Blog Author: Mrs Lomas

We have accessed a “Moon Landing Coding Adventure” provided by Get.with.the.program online.  We learned how algorithms are a set of instructions that enable an object such as a rocket to move or “launch” across the computer screen.  We then, used Espresso Coding to move our rockets, asteroids and…

Albie, Aries and Violet are busy sequencing the story of David and Goliath and exploring why having faith in God can make you feel brave.

Knowledge: to retell one or two stories from the Bible

Skills; to sequence the events of the story "David and Goliath"

Vocab: bravery, courage, faith,…

Six Year 7 pupils from the Ellesmere Port College visited today to promote a "Love of reading" with our children.  One Year 3 child said, "I loved sharing my book with Rhiannon".  Another child in Year 2 said, "Please can I share my favourite book with…

Year 2 have been investigating which material is the stretchiest and they have discovered that out of the 6 materials (paper, card, elastic band, wool, balloon and polystyrene) the stretchiest  material was the balloon!  They measured the length of the "stretch" in cubes and recorded this data in…

Year 2 visited Hope Farm Church to find out more about the Nativity. Members of the church dressed up as the main characters and pupils visited a series of different scenarios which retold the story.

Knowledge: to retell the story of the Nativity

Skills: to say what happens at different…

Year 2  have been learning to add and subtract a multiple of 10 from a 2 digit number.

Knowledge: add and subtract  2 digit numbers and tens

Skills: to use Base ten to partition a 2 digit number into tens and ones

Vocab: tens, ones, Base 10

Year 2 have been exploring the internet in a range of contexts and have been learning about the importance of keeping personal information private.

Knowledge: Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school and use information safely and respectfully.

Skills: to explain what a…

Year 2 visited Chester Zoo yesterday and met with Marisa to talk about what native wildlife we might find in the area.  They also enjoyed a Butterfly workshop, finding out about life cycles.

Knowledge: 

• To understand that all living things grow and change during their lifecycles.

• …

Year 4 have been working with Mr Phillips (our P.E coach) on a sentence sort activity outdoors in a kinaesthetic, fun way.  The aim of the activity was to run around a designated area, collecting different sentence types and then sorting them into categories entitled "statement, exclamation,…

Year 2 have been learning about teeth hygiene and how to look after our teeth.

Knowledge: 

• To understand ways of looking after our teeth.

Success criteria

• I understand how food and drink can affect my teeth.
• I can explain what I can do to keep my teeth healthy.

Year 2 have been finding out about the importance of good and bad gases.  They met a little bear called Safety Seymour who told them how to recognise carbon monoxide around the home.

Year 2 have been learning about the Jurassic coastline and in particular the seaside town of Weymouth.

They have used a map to identify the human (and physical) features of the town.

Knowledge: to identify the human features of the seaside

Skills: to name human features of the…