Today in Puffins, we built upon our previous learning from yesterday’s session by discovering what common multiples and factors are. We then had a go at showing these through using Venn Diagrams.
This morning we were lucky enough to take part in a hockey workshop with Alex, from Ben Rhydding Hockey Club. We had lots of fun showing off our dribbling, stopping and passing skills!
Today in Puffins we have been learning about multiples and factors. After defining and understanding the meaning of both these terms, we put our knowledge into practise through playing various multiple and factors games with our buddies.
Today, in science, we have learnt about plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Having defined the terms and the functions they serve, we created a representation of our blood using red and white hammer beads, a chocolate sprinkle, water and custard powder. We tried to ensure that our 200ml solution was comprised …
This morning we were lucky enough to take part in a ballet workshop with Mr Edgar from Northern Ballet. We learnt some fantastic new moves and routines, and also saw how the key skills learnt and built on in ballet can help in a number of other sports and activities.
To kick off our new slam poetry unit, we have been practising performing the poem ‘Strict’ by Michael Rosen. To begin with, we learnt the 5 key steps to success when performing poetry. Then, we used these to explore how Michael Rosen’s poem could be performed. Finally, we worked together in groups to practise reading …
Our School Council has been asked by AVSED (a local loneliness charity) to help them with their Christmas appeal this year! They would love for as many children as possible to create flat Christmas cards, pictures and decorations, that include a nice little message. AVSED will post these out with their Christmas newsletter. To support …
This year’s Black History Month Theme is ‘celebrating our sisters.’ As part of this month, Puffins have spent some time researching and reading about a number of different inspirational women, both past and present, who have had a significant impact on our world. They have also looked closely at Sonia Boyce OBE RA, a British …
This year’s Black History Month theme is ‘celebrating our sisters.’ Throughout this month, school council have been helping to promote this theme through delivering ‘person of the week’ presentations to their class. Each week, they’ve chosen an inspirational individual to talk about with the class, sharing who they are, what they do and why/how they’ve had …
As a treat for all of our hard work this week, we have taken some time out this afternoon to begin decorating our classroom ready for Halloween! Miss Saunders and her gardening team have been busy growing pumpkins this autumn, which were finally ready for us to begin carving today. We’ve had lots of fun …