18 November 2016

Drama

This week Year 5 have been doing some drama work.  They have looked at the technique of creating a scene using only their bodies as props.  Thank you to Mrs Taylor, a volunteer for leading these sessions.

 

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17 November 2016

Bright sparks.

Today Silver Birch Class started their new Science topic on Electricity. 

First of all we turned all the lights off in the classroom to see how dark it was and how life would be without electricity.

The children then got into groups and brainstormed different types of electricial…

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16 November 2016

Just keep swimming.

Year 4 are currently going swimming every Friday to Chorley swimming baths. They have been learning front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke

Each week we have our lesson then we play a game at the end. Well done to children in red group last week who won the swimming race. 

Who is going to…

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16 November 2016

Stone Age Workshop

Today the children have spent the morning learning more about the Stone Age from our workshop. We have certainly learnt some new and interesting facts. Next week will be having a Stone Age day! Don't forget your biscuits and soap. 

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15 November 2016

Dance with Mrs Smith

We have all enjoyed PE lessons this term with Mrs Clayton and Mrs Smith.

Last half term we learned how to play netball.

This half term we are busy creating our own Superhero Dance.

We have learned that gestures and good  facial expressions are key when…

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12 November 2016

Cave Paintings!

 

This week in Year 3 we have taken inspiration from the Stone Age and created our own Stone Age paintings. We looked at different examples of cave paintings from around the world and used these ideas to create our own!

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11 November 2016

Stone Age Cave Paintings

This week we have been studying the cave paintings from the Stone Age. We have researched and looked at lots using virtual tours of a cave in France, learnt how they would have created a type of paint and tools they may have used. We then had a go at making paint and painting tools  'Stone Age…

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10 November 2016

A Great Start

Year 4 have all had a good start to this half term and we are looking forward to lots of exciting activites between now and Christmas.

Next week we will be creating our own Stone Age cave paintings. Please can each child bring a stone and a twig on Monday whch they can use as tools for…

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9 November 2016

Winter is Here!

WINTER IS HERE!

I am writing to inform parents of school procedures should the weather force us to close. Parents who have registered for Parent Mail will receive a text informing them of the closure. If you have not registered yet please listen to BBC Radio Lancashire (95.5 FM, 103.9 FM, 104.5…

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8 November 2016

Tree planting at Gillibrand

Tree Planting  - Wednesday 16th November

As part of our ‘Going for Green’ playground development, we will be planting 30 trees in our outdoor space and we would like your help.

We will be planting trees on Wednesday 16th November after school.  If you would like to offer your help please…

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3 November 2016

Calling all parents

We have been very lucky with the weather this year so far. However we would love to continue teaching outdoors whenever possible over the winter. If any parents have spare pairs of old wellies, that no longer fit their children, we would be very grateful if you could donate them to school.

We…

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28 October 2016

Year 3 Science Investigation Morning!

On Thursday morning Year 3 completed 3 different science investigations. The first investigation was a human body investigation. The children had to build a brick tower without using their fingers and hands – it proved very tricky! The second investigation was all about water where the children…

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