Author: Mrs Holroyd (Mrs Holroyd)

In Forest School last week, Form 3 had the opportunity to use flint and make their own fires. They needed to check the wind direction and remember how to be safe around fires. In our History lesson we discussed how people in the Stone Age relied heavily on fire for survival and how they developed...

This week Form 3 have been planning their writing for the Lowry’s Creative Writing contest, including looking at using ambitious vocabulary and the features that make good story openers. Also, in Maths, we have been continuing to look at division and how our times table knowledge can help us. On Wednesday, we celebrated International Women’s...

This week Form 3 made dens and toasted marshmallows in our Forest School session. They all thoroughly enjoyed it and can’t wait for the next session. The children enjoyed dressing up for World Book Day and spending time in Form 1 sharing stories and taking part in book related activities. They also had their first...

We have really been enjoying our topic on The Great Fire of London. We studied some art work from the time and created our own impressions of the fire. Both Lucy and Ayana received commendations for their great efforts and attention to detail. Forest School was very exciting as the children got to make their...

Anaya, Sidharth, Eleanor and Charles have all received commendations this week for their excellent projects and presentations about famous people. Sidharth, Charles and Eleanor chose Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison and Stephen Hawking respectively, which also tied in nicely with our current Science topic about scientists and inventors. Anaya shared her Emmeline Pankhurst project with the...

This week we started a new topic about scientists and inventors. We learnt about the life of Jane Colden, a famous botanist. We had lots of fun becoming botanists ourselves and doing some close studies of some of the plants growing around school. We loved celebrating World Book Day with some excellent efforts in costumes....

At the start of the week, Form One were treated to a workshop with author Sean Perkins. Following this workshop, the pupils were inspired to write their own space poems. We were thrilled with their neat handwriting, spelling, ideas, their understanding of poetry and most impressive was their enthusiasm. We are very proud of our...

This week has been another busy one for Form 1. We have planted beans, pansies and cress as part of our topic on plants. We are enjoying our Ancient Egypt topic and had great fun exploring mummification. As Holi is a festival of colour, we drew around our bodies on large sheets and covered them...

Form 1 had a great time celebrating World Book Day. In the afternoon, Form 3 joined us for ‘bedtime stories’. As they read stories and took part in a book quiz they tucked into fresh toast and milkshakes. We really enjoyed singing along to the World Book Day Song. You can listen (and singalong) via...