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This half term we are working with the sports coaches from Blackpool Football Club to complete the Fit2Go program.  We used the Eatwell Guide to sort foods and decide on healthy meal.

Today we have been fund raising for Children in Need.....

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In PE, we have been developing our balancing skills as gymnasts. This week we tried steep balances on apparatus, core strength challenges and Sports Coach Steve challenged us to a very tricky partner challenge on th benches!  

Year 2 have been learning new gymnastic skills in PE. We have been learning to concentrate, focus and work on our balance, coordination, jumping and landing. Some of us have shown true resilience and perseverance when the circuit activities have been quite tricky! Well done! 

The reception children have been showing off their amazing maths skills this week as we have been looking at the different ways we can represent a number. There was lots of lovely discussion about the different amounts and which numbers were bigger or smaller. Some children chose to record their…

To mark the 100 year anniversary of the First World War the Reception children spent some time creating their own Poppies! We discussed why we wear them and also watched a lovely clip that gives a little perspective into the war for little minds! The children made some of their own beautiful…

I have a little poppy, 

as red and red can be,

to show that I remember

those who fought to make me free.

 

To mark the 100 year anniversary of the end of WW1, we spent some time discussing Remembrance and the symbol of the poppy. Every child from Year 3 and Year 4 created their…

Year 3 are doing PE with a sports coach from Blackpool FC this half term. We are working on gymnastics and this week he focus skill was balancing. We made our way round a balance circuit which included travelling balances, balancing on a beam, stretching balances, floor balances and the rather…

This week we have been finding out about the history of Bispham.  We compared maps from 1895 with now and discussed how the area has changed.  we looked at historic photographs of places in Bispham.  Reverend Cox , from Bispham Parish Church, visited us to explain how the church has changed over…

Year 3 have celebrated Heritage Week by looking at maps of Blackpool, Moor Park and the Bispham area through the years. We were intrigued to find that our school has changed in size over the years and that Moor Park Avenue used to be much shorter! We also enjoyed finding familiar landmarks…

The children had a 'frightfully' fantastic Friday to round off our spooky week in Reception!
 We spent the morning decorating spider biscuits, conjuring gruesome spells and showing off our best terrifying poses in our outfits, can you guess who we are? 
The afternoon meant for more spooky fun,…

We designed a bag for Bear Grylls to use on his adventures and invited our parents to school to help us make them.  We all found the sewing a bit tricky! 

We ended the afternoon by taking part in some of the Bear Grylls Commando Joe activities.  We had to work as a team to solve different…