The Greater Manchester Fire Service from Stalybridge came to talk to Year 6 today about the dangers of being out near fireworks. The children had lots of questions and experiences to share with Josh and Connor. 

Autumn Term 2 in Year 5 will be action packed in more ways than one!  Our new topic is 'Can you crack the codes to become a Spy?'  A firm favourite in Year 5, this topic presents some fantastic opportunities for writing!   The children will create interesting character descriptions and mysterious settings, resulting in spine tingling spy narratives!  They will adore Spy Day, with its opportunity to dress up as their very own spy, as well as being able to design and make their own spy gadgets!  Here is the Medium Term plan for this term, together with the Home Learning Challenge Grid.

In Autumn 2 our topic is 'Could you stick it in the Stone Age? I'm a modern child get me out of here!'

Autumn 2-

Why was London Burning?

A fabulous history themed question to widen Year 2's knowledge of British History and learning how events in history have changed houses, nursing and how the fire service has changed throughout history.

Children will make their own fire engines in Design Technology themed lessons.

As part of their well-being time, Year 4 enjoyed designing these posters as part of the BHPS competition #RememberHedgehogs this November. Their campaign reminds us to:

Stop - Do you need to have a bonfire this year? can you attend a community event, or mark the occasion in a different, more wildlife-friendly way?

Move - If you do decide to have a bonfire, build it on the day you plan to light it. Move all the materials to a new site of they've been piled up overnight as hedgehogs may be nesting inside.

Year 4 have enjoyed their DT project this half term where they were tasked with researching, designing and making a Roman mosaic tile out of clay, that was 10cm x 10cm in size. The mosaic tiles then had to all fit together to make a class mosaic. They have done a fantastic job! Whose design do you like best?

We loved our visit from author Simon Hunt who read us his book 'Billy the Bottom Burping Pirate' and told us all about how he became an author.

Our Year 5 and 6 tag rugby A team made it into the Tameside finals last week! In the group stage, they played against Lyndhurst, St Christopher's and St James' Hattersley. Broadbent Fold showed great skill and came 2nd in their group. Everyone is very proud of them for making the final!

I do hope you've all had a fabulous October holiday, and the children are raring to get cracking for our second term in Year 6. This half term will continue immersing the children in the expectations of Year 6. I will be explicit in how we can raise standards to ensure the children know what they need to do this year to be secondary school ready. These standards will be interwoven into our work in our second topic of the year- Did we come from apes?