Willow Class - Year 3 & Year 4

We looked for the old pumps in the fields. These were used to pump water in to dissolve the salt.

Wow! This is the pit which was created when the land subsided.

We have been looking at the structures of folk tales and the children have been using 'Boxed-up' planning to innovate and create their own tales based on an existing structure. They have been making characters to act out; re-telling their story for their class mates.

We learnt Knott End Cafe usd to be a train station and The Pilling Pig (a train that squealed like a pig) ran from there to Preesall, Pilling and Garstang.

As part of our geography/history walk on 'Our Local Area' Willow Class completed a trail walk from Knott End through Preesall taking photographs and finding out information on points of interest alomg the way. Our journey began with a talk from local resident, Mr Taylor at Knott End Cafe (which we…

The children learnt that the Round House, pictures, used to be a toll house where people would pay a toll (money) for using the roads in Preesall.

We have been writing, drawing and partitioning 3 and 4-digit numbers.

The children have been playing games while learning about place value.

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Following our visit to Clip n Climb, we enjoyed a slice or two of pizza.

Willow Class had an amazing time at Clip n Climb.  They were extremely brave and gave everything a go.  Well done everyone.