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6 Oct

Reception: Exploring our differences in RE

During RE, we have been looking into how God has made us all special and unique. The children were able to discuss and understand what makes us all different. Hair colour, eye colour, and skin colour were the main differences in which the children could identify. However, after looking very closely at our palms through magnifying glasses, the children could see how we all had different hand and thumb prints which make us even more special to our God.

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6 Oct

Reception Owl Visit

The children in Reception had a very special visit this afternoon. They met 4 different owls. The children saw burrowing owls, a barn owl and a screech owl called Tyler, Midge, JD and Bobby. The children found their brave and held the owls. They also got to feel an owl feather and watch the owls fly. The children were so polite and well behaved during the visit. A big thank you to SMJ Falconry.

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6 Oct

Cool Computing!

Year 3 created their final sections of the songs they’ve been working on this half term with Junior Jam.

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6 Oct

Marvellous Music in Year 2!

Year 2 had a fantastic music lesson with Junior Jam this week! This term, years 1 to 6 are learning all about African drumming in music! It has been great to hear the classes learn all about different rhythms and exploring new instruments!

Image of Year 1 Geography- Hot and Cold Places of the World.
5 Oct

Year 1 Geography- Hot and Cold Places of the World.

Year 1 have been looking at a map of the world and learning about where the hot and cold places are.

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5 Oct

Year 1 PE

Year 1 have been focusing on fundamental skills in their PE lessons.

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5 Oct

Netball by England Netball Player

Year 4 and 5 had the pleasure of being coached by Miss Dovey from DACA who is on the England and Manchester Thunder netball teams. They can't wait till next week and fingers crossed for brighter weather so they can get out onto our new astroturf netball pitch.

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5 Oct

Year 4 netball news

Year 4 loved their first session with DACA’s Miss Dovey. Awesome chest passes and fantastic footwork! @DarwenAcademy

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4 Oct

Using inverse and multi-step problems

In Year 6, we have been working on multi-step problems to addition and subtraction word problems. Once we completed them, we have been using inverse operations to check them. The children have done amazingly well in grasping what is the important information in the word problems.

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4 Oct

Dropping y and adding i to change root words

In year 6, our special spelling focus this week has been dropping y and adding i before adding suffixes to root words. The children have done brilliantly with their team teaching and are really applying their spellings to their independent writes.

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4 Oct

Monday Mental Health Worship

Today in worship we talked about looking after our mental health. We looked at small feelings that change all the time and big feelings that stay with us and who we can go to for support when dealing with big feelings. We reflected on how we can show our Christian Value of friendship to our friends and be there to listen to them if they are dealing with big feelings. We also discussed how we can show courage and talk to someone we trust if we have big feelings.

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4 Oct

A very ‘Muddy Monday’ in Reception

Today, our Ducklings went on their first ‘Muddy Monday’ adventure in the local area. We explored Jack Keys reservoir. The children walked all of the way around the reservoir which took just over an hour. We were extremely impressed with how they showed our Christian values. They took risks, showed resilience and courage throughout the adventure. The children got stuck in the mud, splashed in muddy puddles and enjoyed climbing and balancing along the way! What a super start to the week!