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This week Year 5 have been looking at the effect of air resistance on objects.  They planned an investigation about the most effective parachute.  The children then made and tested their designs.  They had to explain which was the best parachute and why.

We have had great fun in maths this week - enjoying the sun and getting a bit wet!

We have been looking at 'measurement'. On Wednesday we went outside to have a class competition to see who could throw the furthest. We threw our quoits and then measured the distance by 'pacing', 'steps' and…

Virtual Competition in Year 2 this week

Every year we hold a virtual sports competition for year 1 and year 2 against other schools. This entails Mrs Smith visiting lots of other Chorley schools and holding a seperate competition in each school. The scores are then added together and then the…

In Year Three this week we have started our new topic; ‘Ancient Greece’.

To begin with we have done some research online about what school life and home life was like in Ancient Greek times. We made research posters to stick up in class and add to when we find out new…

This week year 6 have started learning about the European Union in order to have our own referendum next week. Today we're learning about how they debate in the plenum and then we held our own debate. Age-restricted books: for or against? 

Look out for our opinions on staying or leaving the EU…

This term, Mrs Smith from Southlands High School, will be working with Year 6 teaching them how to play rounders and cricket.  Today, the children were introduced to the sports and had the opportunity to learn some important skills that will be useful when they are playing the games. 

We…

Year One had a fabulous week celebrating the Queen's 90th Birthday.

We began by finding out about the Queen's life and about her family. We constructed a royal family tree in small groups before researching the Queen's life through video clips and photographs. We ordered the photos and wrote…

We have had a fantastic 3 days celebrating the Queen’s 90^th Birthday. In history we have looked at the Queen’s family tree and found out facts about the Queen, we also placed the main events of her life on a time-line. On Thursday we designed our own coins and stamps to commemorate the…

This year our nation is celebrating our monarchs 90^th birthday. To celebrate this we have had three days of fun filled activities to commemorate the event. Wednesday started off with portraits through the decades and learning the national anthem on our saxophones. Thursday was learning about the…

We have been celebrating the Queen's Birthday in style this week in Reception Class. We enjoyed making flags, placemats and party crowns in preparation for Friday's Birthday Tea Party. Everybody enjoyed taking part in our sponsored event 'Fit for the Queen' on Thursday and all the children…

We have had a brilliant 3 days celebrating the Queen's 90th birthday.  In History we have looked at the changing role of the monarch, discussing what Queen Elizabeth can do in the role of Queen compared to monarchs in the past.  We also looked at the Queen's family tree.  We have learnt the…

We only came back on Wednesday but we have had a fun filled week celebrating the Queen's birthday. We started the week with our fact files about the Queen and our sponsored 'Fit for the Queen' event.

We then wrote about what we would do if we were  Queen or King for the day. I'm not sure Miss…