Year 6 - First Aid & Borwick Hall
First Aid
As part of our HRSE curriculum, Year 6 have become confident young first aiders through learning the DR ABCD steps, practising CPR, and mastering basic bandaging skills. They showed real maturity on how to check for danger, respond to someone who may need help, keep airways…
Animals from warm climates
What a wonderful week we have had exploring the warmer climates of Africa and Australia and the animals they have. We learnt what it is like to be a safari ranger and what the job entails. We heard about endangered animals and thought how maybe we could help them. We loved hearing about the cheeky…
From Fractions to Fiction
It’s been another busy and brilliant week in Elder Class, and we’ve packed in so much learning, teamwork and fun. Here’s what we’ve been up to with Mr Cummings and Mrs Brennan…
English – Becoming Story Writers
This week in English, we have been acting out and planning our very own stories…
Oracy in Year 5
Year 5 Blog: Growing Confident Orators!
Over the past couple of weeks, Year 5 have been developing their oracy skills—and what a difference…
Who stole the porridge?
The children in Reception Class arrived in school early on Monday morning to a crime scene... Who had stolen all of the porridge? Firstly we practised using a magnifying glass, before investigating the crime. The class created wanted posters, which we shared around school.
On Wednesday a letter…
Storm Chandra
Storm Chandra tried to ruin our plans but we didn't let it. The winds were to strong to go out on Tuesday so we brought the fun inside. The children made amazing binoculars. The children did fantastic fact files, stories and beautiful drawings. The children are excited for next week, although it…
Our shape poetry
On our blog this week we are celebrating the amazing writing the children have done. They have learnt about similes, alliteration and how to use them in a shape poem. Here is a small sample of their work.
Year 5 Gymnastics – Building Balance, Strength and Teamwork!
Over the last couple of weeks, our Year 5 children have been getting stuck into their gymnastics unit, and we’ve been so impressed with the…
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Where have you read a book today?
We have heard lots of stories this week about different places as part of the school activity for the Year of Reading where everyone was asked to take a photo of themselves reading somewhere exciting. We have loved seeing the photos you have sent in and can't wait for you to be able to see all our…
Bird feeders
This week all the children had fun making a bird feeder to take home. If you can keep an eye on your child's feeder and if you could catch a picture of a bird eating it then send it to the office that would be great. We also had fun on a winter hunt seeing what we could find in the forest and some…
Alston Observatory
What an excellent morning we have had at Alston Observatory.
When we arrived, we got the chance to look at the planetarium. We learned all about solar eclipses, planets, stars and galaxies. We were amazed at how huge our Universe is.
It was interesting to see the difference in sizes between…
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Pine Class have been amazing mathematicians this week. We have been learning about multiplication with focus in our 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 times tables. We have used repeated addition, arrays and the grid method to solve multiplication problems. It has been a busy, but great, week and I am very…
