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Well done to Seth and Joshua.

You both have a super attitude to learning and have shown this is your lessons this week.

I am very proud of you both.

The children in our Reception class had a special visitor this week-Rosie the tortoise.

It was lovely to go into their classroom and hear all about Rosie and I was very impressed with their learning.

I love this photo of Seth and Rosie! 

I am sure Mrs O'Hanlon will be sharing lots more…

Our new school governor, Mrs Louise Docker, came to visit today and told Year 3 and Year 4 about her job working for the BBC.

The children were keen to find out more about her work, and she told them a few facts about her job. Mrs Docker asked the children to come up with ideas for a new game…

One of the musical skills in Year 5 is the ability to improvise their own music on the recorder.  

Today the children wrote notes on the musical stave for a partner and they had to play it back to them.  There were lots of interesting sounds!

Today Year 5 have been learning about the Hindu festival of Holi.  They researched the origins of the festival and read the story connected with it.

The festival of Holi is also known as the festival of colours.  It is tradition during the celebrations to throw powder paint at each…

In class this week, we have been looking closely at sculptures and we each used clay to creat our own hedgehog sculpture.

We have a Twitter account now.

We will be adding to this over the following weeks, and also adding this link on to our new look web site, which is coming soon.

Follow the link below.

https://twitter.com/Gillibrand_Sch

WWBBA: Mapping

S.C: I can record geographical information using a range of methods including sketch maps, plans, graphs and digital technologies.  

Our new topic in Geography this term is about the local area and Chorley (local, town centre, Rivington, Yarrow Valley etc). We will be looking…

WWBBA: Measures

S.C: I can measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure, including  squares, in cm and m.

This week in maths we have had a focus on measures and perimeter. 

The children went onto the playground and with their partner they had to draw a rectilinear figure in…

Reading Champions in Year 2

We have had the pleasure of listening to more reading champions discussing why they choose the books they have read, as well as what encourages them to read more at home. 

We have also been able to listen to Mr Banks continue his reading of the 'Magic Faraway…

Today Year 3 have been learning about St George and have been using the story about ‘St George and the Dragon’ to improve their writing. Children had to use a range of different sentence starters and structures to describe in detail a specific part of the story. Below are some examples of the…

It's lovely to see all the willow beginning to grow, and Year 3 are the first class to use the willow domes.

Let's hope the sun continues to shine so more children will get the opportunity to go outside and learn in the willow domes.