Year 1L were cooking with the chef this half term and made some tasty treats. They made pizzas, flapjacks and shortbread. Everyone gave 100% and had a fantastic experience using lots of cooking equipment. They all enjoyed it! 

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To help Reception get ready for moving into Year 1 we have doing PE lessons in the hall. The children have enjoyed experimenting with different ways of jumping off a bench and doing forwards rolls.   

Mrs McIver and Mrs Hodson’s Literacy have been learning the story – Toys in Space by Mini Grey. It has a lot of wonderful characters and we have even been adding in our own fantastic characters like Mrs Mouse, who is really a cuddly cat or Belle the pretty doll with long hair.  We have been…

Before half term year 4 and 5 were invited to visit Bridgewater Hall. While we were there we learnt all about a special instrument called an organ. It is very difficult to play. The musician can use their hands and feet at the same time to create the sounds. Did you know that the organ at…

Reception have been very busy this week doing lots of wonderful work.

We decided to give our brains a break before our phonics lesson and had a quick dance to Head Shoulders Knees and Toes.

https://vimeo.com/129768380 

Click on the link to see a video clip of us having fun after all…

Today, was the start of Walk to School Week, where thousands of children across the country, will be walking in the morning to get to school. Despite the rain, lots of children in year 4 walked to school to get their first sticker on our wall chart. 

We started the day with an…

Today Year 3 have been to Abraham Moss to learn about programming. We used an app called Hopscotch on the ipads to write programs to draw pictures of 3 famous Manchester Landmarks. We really enjoyed our learning and Mrs Riley was very impressed with our programming skills, our listening and…

Year 3 had a fantastic day at the Marist Centre yesterday. We learnt about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and did some lovely prayer presentations to the Holy Spirit.

Also, we learnt 6 words to help us to understand the importance of the different parts of the mass - COME - SORRY, LISTEN, OFFER,…

Reception and Nursery had a wonderful time today! All the children enjoyed a range of activities and many needed a quick nap on the way home! All staff were very proud of the children’s wonderful behaviour. 

As part of Drug Safety Week Reception have been looking at safety in the home. Elmer’s read Tiger’s Home to discover dangerous substances that can be found in the kitchen or bathroom.

(click on the link to read it at home)

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This week, as part of the school Drug Safety Week we have been investigating the effects of smoking on our bodies and wallets! 

We we have discovered some of the many nasty chemicals and ingredients that form a cigarette. Did you know that a chemical found in rat poision is also…

Reception went for a walk around Crumpsall Park this week to look for new life. We found lots of flowers, plants, blossom and a birds nest.

Please ask your child about any new life they have seen at home as we move into Spring and we carry on talking about The Resurrection.  

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