Today year 3 had a go at being structural engineers making and then testing different shaped structures to test their stability. We will use our research to help us design our earthquake proof buildings in DT.

Following our certifcates. We also received excellent feedback: 

Dear Year 4

Wow! A huge congratulations on your fantastic composition Peony Pink.

We loved hearing your interpretation of the colour Peony Pink that you chose to complete Omar's opera 'Blue, Red, Yellow...' .

At the ENO, a group of us got together to listen to all of the compositions submitted to us just before Christmas.

Your composition was listened to by:

The girls have been working really hard in contemporary dance club ready for their showcase for parents on Friday 7th February. We can't wait for you to see the finished performance!

14 of our KS2 pupils braved the cold weather for the Tameside Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Everyone did the school proud and showed amazing perseverance throughout. A special well done to Courtney, Jacob, George and Dominic who were selected to represent Tameside in the Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships! 

Year 3/4 Girls : Lois 9th, Matilda 20th, Norah 22nd and India 34th

Year 3/4 Boys: E 23rd, Luke 25th, Giancarlo 30th, Alex 34th and Ralph 43rd

Year 5/6 Girls: Courtney 11th and Lolly 13th

Year 5's Headteacher's awards were given this week for amazing progress in reading and for demonstrating brilliant skills in Basketball!   Good to be Green awards were presented for being Ready, Respectful and Safe whilst Bronze certificates and badges were received by those children who have achieved 100 star points!  Brilliant work Year 5.  Mrs Blomeley

We are very proud of this young man in year 3. Recently he ran the Junior Heaton Park Run to raise money for the local food bank. He raised £160 and ran exceptionally well!!

Well done Giancarlo!!

Congratulations to all of the superstars in year 3 this week. 

Today we used Freeze Frame to reenact scenes from our text 'The pebble in my pocket' thinking about what was happening on earth millions of years ago.

Congratulations to these Year 2 children who received their Headteachers Awards for pirate boat design and handwriting improvements. Well done to our Good to be Green Award winners! Great job evertone! 

Year 6 have hit the ground running with regards their writing this half term. Their task was to write a newspaper article about the Vikings invading and you can see how exceptional these examples are. Well done Year 6.