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In year 6 we have been learning all about the circulatory stystem. We looked out how blood is moved around the body by the heart contracting and relaxing.

We made our own model hearts using elastic bands, jars and balloons. These helped us the understand how the blood travels in the arteries…

In Willow these past couple of weeks we have been using place value counters and base 10 to solidify our knowledge of numbers and what each digit within a number represents. We have been creating numbers within 10,000 using place value counters. All pupils in Willow Class have grown in confidence…

We have been learning about Electricity in Science and have been building circuits using wires, bulbs batteries, switches, buzzers and motors! The children in Willow Class have worked really well in groups to problem solve and create circuits that conduct electricity!

We have been using base 10 to represent numbers within 1000. We then challenged each other to write numbers beyond 1000 and recognise which digits represented the thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. 

A huge well done to our netball team at the Preesall and Knott End Gala inter-school netball tournament!

The children showed fantastic determination, tried their very best in every match and never gave up.

Well done, everyone!

Ash Class had an AMAZING time at the zoo, on one of the hottest days of the year. We loved exploring all the animals and watching the sea lion show. We loved it that much, we watched it twice! Some of our favourite moments included seeing the baby elephant, playing at the park, having ice lollies…

To celebrate International Dance Day this week, Miss Gemma delivered workshops for each class learning different styles of dance. Beech and Ash learnt the cha cha, Oak did break/street dancing, Willow did contemporary, Maple did musical theatre and Elm did the haka and line dancing 💃 🕺…

Today, we have started our unit on digital art. We looked at different tools such as paintbrush, drawing, paint fill, rubber and changing the size/colour of each tool. We explored the tools before creating a picture of our faces. Both the receptions and Year 1's did a great job...it was amazing…

Today, in oak class we had the pleasure of welcoming Marshall into our classroom to support our Geography learning about cape town????

Marshall spent time talking to the children about his experiences and knowledge of Cape Town, helping us to consolidate and deepen our understanding of this…

This morning, Willow class started making some beautiful sunflowers to fill our KS2 display board. We are all unique and beautiful like these flowers and we will be creating a display for Children's Mental Health week, for us all to enjoy. 

In Elm class, we were visited by Rev'd Naomi who helped us to consolidate our learning about the Eucharist (which has been our topic in RE this term). We got to see the items used during the service, such as a chalice, candles, cross and unleavened bread. Some children then had the opportunity to…

Today we started embellishing our egg cosies. This avocado is amazing and all his own work!