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Year 5 Science Week
Year 5 have been wonderfully busy as part of British Science Week. We have been taking part in air quality investigations, testing rates of dissolving, learning about connections in the brain and learning about life on farmyards. We went around school testing...
Automata Toys
Year 5 have been busy designing and making their own Automata toys. We have learnt that Victorian children used to play with wooden toys, like the ones that we are making! We have been using lots of different skills such as measuring, cutting and gluing. Have a look...
Taste tests
In Elm class this week we have been practicing preparing vegetables and herbs that we might want to use in a recipe. We have practiced chopping, grating, snipping and spreading ingredients. Then we got to taste everything! We tried vegetables such as...
Friendly Football Match
This week, some of the children in KS2 participated in friendly football matches against Moorside Primary School. We took two teams of boys and a team of girls and they did not disappoint. Both boys' teams were won comfortably with each team scoring more than 10...
Benchball competition at OLCC
This week, a group of Y5 children took part in a Benchball competition at OLCC. They competed against 6 other teams and even though this was the first of this event and involved some tough games, they all played brilliantly and should be very proud of themselves.
Mental Health Champions
Last week, four children from KS2 took part in a Mental Health Champions training day at The University of Cumbria. The day was delivered through The Youth Sport Trust and led by two professional athletes that told very engaging stories about their lives and...