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. 

Well done to our Headteacher's Award winners this week which were presented for fantastic home learning, enthusiasm and being involved in our current topic!  Good to be Green awards were given for following our school rules of being Ready, Respectful and Safe!  Fantastic work from everyone!  Mrs Blomeley

A massive well done to our stars of the week. Headteacher's certificates were awarded for effort in writing instruction and for History work. 

Well done to this weeks Head-Teacher and Good to be Green award winners, you have really stood out with both your behaviour and learning this week. Well done to H and T who have been achieved a special award or two at their out of school clubs! Keep up the hard work boys!