This morning in Maths, we started our session by using our knowledge of classifying angles to estimate the size of various angles. Then, we had a go at using protractors to accurately measure angles, which our buddies drew for us…ON THE TABLES! I know, we were pretty shocked by this too!
This week, Puffins have been engaging with The Great Science Share for Schools – a campaign that aims to inspire children to ask, investigate and share scientific questions that are important to them. This afternoon, they took part in the ‘penny drop experiment’. Initially, they were challenged to see how many drops of water they …
Today, Vision Education re-visited Tranmere to hold their Unsung Hero Awards Ceremony. Over the past few weeks, lots of children (and adults) have been spotted showing ‘hero behaviours’ both in school and within their wider community, and today, they received some certificates and awards in recognition of this. Dylan in Kingfishers also recieved …
Today, School Council have been busy setting up some alternative provisions on both the KS1 and KS2 playgrounds. Between now and summer, when the weather is nice, the team will be providing a small chess and colouring area for the children to enjoy.
This morning we were treated to a basketball taster session run by the City of Leeds Basketball Club. We had lots of fun learning some new skills and tricks and would like to say a HUGE thank you to Miss Gomersall and the City of Leeds Basketball Club for organising the session for us.
This afternoon, Herons and Puffins buddied up for mental health week. Puffins worked in small groups to create fitness circuits for Year 2 to complete. They used a variety of different equipment including tennis balls, bean bags, cricket bats, cones and footballs. Herons and Puffins worked really well together and everybody was feeling more positive …
This afternoon in Puffins, we have worked with our peers to become ‘experts’ on various art movements. Together we have researched and created information posters, which we will then use next session to teach the rest of our peers.
Today, Puffins have kicked off Mental Health Awareness Week by taking part in BBC Teach’s active live lesson. They learned about different emotions, how to express and talk about these and, how to handle them.
This half-term in PE, Puffins are learning tennis. Today, they teamed up with Herons to teach them some of the skills they’ve been practising.
This afternoon in Puffins, we have spent some time editing our diary entry drafts. In groups, we travelled round different stations, each of which encouraged us to focus on editing and improving different spelling, grammar and punctuation areas. Seen as the sun was shining today, we decided to take our learning outside!