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Local History Study - The Dick Kerr Ladies
Date: 19th Jul 2022 @ 11:46pm
We have loved learning about the Dick Kerr Ladies and were so pleased to meet Gail Newsham - the author of "In a League of their Own" and "Football's Forgotten Legends".
We learnt so much and were amazed by the story of this football team. Have a look at the photos to see some of the work we did. We even found out that two of the children in our class had relatives who played for the team.
We were greatly inspired by Gail's story of the ladies and indeed by Gail herself.
Date: 14th Jul 2022 @ 12:13pm
What a way to end Year 5 - a superb musical treat including 2 songs from our endangered instruments.
Athletics Event at Priory Academy
Date: 13th Jul 2022 @ 4:44pm
Children from Year 3,4 and 6 represented school in an Athletics event at Priory Academy this week.
They did really well in all of their events including running, throwing and jumping.
They competed against other schools from the local area.
Well done everyone!
Local History Day - Learning about Preston Docks
Date: 13th Jul 2022 @ 12:38pm
We have had a great day learning all about the history of Preston Albert Edward Dock today!
We really enjoyed listening to our visiting hisotrian, Stephen, who told us all about how the docks were used a long time ago. He also talked to us about the banana boats and even about stowaways from the Carribbean!
Thank you Stephen for giving up your time to help us with our learning today!
Date: 6th Jul 2022 @ 4:05pm
We tested the properties of different materials.
Can you bend it?
Can you twist it?
Can you stretch it?
Can you squash it?
Date: 6th Jul 2022 @ 4:03pm
To get us in the mode for writing our own magic carpet ride recount we went on our own magic table ride in the classroom!
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 8:51pm
We have had an amazing day at our linking school, Yealand Primary. An exciting morning in the forest - hammering and printing with flowers, mud art, transient art, building dens and exploring the forest area - was then followed by a picnic lunch and some delicious and very brightly coloured ice-creams from the ice-cream van! Our afternoon was spent exploring the school outside areas where we played football; made a range of yummy mud pies and cakes in the mud kitchen; raced around on the wheeled trikes and played on the play equipment.
Mrs. Gaskell and I are immensely proud of our class today who immersed themselves in every activity, were an absolute pleasure and a real credit to our school. It was brilliant to see both schools playing and having fun together, we will definitely continue this partnership next year.
Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 5:18pm
As part of national Field Work Week, Y5 have been out in the school grounds to measure wind direction and wind speed. We are doing this to help us decide where the best place will be to fly the kites we are making in Design Technology and indeed whether we think they will fly at all!
Date: 28th Jun 2022 @ 5:15pm
........and we really did dance from the heart, staff and all pupils!
Date: 27th Jun 2022 @ 11:53am
Our vist from a kite expert - Miss Flint!
Date: 26th Jun 2022 @ 12:43pm
Miss Flint joined us to give us the history behind kites. She showed us some different examples and let us see what they are capable of (including extreme kite flying, kite buggying amd kite skateboarding).
She brought examples including the:
- Delta stunt kite
- Soft foil kite
- Flexi foil kite
- Revolution kite.
We were introduced to the techinical vocabulary including: spars, ripstop, leading edge, rigidity, frame and reinforcement.
Miss Flint advised us to think carefuly about material, size, shape, strength and weakpoints when we design and make our own kites.
Thank you for your time Miss Flint!
Date: 23rd Jun 2022 @ 2:49pm
Another hot day and some tired children- nearly everyone needed waking this morning!
Today's activities included:
The Giant Swing
Climbing wall
Orienteering
Capture the Flag
Splash!
Enjoy the photos - we will be home tomorrow with tired bodies and happy hearts.
Date: 22nd Jun 2022 @ 7:47pm
Let the 22nd June be forever known as the Night of the Big Water Fight! Of course it was the teachers who won...
So much fun and team work today. Our children and staff have shown so much support and resilience to tackle some really BIG challenges! Climbing the big pole and then standing up on a very small and wobbly space before jumping for the trapeze was the start of the day. Following this we enjoyed aeroball - (basketball on a trampoline) and this afternoon archery.
Enjoy today's photographs and a few videos.
Date: 21st Jun 2022 @ 7:42pm
WOW! This has been a scorcher! Full sunshine all day, so lots of suncream and water hydration stops.
An early breakfast at 7.15am got us all up and out and ready for activities. Today we have enjoyed working together to build rafts - well done to all the scouts who had the knots perfected! The afternoon has been energetic and hot with an orienteering afternoon, followed by the Jacob's ladder climbing challenge and tonight a special game of Cluedo. Lots of photos today - hope you are enjoying them at home.
Date: 20th Jun 2022 @ 8:09pm
We arrived safely at Boreaton Park at 3.30 after a very noisy and musical journey!
Bags and cases were unpacked and we found our cabin for the week, 'Nuthatch' which has a grassed area for football, cricket and general chilling between activities. We have toured the site, found all the important places, unpacked bags and enjoyed a quiz this evening. Our PGL instructor for the week is Jess - look out for her in the photos. The competition has started for the tidiest room of the week and we are really excited for raft building in the morning!
What will tomorrow bring?
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Date: 14th Jun 2022 @ 9:14pm
Fantastic afternoon of cricket. Some of us are natural cricketers and really surprised ourselves!
Edge Hill University Aspirations Day
Date: 13th Jun 2022 @ 8:43pm
We loved our day at Edge Hill University. The campus was calm, full of green areas (including lakes and even a beach) and a range of wildlife - although we didn't meet the campus cat! We were really impressed with the fantastic sports facilities and many of us were inspired by the medical training centre for nurses, midwifes, etc and their £30,000 dummies which could simulate different illnesses!
Date: 10th Jun 2022 @ 5:16pm
Year 5 were pleased to receive a return visit from local artist Dave Rob. He talked to the children about colour mixing and matching to complete their self portraits. He will pick them up from us next week and use them to create something for us to keep. We can't wait and we thank him so much for spending his valuable time with us and supporting us to develop new skills.
Date: 9th Jun 2022 @ 5:33pm
Today we launched the big question for our final half term of the year!
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
We talked about what the words FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER meant to us at this stage in the year. The children amazed me with their responses which you will see from the photo of our display.
The children were also introduced to the idea of philosophy and we had some really thoughtful conversations about some of the quotes of Ancient Greek philosophers.
To end the session, the children had a piece of a Greek pot and had to regroup by finding pupils with the other parts. We began to think about what clues to the past these held.
Date: 7th Jun 2022 @ 8:35pm
We were all pleased to receive a second visit from Action for Children. During the afternoon we revisited our understanding of resilience. We learnt about practical techniques to help us manage difficult times and thought about where or who to go to when we needed help.
Date: 7th Jun 2022 @ 8:23pm
As we concluded our half term theme, we were left in no doubt of the answer to our big question:
Rainforests: essential or desireable?
Take a look at the photos below showing our plaquards and pencil cases. We made our feelings known on our peaceful protest march which was concluded very persuasivley by speeches given by Josh D and Jude. Visit our class garden space to look more closely at our plaquards.
Date: 27th May 2022 @ 5:54pm
We celebrated in style today. After coming to school in red, white and blue and then eating a picnic lunch together, we made decorative spatulas and plant pots to commemorate the occassion.
Date: 27th May 2022 @ 12:11pm
We have been learning lots about Animals and their habitats including what they need to live and grow.
As part of this we have found out about food chains.
Date: 27th May 2022 @ 11:52am
Today we finished making our puppets and we are very proud of them!
Year 3 Share their learning with Year 2
Date: 27th May 2022 @ 11:49am
Today, Year 3 came to talk to Year 2 about their learning of the Romans.
We learnt lots of new facts about them!
Thank you for sharing your learning with us!
We also got the chance to show them our puppets!
