It was lovely to see so many children joining in with show and tell today for No Pens Day. I loved seeing all of their special items.

Reading and spelling as part of our phonic lesson.

Children worked with partners to quiz each other on tricky words and read questions and statements using their phonic knowledge.

As part of history children worked cooperatively in groups to sequence the story of the fire of London.

Oracy skills including turn taking and speaking about which part of the story came first.

Fabulous knowledge of a historical event was shown by children.

Year 5's second day of Bikeability was another action packed day - out onto the local roads straight away to fulfil the criteria of Level 2.  A great deal of observation and communication was involved!  Year 5 are now the proud owners of Bikeability badges and certificates!  Well done to everyone - you were amazing!  Mrs Blomeley

Day 1 of Bikeability was a great success for Year 5!  Starting with a bike and helmet assessment, the children then had to use their skills to signal and brake when asked by the instructors.  After lunch they donned their hi-vis vests and ventured out onto the roads to complete other tasks.  A heavy downpour of rain did mean they had to return to school early but they are all ready for Day 2, when they will return to the roads.  Brilliant work everyone!  Mrs Blomeley

I am highly impressed by the mature attitude of the Year 6 children as they started their Year 6 practise tests this week. Fantastic effort and I know they will try their best all the way through the week to prove how much they have learnt since September. 

Year 5 enjoyed using squares and cubes last week to identify and prove which numbers are squared and which are cubed!  It helped them to understand, for example, that 5 x 5 is 25, by proving this practically.  The children worked just as hard with cube numbers and even spent some of their lunchtime to try and achieve 10 x 10 x 10 to make 1,0000.  Amazing work everyone!  Mrs Blomeley

Our Year 5 and 6 girls enjoyed their Futsal competition on Friday where they played against Manchester Road, St John's and each other. They showed some great skills and teamwork throughout. The girls showed some fantastic dance moves on the side lines to encourage each other on, even the parents joined in with the dance moves too!

On Friday, we were awarded the Equal Access Award by the FA for ensuring our school has the same opportunities for boys and girls in football. Well done to Greenside and Manchester Road who also picked up the same award. 

On Friday, we learnt all about how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. We then created our own string telephones to investigate whether a longer or shorter and tight or loose string would increase the volume of the sound. We found that a tight, short string produced the loudest sound because the sound vibrations had more energy when they reached the ear due to the string being shorter and the sound waves could travel in just one direction in a straight line rather than travelling in lots of different directions.