Division

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One for you. One for me. Year 3 learn to share in maths. 

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P.E.

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Year 3 discuss the art of winning and how tactics play a huge part of this. 

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Stonehenge

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Whilst studying about the Stone Age, Year 3 have being looking for clues as to what the period's most famous monument, Stonehenge, may have been used for.

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Y4 - Sense of Proportion

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Children in Year 4 have been using charcoal to represent light and dark; as well as comparing objects of different sizes. 

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Year 5 Science - Changing Materials

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Today in Science we explored the fire triangle and the 3 components of what's needed to create a fire. Year 5 learnt that as soon as you remove a component of that triangle, the fire will extinguish.

We also did an experiment to see how long a flame would burn in different-sized glasses. We…

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Art - Sculpture and 3D:

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Year 2 have been using the language of flattening, rolling, pinching and scoring to manipulate clay.  They have also created their own clay pot using the "pinch" technique.

Knowledge: to shape a pinch pot and join clays shapes as decoration

Skills: 

  • I can use the pinching technique…

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PSHE

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This week Year 2 have been learning how to recognise who to trust and who not to trust, how to judge when a friendship is making them feel unhappy or uncomfortable, managing conflict, how to manage these situations and how to seek help or advice from others, if needed.

Knowledge: To begin to…

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Year 5 Design and Technology - Pop Up Book

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This afternoon, Year 5 have been exploring the mechanics of a pop-up book, by creating their own version.

We researched and developed design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular younger children.

 

Great…

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Year 5 Growing our fraction knowledge with the help of Numicon.

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This morning in Year 5, we have been ordering fractions with mixed numerators and denominators. To help us with our converting we made use of numicon.

We also used our knowledge of multiples, which we learnt last term, to help us with our learning.

Fantastic fraction work year…

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Whole School Vocabulary Focus

Each class has been promoting and developing our pupils' knowledge and understanding of new vocabulary.  In Literacy, pupils have explored tier 1, 2 and 3 words linked to their topic, Read, Write Inc. or Pathways to Write.  In other subject areas such as Geography and IT, pupils are investigating…

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Parent Parking Charter

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This morning, Gill from Cheshire Road Safety came into school to help us launch our Parent Parking Charter.  All parents/carers are encouraged to sign the charter.  The charter has been created by children in school to help keep everyone safe.   

Safer Parking = Safer…

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Parent Parking Charter

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This morning, Gill from CWAC Road Safety Team will be in school to help promote our Parent Parking Charter.

Children across the KS2 have worked together to create a Charter to encourage safer parking at drop off and collection times at school.

Please look out for the charter to sign and…

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