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We have been learning all about bonfire night and why we have it. We learnt abut Guy Fawkes and that he tried to set fire to the house of parliament. We also discussed ways people remember today such as fireworks, sparklers and bonfires. We even got to try a toffee apple which people enjoy eating…

Y2 had a wonderful LEGO workshop this morning. They learnt how to build a robot from LEGO and then connected it to a laptop so they could program it to move.

Happy Diwali from Reception! We have had lots of fun learning about the festival of light. We have been creating rangoli patterns in lots of different ways and we even had a go at creating out own diya lamps out of clay.

Year 6 went to the zoo zoo zoo! We learnt all about how the animals had adapted to their environment as well as discovering just what elephant poo actually smells like!

Year 6 had an amazing time on Monday afternoon after accepting an invitationb from Mayor Abi Mills to attend the opening of a new exhibition all about Lancaster Slave Family Trees.  We had an excellent time learning all about the exhibition as well as touring the Town Hall and enjoying a…

Y2 led the Celebration of the Word this week in the hall and many parents came to watch as we shared our learning about Baptism.

Yesterday, Year 4 walked down to the City Museum to find out more about the Romans who came to Lancaster and what how they changed the city. We spent time completing a quiz that made everyone have to really search for the clues around the exhibition, but there was also time to dress up like a…

The children in Year 5 have produced their first independent homework projects and they are rightly proud of them. They have worked so hard to produce models and written work on the theme of Vikings, Creation or Legends with super results. Look at some of the models and posters they have made in…

Today was the first day back and we got straight into the swing of things by going round the classes taking part in the fractions carousel. In Year 2 we listened to whole notes (semibreves), half notes (minims) and quarter notes (crotchets) that were played by our three puppets who were sad, happy…

Black History Month might be celebrated in October, but for Year 6 we explore many aspects of Black history all year round.

We have, however, been investigating Bessie Coleman - the first Black female pilot, as well as watching Ncuti Gatwa as Dr Who in a rip-roaring adventure as the 15th…

We had a great time on Wednesday, building shelters and lighting fires as part of our work on settlements. It was a very wet day, but we all managed to build a shelter and even managed to get fires to light despite the shocking weather. We worked really well in our teams and laughed a lot!

Year 5 have been learning about land use in the UK and used different thematic maps to investigate how land is used in different areas. Well done, Year 5!