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Dust off your trekking shoes because Year 6 are taking you on a science expedition to the Galapagos Islands. Here we will take vital notes on two species endemic to the Galapagos: the marine iguana and the famous mangrove trees. 

As part of our work in RE, we have been talking about loving our neighbour and how we can show love to one another. We wrote special messages to one another and put them in the post box to send. 

Snack time is always popular in nursery but even more so on Mondays as the children are so keen to share with us their weekend news and catch up with their friends.  Here they are developing turn taking, conversation, eye contact, vocabulary, listening skills and much more.   The children choose…

Today we took advantage of a beautiful sunny morning and went on a class walk around the school grounds to look for signs of spring.  We saw many daffodils but some other spring flowers coming up too.  We also observed the buds on the blossom trees.  We finished our time outside with a sensory…

This term in nursery we have been exploring painting in different ways and different context.  Last week we painted outside on tinfoil and took part in finger paining.  This week the children painted to different pieces of music and they absolutely loved it.  

We have started our dance unit of work called machines. It’s been great fun so far and we have created some amazing routines.

These girls have spent a good part of their afternoon working together to build a camper van.  They are going to travel around Australia it visiting lots of places! 

As part of our work on our book  ‘The Pirates Are Coming’ the children were tasked with investigating their favourite sea creature and telling us all a bout it.  They could draw pictures, make models - anything they chose.  Look at the amazing creations they have made.  We are so proud of them.…

We have been learning about Louise Bourgeios and her fantastic sculptures. Our work will be finished next week when we paint them. We will hold an exhibition of our work for you all to enjoy.

As part of our ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ work in English, the children designed their own peg doll character and then made it using a range of materials.

This week the children have been exploring painting whilst listening to music. Today they asked to listen to the music again so they could dance together. We talked about the music saying if it was fast, slow, high, low, calming or energetic. 

Year 5 visited the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall to watch ‘The World in One City: A Musical Journey.’

The performance explored the influence of different cultures on Liverpool and the music associated with them.

The children enjoyed listening to the live performance by the orchestra and taking…