A fabulous morning at the Anderton Centre so far. We are now about to go for our paddle boarding session!

A big well done to the children who were awarded Head Teacher's Certificates; Good to be Green pencils and a Handwriting Award!

What a great week this week for all of Year 4. Well done to our award winners. 

Year 3 visited Rayner Stephens children learnt about different muscles including voluntary and involuntary in a Sc

Is kicking a ball voluntary or involuntary? 

Is digesting food voluntary or involuntary?

How about smiling?

Remember if you are using your brain it is voluntary and you are thinking about it.

Children enjoyed making models of the arm showing biceps and triceps.

Today our KS2 Reading Ambassadors went to Dukinfield Town Hall to take part in a celebration event with lots of other Tameside schools. It was lovely to see them up on the stage to receive their certificate to thank them for their hard work this year. I am super proud of them all.

Do you have what it takes to promote a love of reading next year? Maybe you could be the next Reading Ambassador to represent our school! 

Today we had a visitor from Tameside Libraries who introduced the new Summer Reading Challenge which is now open to enter. This summer, join the Ready, Set, Read! team and their animal mascots for the Reading Challenge as they use their skills to weave their way through a summer obstacle course. The Challenge will celebrate play and participation, encouraging you to engage in games and sports in any way that best suits you!

Some of our KS2 children took part in a cheerleading competition this afternoon where they came 6th out of 12 schools! They did a great job cheering on all the other schools too and even made signs. Well done everyone, you did the school proud!

Fantastic discussions happened in class today whilst the children were classifying vertberates. They really debated what a turtle, platypus and a bat were as they all have features that were confusing. However, they managed to agree on the 7 life processes all living things do and really enjoyed using venn diagrams to further separate vertebrates into their different groups. 

Year 5's Taster Day at Rayner Stephens today was fantastic and certainly a day to remember!  From using the Bunsen burners in the Science Lab, to using the vices and coping saws in Design & Technology, the children had a brilliant day!  They also enjoyed using frogs and counters in Maths to work out Quadratic Equations, whilst in Drama they put their listening skills and team work to the test.  Great fun was had by all!  Thank you to all of the teachers and pupils involved at Rayner Stephens for organising a superb day and a massive thank you to Year 5 who made us all very proud with th

More fantastic work in Year 5 led to Headteacher's and Good to be Green Awards as well as Gold certificates this week!  Brilliant questioning of our "Caught in the Crossfire!" topic, being our very own "Class Dictionary" and being Ready, Respectful and Safe all week are the reasons for this week's awards!  Well done everyone!  Mrs Blomeley