junk modelling and silver paper, then we joined them together.  We really enjoyed making him!

We also created our own Iron Man collages.

We are using protractors in Maths this week and some people are finding it a bit of a struggle. We used the visualiser to support our learning and with some collaboration and a bit of peer coaching, most of us have begun to climb out of the learning pit!

We were lucky enough to have a climbing wall delivered on Friday as part of Sport for Champions for Year 6. It was a VERY chilly morning but we were VERY excited to have a go. 

We were all brave learners. Some of us overcame our fears and took a few steps and some of us managed to get all the…

On Friday, we were fortunate to have a mobile climbing wall visit school as part of our Sport for Champions programme. It was very chilly but we all enjoyed it and had a great time and challenged ourselves to be brave learners! Well done to those of you who made it to the top!

On Monday Year 6 went to Montgomery for some specialist science teaching about light. We were able to use the labs and enjoy some hands on practical activities.

The children in Year 6 have written some fraction word problems. Both classes came together to peer asses each other's questions. The children gave some pink and green feedback to their partner about how the problem could be improved. Miss Taylor and Mrs Jefferson were impressed with the…

Breaking News... 

The three bears house has been trashed!
But don't worry... the reception children were very quick to help!
They used their problem solving skills to 'unjumble' all of the bears things into small, medium and large! 
They also made the perfect bowl of porridge for Daddy bear…

After learning about our solar system, we are now designing and creating our own planets! Watch this space to view our progress!