NSPCC Number Day
Year 4 looking number-tastic!
Thank you all so much for supporting such an important charity in the NSPCC.
Story Time in Manchester Central Library
During our Class Trip to Chinatown we visited the Manchester Central Library to see Angela.
Angela held a story time for us in the newly renovated library.
She read Whale on a Bus and Shark in the Park.
The Shark in the Park book has giant print and braille on the bottom. She told us why the…
Trip to Chinatown
Today we went on a class trip to Chinatown to finish off our learning about Chinese New Year.
We travelled on the bus into Manchester and walk to Chinatown.
We then went inside the supermarkets, where we bought our delicious Chinese wafer snack.
Then, we went into a Chinese Arts and Craft…
Industrial Action
You may be aware the National Education Union (NEU) have called a day of industrial action on Wednesday 1st February 2023.
A number of our employees are members of the NEU and as such we are likely to be affected by the industrial action over the coming weeks. However, as of now all of our…
Creating Bhajans
We are creating our own Hindu Bahjans (songs of worship) in RE this afternoon.
Chinese Lantern Making
Cont.
Today we continued our learning about Chinese New Year by making lanterns.
We use our fine motor skills to carefully cut the right shape and then we decorated them using gold paint and Chinese symbols.
Chinese Lion Dance
Cont.
Today we have been inspired by the Lion Dance from the Chinese New Year Parade in Manchester.
We created our own Lion Dance to traditional Chinese Music.
Chinese New Year
This week we are learning about Chinese New Year, Year of the Rabbit.
Today, we tasted different food, noodles, sauces, prawn crackers and learnt about a fortune cookie.
RSPB Happy BirdDay
In Forest Schools we have been preparing for he big RBS BirdDay Garden Watch.
We made bird feeders using peanut butter and bird seed and hung them on branches for all the birds when they begin to appear at the first signs of Spring.
The Anglo-Saxons
We were historians today. We worked in small groups today looking at reasons why the Anglo-Saxons chose to invade and settle in England. We had to think really hard about each of the statements and be in agreement.
Making Planets
Our topic this half term is Light and Dark.
We are beginning to explore Space and Planets. The children's Busy Book activity this week was to create a planet of their choice.
The children each showed their planet to their peers and explained what they knew about it.
We will be exploring this…