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Year 3 enjoyed a maths carousel this week, we visited all the KS2 classrooms and had to work hard to solve some problems. 

This week we have been thinking about remembrance day. We thought about the soldiers who fought for us. We learnt about how to tell if photos were from the past or from the present by looking at some old photos of soldiers. We also completed some art by using poppy seeds and finger…

Year 6 have been thinking about what to do when you phone 999 - we even practiced by using Mr Hodder's home phone!

Every Tuesday morning this half term, Year 1 will be taught gymnastics by Dan our PE specialist. The class were asked to challenge themselves on the equipment, to do things that maybe they were nervous to try. Everyone joined in and we saw great examples of how individuals were challenging…

In gymnastics today, the children were working in pairs to create balances that mirrored each other. There were some great examples of balances that showed control and good mirroring and the children used the skills of listening and cooperation very well. Well done, Year 4!

Year 5 & 6 walked up to join other local schools for Remembrance Day at Miss Whalley's Field.

They represented Cathedral perfectly and marked the sombre occasion  well.

This week we have been learning all about bonfire night. We learnt about Guy Fawkes and how people stopped him from hurting the king on the 5th November 1605. We also learnt about how people celebrate. We saw pictures and videos of fireworks, bonfires and sparklers. We even got to try some toffee…

Year 6 celebrated a fantastic Animal Adaptation exhibition  this week!

Just look at all the creative crazy creations with wicked write-ups!

Year 5 were just as impressed - well done Year 6!

In Year 3 this afternoon we have been learning about where some of our clothes come from. We have been asking lots of questions like where are they made? What countries do they come from? Where do different materials come from? We were all very enthusiastic about looking at the labels of our…

Year Five have all completed amazing projects for their Autumn term homework task. Mrs Lowe said that  the amount of effort put into these projects has been amazing! On Wednesday, Year Six and Year Five both put our projects on display in the classrooms so we could look at each others work. We…

This half term, we are learning about sound in science. For our introductory lesson today, we learnt that sound is the result of vibrations and we used musical instruments to explore this. 

Today Year 1 have been learning how to mix paints to make lighter and darker fire colours. They then used fire colours to painting their own flames.