Today, some of the School Council team have been to Leeds to take part in the Outer North West Youth Summit. They had a great day meeting and chatting to a number of local councillors, as well as the Lord Mayor and Leeds Child Mayor. Together they have made some very big decisions about how …
Today, Falcons were lucky enough to spend a session with a PGA Professional and Golf Education Tutor, Stu Warren. He came in to give us a taster of Golf and we loved it! We had great fun practising our swing and drive and by the end of the session, we all had massively improved and …
Falcons carried out an experiment to try to find out what temperature chocolate melts at. They worked in small groups, allocating roles to each other and measuring temperatures and times it took for chocolate to melt in water of different temperatures. They eventually discovered that chocolate melts at 25 degrees Celsius, which is how it …
After exploring the history of kites, the three classes, Falcons, Woodpeckers and Red Kites, dedicated a full day to design, create and fly their own kites. To kick off the day, we all gathered in the hall, being welcomed in by ‘Let’s Go Fly a Kite’ from the film Mary Poppins. We recapped the knowledge …
As part of our RE lessons, Mrs Maan came to school to give a presentation on Sikhism to all of LKS2. The children got to learn more about Sikhism and add to their knowledge already gained from lessons in class this term. They got to ask lots of questions! Avaani did a brilliant job taking …
After running for a term for years 1 and 2, Chess Club started at break time today for years 3 and 4. There were some fantastic games happening this morning! If you’re currently in Red Kites, Woodpeckers or Falcons and would like to come to chess club, it will run in the LKS2 shared area …
In English, we are currently reading the book ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’ from the Chronicles of Narnia. We are really enjoying it so far and can’t wait to read some more. In our last lesson, we looked at a WABOLL (What a Bad One Looks Like) of a setting description that was …
Falcons Science – Non-Newtonian Fluids | 08 Feb 2024
Falcons made and explored cornflour goop which is a Non-Newtonion fluid. In other words, it has different properties and behaves differently to other fluids (Newtonian fluids). When you mix cornflour and water together it creates a suspension, sometimes behaving like a solid and sometimes behaving like a liquid and it’s fun to explore, if a …
To start our topic of Perimeter in Maths, we went practical! We learnt all about what perimeter was and how we can work it out for different shapes. First, we drew our own shapes and then calculated their perimeter. We then went round the classroom and measured certain objects to find their perimeter. See for yourself! …
Tranmere would just like to say a HUGE thank you to our school council team who have been incredibly busy this term. You can check out all of their first term projects below. School Council Projects 23-24 We can’t wait to see what the New Year brings the team.