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Can you solve the mystery of the Maya?
Date: 25th Jan 2019 @ 3:33pm
This week we have used many art skills to create an image of the famous Mayan Kukulkan Temple found in Chichen Itza.
Date: 25th Jan 2019 @ 2:51pm
Over the past couple of weeks, Y4 have been carefully learning about how sound is made, how sound travels, how a string telephone works and what the pitch of a sound is.
We carried out a few experiments. We investigated how string telephones work and then how we could change the pitch of a sound using straw trumpets.
Katie Y4 - "It was fun using the string telephones. I found out that the sound travelled better when the string was pulled tight. I think it was because the string was easier to vibrate when it was straight."
Harley W Y4 - "Making the straw trumpets (or Strumpets!) was really funny because every time you cut the straw and made it shorter, the sound got higher and higher."
Date: 24th Jan 2019 @ 4:28pm
Children in Year 1 had great fun trying to make 2d and 3d shapes from cocktail sticks and sticky sweets. They made lots of shapes from squares, triangles and hexagons to cubes, cuboids and pyramids. Children then explored why using the tools they had they were unable to make circles, spheres, cones and cylinders. Great working Y1.
Date: 23rd Jan 2019 @ 4:55pm
We had brilliant time celebrating Mrs Bloxham’s birthday today. We’ve made cards, banners, badges and more for her! We then all got together to sing happy birthday and give her a present.
Helping the younger children with their reading!
Date: 22nd Jan 2019 @ 2:24pm
On Friday afternoons some of the Year 5 children have been coming down to Reception to read to the children and listen to Reception children read their books. All the children know how important it is to practise their reading and have really enjoyed sharing their books with the older children!
Date: 18th Jan 2019 @ 12:59pm
Year 5 learned so much in our healthy eating workshop with Mr Healthy this week! They had a lot of fun finding out all about what our bodies needs to stay healthy. We thought about; the food groups and the types of foods we need, the impact these foods have on our bodies, all the different types of fruit to encourage us to aim for '7 a Day' and how to move more to keep us fit.
There were lots of fun games and activities meaning a very enjoyable day was had by all!
The children have also got some 'Staying Healthy' booklets to share at home.
Date: 12th Jan 2019 @ 9:36pm
To introduce our new topic on the Stone Age, we had a special visitor come into class and tell us all about the Stone Age. The children learned lots of interesting facts about Stone age people and how they survived. We even got to hold a Mammoths tooth.
Can you solve the mystery of the Maya?
Date: 11th Jan 2019 @ 4:24pm
Can you solve the mystery of the Maya?
The Mayans were famous for many things - one of them being discovering CHOCOLATE!
To kick start our Mayan topic we took place in a chocolate tasting challenge.
The Maiden Voyage to the Maritime Museum
Date: 11th Jan 2019 @ 8:19am
As part of our learning about our new topic- 'Why is the unsinkable ship at the bottom or the sea?' We went on a trip to the Maritime Museum to find out more about the mysterious Titanic. This helped us in our learning and really got us thinking about lots more questions we want to answer throughout the topic.
Date: 20th Dec 2018 @ 3:46pm
For our final WOW on Natural Disasters, we exploded our own volcanoes. At the end of last week we made volcanoes and today we had fun watching them erupt.
Date: 20th Dec 2018 @ 3:41pm
Year 1 celebrated Christmas in royal fashion today. Children competed in a royal tournament to be crowned Prince and Princess Charming and we even had a special visit from Father Christmas! Super competing Year 1.
Date: 20th Dec 2018 @ 1:51pm
We’ve had a fantastic day in Foundation Stage, playing party games, dancing to our favourite Christmas songs and having a visit from the big man Santa himself!
Date: 20th Dec 2018 @ 12:05pm
Year 2 has been rocked by 2 special arrivals!
We were shocked to find that Ernie the Elf had made his way into school by hiding in someone's lunch box! What a cheeky elf he is!
On our party day we were practising some Christmas songs that led to the arrival of SANTA HIMSELF! He brought us some special gifts and even had time for a boogie before heading back to Rudolph who was ready for his next journey!
Date: 19th Dec 2018 @ 7:20pm
Throughout our learning of Islam this term, we learned about the 5 pillars of Islam and the beliefs Muslims have. We also learned about the Mosques and what artefacts are found inside. Each of the children then designed a prayer mat using the religious symbols and imagery out of felt. Take a look at the final outcomes.
Date: 19th Dec 2018 @ 6:59pm
This year we worked on our Christmas Play called the Landlord's Cat! The children worked so hard to learn their lines and the songs and really showed how amazing they are in front of an audience! Take a look at some of the snaps we took after the dress rehearsal!
Finding Materials, Properties and Origins
Date: 19th Dec 2018 @ 6:45pm
During our topic work in Science, we have been looking at where materials come from and how we describe them. We have really enjoyed this topic and were very interested to find out we brush our teeth with chalk and that rubber comes from trees!
As part of our learning we also experimented with slime and carried out some material hunts as part of our home learning. We also made capes using different materials. Take a look at our learning.
Date: 19th Dec 2018 @ 4:21pm
Well done to all those children who have brought in home learning projects this term. There were some fantastic models and art work of natural disasters.
Posting our letters to Father Christmas!
Date: 19th Dec 2018 @ 3:51pm
In Reception we wrote some letters to Father Christmas and today took them to the post box (we didn't want them to arrive late!) We are keeping our fingers crossed that we get everything we have asked for!
Do you always believe what you see?
Date: 17th Dec 2018 @ 4:27pm
Do you always believe what you see?
Well done to some of our Y6 children that have completed a home learning project. They are fantastic.
Date: 10th Dec 2018 @ 4:56pm
On Friday, Year 3 were lucky enough to be asked to plant trees in our school field. The Mersey Forest organisation and one of St Helens Park Rangers came to help us. We planted many saplings which will grow to help our environment.
Tree planting with the Mersey Forest.
Date: 7th Dec 2018 @ 3:31pm
This morning children in year 1 took part in a tree planting session run by the Mersey Forest Organisation. Children worked in pairs digging holes and planting over 50 saplings. Year 1 then wrote fantastic thankyou letters which we will be emailing across to the Mersey Forest Organisation over the weekend. Well done Year 1, super hard work!
A special visitor in Foundation Stage!
Date: 4th Dec 2018 @ 9:17am
We came into a great big mess in Foundation Stage this morning, but the children didn’t make it (for a change!). Instead we discovered that we’ve got our own special Elf! He’s come to watch over us and check we are all being good (which we all are anyway except Mrs Bloxham) and trying our hardest.
Update 19/12/18: We came in to school to find the Elf had taken all the pens away (because we keep leaving the lids off them!) At the end of the day we went on a hunt to find him. We followed the trail of pens to find that he had left the pens for us on the big play ground and a message!
Date: 23rd Nov 2018 @ 2:12pm
In this week's Eco-Council meeting, Scott (Lyme Park's Ranger) came to talk to us about ideas to develop the park area. He asked the group to look at a map of the park and think about how we can help him to improve the signs and encourage more people to visit.
In the Spring/Summer term he will be asking the Eco-Council to lead a competition across school to design some art work for the new signs.
Stay and Play in Foundation Stage
Date: 20th Nov 2018 @ 12:51pm
Date: 16th Nov 2018 @ 4:15pm
After learning about the BBC Children in need appeal, children in Year 1 and 2 decided to set up a last minute 'unloved toy shop' in aid of the charity. Thank you to all the children and families who all pulled together and donated toys and books for the shop. Key stage 1 raised a fantastic £50.00, which will be donated to this years appeal alongside the schools own clothes day donations. All unsold donations will be donated this weekend to Willowbrook Hospice.
