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Year 5s African workshop

On the 17^th of October year 5 had an African workshop. The woman who came to teach us was called Maisie and she came for one day, she was very energetic.

First we got into a circle and we introduced ourselves to Maisie. Then we practised facial expressions because…

In Year 2 we created a human Pictogram to show which game we enjoyed the most in Computing. This half term we have been 'game testers'and have tried to work out the algorithms for some Scutch games. 

Which game was most popular? 

In science today, we recapped the steps when designing a fair test. We then tested the following solids: coffee, curry powder, flour, sugar and sand, by stirring them into warm water. We decided that a solid has dissolved when it disappears into the solution. Tomorrow we are investigating: do all…

In science we have learning about the importance of exercise in order to keep healthy. We took part in lots of different activities such as star jumps, sit ups, dribbling the ball & skipping for two minutes. Then we discussed in our groups whether the activity strengthened our muscles, gave our…

We visited Tesco in Cheetham Hill as part of our science work on healthy eating. We had a fantastic time and were allowed to enter the back of the shop where usually only staff are allowed. There were lots of fun activities to take part in like making a hat, hunting for different coloured fruit…

The year 6 children excelled themselves today! 

To celebrate Black History Month and as part of our topic 'Slavery' we had a lady from a theatre company in to work on a drama performance. The children used their prior knowledge and learnt lots about the civil rights movement to depict important…

Last Thursday , we had  a fabulous day working alongside the lovely Maisie   . We did lots of drama , singing , drumming and dancing and this culminated in a spectacular performance for other classes and was well supported by our Parents ( thanks for the audience participation ).

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This week in year 5 we have been learning about black history month. We have learnt about Martin Luther King, he was a civil rights leader who never gave up. On Thursday 16^th October we will be having a workshop. We are all very excited.

In cooking we have been baking rock cakes,…

And some more of our favourites from the past two weeks.