Image of Year 5- English- Letter from the Prime Minister
22 Feb

Year 5- English- Letter from the Prime Minister

The Year 5 class has been thrilled to learn that our Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has taken time out of his busy schedule to reply to their letters. Last term, the children researched the impact of carbon emissions on fairtrade farmers and our planet. After collating their findings, the children decided to take action and wrote a persuasive letter to the Prime Minister to make a change. The Prime Minister was pleased to hear that young people like ourselves are thinking hard about the future of our planet. He also highlighted that the UK Government is going to continue to tackle carbon emissions. Since 1990, the UK reduced emissions by at least 44%.

Image of Year 2 - French
22 Feb

Year 2 - French

In Year 2, during Junior Jam, the children have been learning all the different fruits, linking them with the colours that they have previously learnt. They really enjoyed learning all of the different variety of fruits.

Image of Year 3 R.E- Mother Teresa
22 Feb

Year 3 R.E- Mother Teresa

Year 3 have been learning about Mother Teresa and the wonderful things she did throughout her life. We discussed how her Christian faith influenced the way she dedicated her life.

Image of Year 3 Science- How are fossils formed?
22 Feb

Year 3 Science- How are fossils formed?

Year 3 have been learning all about how fossils are made. We carried out an exciting experiment where the class made their own imprints, recreating the process of fossil formation.

Image of Online Safety: Spotify
22 Feb

Online Safety: Spotify

Is Spotify hitting the right #OnlineSafety notes?

Image of Year 4 - Creating Word Webs
22 Feb

Year 4 - Creating Word Webs

In English, we were very excited to start our new class novel, The Firework-Maker’s Daughter, and began by exploring the new vocabulary we came across using a word web.

Image of Reception - Understanding Of The World - Material Hunt
22 Feb

Reception - Understanding Of The World - Material Hunt

This week we have explored different materials. We have looked at different types of materials including plastic, metal, wood, glass, rubber, brick, stone, fabric and wool. We then went on a material hunt to identify different materials around our classroom and school! The children really enjoyed finding all of the different materials in our environment

Image of Blackburn with Darwen Year 3/4 Gymnastics Competition
21 Feb

Blackburn with Darwen Year 3/4 Gymnastics Competition

Today we attended the BwD Year 3/4 Gymnastics competition at St Bedes. The children have shown true dedication in learning both the body management and floor routines. Everyone represented the school brilliantly and the children really did themselves and our school family proud. We managed to achieve silver medals in the boys event and bronze in the girls! With over 16 schools taking place and over 100 children involved that is no mean feat- Go Team B!

Image of History- Year 5- Sequencing events in a Chronological order
21 Feb

History- Year 5- Sequencing events in a Chronological order

This afternoon, the Year 5 Historians have sequenced events and periods using appropriate terms e.g. chronology, legacy, continuity, change, and trends. The children used our outdoor history timeline to support them with their learning. They looked at the key dates and events that occurred during these periods. We then identified the changes during these periods of time. The children compared cobbled roads and Celtic homes, (Roman period) and the great inventions of the Vikings such as wooden combs and Viking longships.

Image of Shrove Tuesday
21 Feb

Shrove Tuesday

As today is Shrove Tuesday, Mrs Ham bought our whole school family pancake bites to eat to symbolise the start of Lent tomorrow. They went down a treat and many of the children were excited to have pancakes at home this evening too. We are looking forward to seeing lots of different ways that we can all give this Lent through demonstrating our Christian values of service, friendship and generosity.

Image of Year 5- P.E- Orienteering
21 Feb

Year 5- P.E- Orienteering

The children have enjoyed their first lesson of orienteering session with Sporting NRG. They worked together as a team to check and agree that they have matched all the names to the symbols. They demonstrated great teamwork by encouraging each other to do their best.

Image of Year 1- Analysing rhymes
21 Feb

Year 1- Analysing rhymes

In English we carried on with our traditional rhymes from yesterday but today we analysed some rhymes. We highlighted rhyming words, punctuation, capital letters and repetition.