13 October 2017

Year 3 Gymnastics

 

Today in Year 3 we learnt in PE about balances and travels. We put together a sequence of balance, travel, balance. Each balance had to be either a 1 or 3 point balance.

 

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13 October 2017

Bike Ability Week

Well done to all the year six children who took part in bike ability this week. The instructors said they were very proud of how much progress you all made and how well you learnt about safety on the road. Please remember what you have learnt when out and about. If you would like to start riding…

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13 October 2017

French - Days of the week.

Today the children have been learning the days of the week in French. We also listened to and sang songs about days of the week. 

lundi - Monday

mardi - Tuesday

mercredi - Wednesday 

jeudi - Thursday 

vendredi - Friday

samedi - Saturday

dimanche -…

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11 October 2017

Healthy Living

Over the past few weeks we have been learning about the importance of a healthy diet. We have found out how much sugar we should be eating each day and the importance of eating five fruit and vegetables a day. This week we have been describing fruit and vegetables using our sense of touch, smell,…

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10 October 2017

School Car Park

Please do not cut across the car park at the beginning or end of the school day!

The car park is for staff and visitor cars only and this is clearly sign posted.

Today, when returning from a meeting, I had to stop my car at the car park gates due to a number of children and parents using the…

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9 October 2017

Headteacher's Award

Well done Henry! You are a star!

I am so proud of your effort and deterrmination to succeed.

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8 October 2017

Healthy Lifestyles

Mrs Smith (from Chorley Schools' Partnership Programme) came to visit us on Friday.  She told us all about making healthy food choices and we looked carefully at the amount of sugar in the foods we eat.

Did you know, it is recommended that a child in Y1 should have no more than 6 cubes of sugar…

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5 October 2017

Ocarinas

Year 2 have been working hard, learning how to play 'Old McDonald' on the Ocarina.

We have been practising playing the high D, low D, G and A notes.

 

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5 October 2017

Playing the Recorder.

Today the children in Year 4 have been learning how to play their recorder. We have learnt how to hold our instrument correctly, sing songs and copy rhythms with our instruments. 

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5 October 2017

Feeling Proud!

Yesterday two headteachers and a deputy head from three local schools visited Gillibrand.

The feedback I received from them is wonderful. 

 

" Thank you for a lovely day. It was both a pleasure and a privilege to come to Gillibrand and spend some time in your classes."

"School, staff…

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2 October 2017

Let's Go Fly Our Kites.

Year 4 took advantage of the windy weather this morning and they got to fly their kites outside in the wind. 

The children all enjoyed this experience and were so excited to finally get to fly their kites. 

After flying their kites,the children then evaluated how well their kite flew in the…

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2 October 2017

Playing the Ukulele!

 

Year 3 have started to learn how to play the ukulele. So far we have learnt to hold the ukulele correctly and play  ‘C’. We look forward to improving our skills over the course of the year. Children will need to bring in their ukuleles on Fridays.

 

 

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