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Robins - Home Learning Celebration
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 4:10pm
Hello Robins,
I am incredibly proud of all the children who are learning from home. The work you have been submitting through Seesaw is making me incredibly proud and I am so happy to see you are all working hard. I found it really hard to choose work to showcase through our blog as you have all blown my socks off this week!
Here are some super pieces of work which have made me happy this week!
Well done Kody who represented equal groups using a very creative way.
Well done Mia, who has done a fantastic character description about her butterfly. Me and Mrs Penman were so impressed!
Well done to Malika for finding some excellent research all about Queen Victoria.
Ralph has completed almost every step for every activity too. An excellent effort and dedication to challenging himself, even whilst at home.
A huge well done to Poppy who perservered and completed this wonderful piece of creative writing.
As I said, it was so hard to choose between your amazing work. You are all making me a very proud teacher! Keep up the hard work and I hope to see you all soon.
Miss Dooley
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 4:02pm
Robins have been working hard in school this week developing and exploring algorithms for our computing lessons.
An algorithm is a set of instructions to achieve an outcome.
This week, we made a jam sandwich and made a sequence of instructions on seesaw.
Well done Robins!
Woodpecker Class Learning Superstars
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 2:19pm
This week the children in the Woodpecker class have been incredibly busy!! They have researched our new author and drawn pictures to go with Chapter 1 of our new novel. We definitely have some artists in the making! In Maths we have worked hard to master the column method for multiplication and master it we most certainly have. Martin Luther King Jnr has been our focus in our reading and we have explored a text about him to answer questions and to explore vocabulary. In writing we have been writing descriptive sentences about The Blitz and we have been very impressed with the sentences created, you used lots of exciting targets in your work. PSHE work has involved us creating some beautiful posters about rules to keep us safe. Finally, we made an amazing start on our History topic of Wartime Westhoughton by completing timelines to show when in History this event happened. Absolutely fantastic learning from all the children, both at home and in school. Here are some amazing examples of work from the children working at home. Well done to you children, home learning isn't easy and we are incredibly proud!
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 9:13am
Well this isn't the start to 2021 that we all wanted, however I've been so impressed with the children who have been working at home. They have been so committed to their learning and the quality of their work has been outstanding. It's not the easiest situation but all the children are making the most of it and working with a smile, which is lovely to see! Here are some examples of this week's super work from home.
Date: 13th Jan 2021 @ 5:45pm
We have been really enjoying learning all about Winter this week in school and have got really stick in to all our challenges. We have been building snowmen out of cloud dough, igloos out of sugar cubes, making winter pictures and prentended to be melting snowmen! We have also been using lots of new and exciting words to describe winter.
Penguins - Amazing homelearning
Date: 13th Jan 2021 @ 5:39pm
I have been so proud and so impressed with all the homelearning every single Penguin has been doing at home this week. I know its not easy and you are all missing school but you are making me so proud and showing real resiliance, keep it up Penguins.
These are just a few of the wonderful activities that some children have been busy with at home, I especially love the snowmen!
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 10:52am
Some more super learning in Nursery this week within our Winter theme. Our new starters have settled in fantastically well and the older children have been wonderful role models.
Nursery- School and Home Learning
Date: 8th Jan 2021 @ 9:39am
In Nursery we have been learning all about Winter and lots of our learning has stemmed from this theme. Just look at the amazing activities that have been completed at home and in school this week! We are very proud of all our children. Super stars!
Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 2:28pm
As part of our winter topic we went on a winter walk this afternoon in our school grounds. We got ourselves ready in our winter suits and wellies and went outside. When we were walking we talked about what we could hear and touch. The children came up with some great words like crackle and crunch. We then used our bodies to make different shapes and patterns in the snow. We have also brought some snow inside for us to explore in different ways!
What have you done with the snow at home?
Robins - Reading challenge winner
Date: 20th Dec 2020 @ 9:18am
Well done to this weeks reading challenge winner. She has read 5 times this week, had her name pulled out of the lucky draw and has won a book.
85% of Robins have read 5 times this week. Well done!
Date: 20th Dec 2020 @ 9:16am
We had a fabulous day in Robins. We had a party and played musical statues, had a dance to some of our favourite Christmas tunes and then settled down with popcorn and juice to watch The Grinch. Have a lovely Christmas Robins! I will see you in January.
Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 1:05pm
Well done to our house point winner and reading challenge winner this week!
Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 10:13am
We have had a lovely day today playing lots of party games. We have played pass the parcel, pin the nose on the snowman, musical bumps and had a film and a gingerbread man as a treat! Have a lovely break everyone.
Date: 17th Dec 2020 @ 11:46pm
Owls have been learning about how to call 999 in an emergency.
They have created colourful posters to display the rules.
Science: How do Reindeer survive in the wild?
Date: 17th Dec 2020 @ 11:30pm
This week in Science, Owls answered questions about how animals survive in extreme environments.
Not all reindeer live with Santa, some need to survive in the wild! Owls found out how they survive in their freezing habitats.
Date: 17th Dec 2020 @ 11:20pm
We are so proud of you this week!
Working hard, trying your best and having Christmas fun along the way!
Date: 17th Dec 2020 @ 3:28pm
Eagles class has been busy creating Christmas cards and 2021 calendars. They have drawn round stencils, measured, cut, glued and made bows.
Penguins- Christmas Performances!
Date: 17th Dec 2020 @ 1:02pm
We loved watching all the Christmas Performances this afternoon. Really put us in a festive mood! 🎄🎅🏼
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 9:04pm
We have had a busy week carrying on with our Christmas activities this week. We have been building standing up Christmas trees with playdough and lolly sticks, using the bee bots to reach the different Christmas items on the grid, painting bubble wrap Christmas trees and baubles and using ice paints.
Penguins- outdoor Christmas fun!
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 1:27pm
We have been getting very busy outside today! Some children started jumping off some of the equipment, which turned into a small obstacle course which then turned into Santa's elves escaping from the snow and adapting the obstacle course to make it more challenge!
There was amazing team work, turn taking, as well as managing risks when moving! Well done!
We also had some boys decide to build their own little elf out of bricks!
Welcome from the Nursery staff
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 1:02pm
We are really excited to meet our new starters in January. We hope that this video helps you to put a face to the names of your Teachers. You also have lots of lovely friends waiting to meet you and exciting activities for when you start. We will be ringing all the new children to say hello and answer any of your questions or worries. We hope you enjoy the story and have a great break over holidays. See you in January, where a big smile awaits you!
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 11:53am
We had a great time at our Festive Christmas party lunch!
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 7:51am
After some very important training earlier in the term our new digital leaders came together for our first meeting yesterday. It was great to catch up on what we learnt during the training and to reinforce the importance of their role within their classes.
We discussed what we wanted to do as digital leaders to have a positive impact on across school and came up with some exciting ideas for the new year, so watch this space for some exciting developments!
Date: 15th Dec 2020 @ 10:49pm
On Friday 11th December, schools across the country took part in the National Santa Dash. The main purposes of this event were to get children moving and having lots of fun, and it did exactly that! All children across school took part, many asked if we could do it again!
Date: 15th Dec 2020 @ 10:38pm
Over this half term, all of our KS2 children have been taking part in the School Games Inter Athletics Event. The events consisted of a 200m run, speed bounce, shuttle run, skipping, chest push and standing long jump. Children have been practising for the 6 events in our Physical Activity time and during PE Lessons. They showed excellent resilience and determination to improve their scores and achieve their personal best. Children also enjoyed taking on a leadership role; organising the events and recordings scores.
