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 …
Today in Puffins, we have been recreating illustrations from our Mayan book, The Rain Player. We started our session by looking at each of the pictures, discussing the different colours, layers and textures. We then chose a selection of our favourites to recreate using various medium.
Today, we became blood cells and journeyed around our circulatory system. During our journey, we entered each of the four chambers of the heart before being pumped to either the body or the lungs to complete the gaseous exchange.
Within our Mayan topic, we have been learning all about the sport Pok-A-Tok. Today we took the court to have a go for ourselves! We had great fun practising and playing. We can also confirm that no players, captains or coaches were sacrificed after a loss – this well a truly remains a great myth!