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We have been learning about Louise Bourgeios and her fantastic sculptures. Our work will be finished next week when we paint them. We will hold an exhibition of our work for you all to enjoy.

As part of our ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ work in English, the children designed their own peg doll character and then made it using a range of materials.

This week the children have been exploring painting whilst listening to music. Today they asked to listen to the music again so they could dance together. We talked about the music saying if it was fast, slow, high, low, calming or energetic. 

Year 5 visited the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall to watch ‘The World in One City: A Musical Journey.’

The performance explored the influence of different cultures on Liverpool and the music associated with them.

The children enjoyed listening to the live performance by the orchestra and taking…

As part of British Science Week, we took part in a workshop led by Techshecan exploring, ‘Tech for Sustainable AI.’

We looked at how AI is being used to help support in a range of different ways including monitoring rainforests and coral reefs.

We were set the challenge of designing our own…

Today we went on a Spring walk around our school grounds. We saw new signs of new life growing in our flower beds, buds beginning to bloom and lots of daffodils growing. We talked about how the spring season is the season for growing and new life and how we too are learning to grow and make good…

As part of our work on space for British Science Week the children have enjoyed building a rocket in the garden.  We have also watched parts of the Tim PeakeLive ~Space Lesson on BBC telling us all about how to become an astronaut and what its like in space!  

Year 1 History Transport 

We have been sorting different types of ships in year 1. We sorted them by size and colour. We talked about how the ships are powered by coal, wind and diesel fuel. 

The children have been practising counting up to 3 objects. We have used dots on plates to help the children to subitise up to 3 and show matching fingers. They have also used their counting skills to count objects around them. “Look, I have 3 daisies!”

Last Tuesday was a hive of activity in Nursery A as we celebrated Shorve Tuesday.  Children had a chance to make and eat pancakes with some traditional toppings. We even made one for Mr Dinsdale!  We talked about the reason why we have Shove Tuesday in preparation for…

This week the children have been learning about Lent and how during this time we prepare for Easter. We talked about people who we love and how we can help others during Lent. We drew a picture of our promises to hang on the tree on our RE table. We then said a special prayer to God asking Him to…

This week, linking to our English text ‘The Priates are Coning’ we have been writing messages in bottles and floating them on the water in nursery!  We have also talked about other ways we can give or receive messages, realising that we communicate in many different ways.  We also made our own…