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This week we began our new spelling programme. The children were given 17 words with cartoon clips to watch on Monday morning. We watched and practised these 17 spellings every morning at the beginning of our English lesson. Then we tested them again on Friday morning and the difference was…

“Today year 5 learned how the Earth spins as it orbits the sun which is how day and night works.Seasons come and go as the Earth revolves. Year 5 represented this by putting a ball down which was acting as the Earth which rotated while a torch (the sun) shone its light on the ball.” MP Year…

During December and January, Year 4 worked hard to plan, improve, rehearse and perform a dance in P.E. to the music 'Rockin' around the Christmas Tree'. You can watch their dance here:

We have been working hard planning ideas for characters. After watching ET we were given three ideas of different aliens we had to think about. As a group we described and created ideas for the alien characters. Each group roasted round and created lots of new ideas, we had a great lesson and…

Year Four visited the Cathedral where Father Chapple talked to us about some of the parts of the Cathedral and their significance. He also described some of the jobs he does as a priest. All the children were very interested and asked some thoughtful questions.

In History this half term, we are looking at the history of our school. Today we thought about how we were going to find information out about this. We will search on the internet together to find out information, but the children also decided that they would ask relatives and friends that had…

Year 6 had a great afternoon exploring student Jon's comic -book app and helping him with his research and development for the University of Lancaster!

Year 6 have been exploring the human body and the 10 organ systems that helps us live.

We've had great fun researching what all the various different organs do and where we can find them in the body!

Today, Year 3 had a visit from NISCU. We were learning about what it means to be part of the Church. We looked at churches all over the world and how people worship God.

This half term we are reading 'Lost and Found' - a story about a penguin who gets lost, and a boy finds him! I wonder if the penguin will find his way home?

What a start to the day we had today! Jess came in to teach us how to Zumba! It was amazing fun, not too tricky and a great form of exercise.

Today, we were reflecting on the story of Jesus calling the first disciples. We created freeze frames to help us reflect on how Simon, Andrew, James and John felt when Jesus called them to follow him. Great team work, Year Four!