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We took part in a zoom masterclass yesterday, organised by Children’s University and led by Lara, a CBBC animator. 
it was fascinating and the children absolutely loved thinking creatively and having a go at some of their own doodle monsters. All starting with a simple scribble. 
 

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What fabulous costumes.  The children have loved dressing up as rock stars today. We have had a parade and danced to some of our favourite tunes! Well done to everyone for taking part. 
 

Year 4 have been very busy cooking this half term! We talked about healthy alternatives to foods containing lots of preservatives in our supermarkets. We made a simple pizza with a flour and yoghurt based dough, slow cooker tomato soup and fresh bread rolls! 
the children loved the experience of…

The children had lots of fun as rock stars today dancing and singing together. What a fantastic day raising money for the PTA. 

We had a busy time on our orienteering course this week.  We worked in our key groups to find animal pictures located around our school.

Year 2 joined a Children’s University masterclass where we heard from an illustrator called Laura who does animations for CBeebies. She demonstrated how to draw a range of amazing monsters and then the children all had a go.

This week, the children have been estimating the mass of pumpkins.

They were given the weight of a medium sized pumpkin as a point of reference.

It has been poetry week in Reception! After listening to various poems about minibeasts we then set to work to write our own class poem! As a team, we wrote our very own poem packed with rhyming words! We then thought of actions to go with each line. Reception then performed their poem to Nursery…

Today, we were lucky enough to have visitors from Liverpool Hope University.

They worked alongside the children in small groups exploring a range of questions surrounding Earth and space.

In DT, the children enjoyed making flatbreads.

They worked in small groups to mix their ingredients together and used rolling pins to shape their flatbreads.

The children have been learning about how search engines work.

In groups, they explored the playground in order to gather information about a range of books and work in a similar way to a search engine. 

We have been working textiles to create our own box covered in fabric. It was pretty messy but they looked great