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This morning, Year 6 had a very exciting smiley reward! Our reward this term was a bouncy obstacle course that we had to climb, run and slide through! We cheered each other on and raced against each other. It is … Continue reading →

Today, the digital leaders lead a presentation about what it means to be kind online, recognising the difference between helpful and hurtful online behaviour and understanding that words typed online affect people. The children discussed how one act of kindness … Continue reading →

Today, a lady called Miss Russell came to visit us from the University Collegiate School to talk about what it is like to be in Year 7 at her school. She introduced the values of the school and we watched … Continue reading →

Today, we watched a google assembly which was all about AI. It told us about what AI can do and where it can be found in real life. Google reminded us that AI is not a human so we are … Continue reading →

This afternoon, we took part in a fantastic workshop where Bart Gee revealed his life story all about his disability! When he was younger, he was told he wouldn’t be able to walk, yet he proved people wrong by walking … Continue reading →

This afternoon, Year 6 took part in an online safety workshop from Smoothwall. We began by discussing what technology we use at home and how it makes us feel when we use it. We looked at misinformation and disinformation and … Continue reading →

This morning, Year 6 had our computing open morning where we had the chance to show our adults our amazing Computer Science skills! We began with a Project Evolve starter which we have at the start of every computing lesson … Continue reading →

In the UK, Black History Month happens every October. It gives everyone the opportunity to share, celebrate and understand the impact of black heritage and culture. People from African and Caribbean backgrounds have been a fundamental part of British history … Continue reading →

Today, we looked at different types of microorganisms. Microorganisms are living things that do not fit into the plants or animals groups. We found out that there are 3 main types of microorganisms, fungi, bacteria and viruses. We explored different … Continue reading →

Today, Year 6 had a visit from an author and poet, Ros Roberts. First, she introduced us to some of her amazing books and read us some of her favourite poems. Then we played a game where we guessed a … Continue reading →

Today, we took part in a workshop where we were able to travel all around the world visiting lots of biomes. The first biome we visited was the tundra where we saw lots of open space covered in snow and … Continue reading →

Today, our parents came to look at our the work we have been doing in Geography and we got showcase everything we’ve learnt so far. We started off by playing the globe game – passing the globe around to find … Continue reading →

This afternoon our Digital leaders led an assembly all about how to stay safe online. It is important that we check everything we see online as sometimes there can be fake news! Our class took part in the true or … Continue reading →

Within school we have many different pupil leadership roles. We take our responsibilities very seriously and support our teachers at whole at whole school events, assemblies and within the classroom. These roles include: Which leadership roles do you have?

Today, we presented our class assembly to our parents after only being back in school for one week! Well done everyone for learning their lines! Our assembly showcased what we are going to be learning about this year. We showed … Continue reading →

This morning Year 6 took part in a STEM day at School’s ICT. To begin the day, we had to follow a set of instructions to make a catapult. This enabled us to become familiar with the equipment that we … Continue reading →

For our Year 6 D and T topic, we have made pizzas! During the process, we conducted some market research based on children’s favourite pizzas and then designed our own pizza thinking about how we could make it healthy and … Continue reading →

Today, Year 6 took part in our sports assembly. We were very lucky with the weather as the rain held off and we were able to use the astro turf. We proudly showed off our skills in four different races: … Continue reading →

Today, Year 6 watched our Google assembly all about staying safe online over the summer. We learnt that it is really important for us to think before you tap, and to ask a trusted adult if we see anything online … Continue reading →

Today in computing, Year 5 have been learning about how free apps and online services use our information for advertising. We talked about lots of different apps which are free to use and we thought about how the companies that … Continue reading →

We looked at the different today between Misinformation and Disinformation. Can you recall what each word means? We were shown different webpages and had to work out whether it was showing false information. How could you tell? Sometimes webpages include … Continue reading →

Today Year 5 looked at how search engines rank their results! We started off by looking at features of a website in order to try and create our own. Which features did you have? We looked at how different webpages … Continue reading →

Today, we had a and T workshop where we created our own working fairground rides. We then had to measure and saw a piece of wood to create the bottom of the ride. We then used the drill to create … Continue reading →

In Year 6, we started our new maths learning on place value. We started with learning about place value up to 1,000,000, then learnt how to read and write numbers up to 7 digit numbers. We have been learning how … Continue reading →

This morning , our digital leaders introduced our Internet Legends AI Assembly. It made us think about how AI can affect what we see online. We were given lots of information on how to keep safe and which websites can … Continue reading →

It is a very busy first 2 weeks in Year 6. Every afternoon we are going swimming at Horwich Leisure Centre. We are really excited to be getting back into the pool, having swimming lessons and showing the instructors the … Continue reading →

Today we took part in a zoom call which was promoting jobs in media. We started off by thinking about what media is specifically local media. It tells us in our local community all the big events and news – … Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks, we have been focusing on our new class authors and poets! We have researched each one of them and used our research to either create a biography or PowerPoint presentation. Our biographies are displayed in … Continue reading →

This week, we have started settling into our new classes! We have been learning our new class rules, looking at our class prayer and promise and creating our welcome book. We have written our applications letters for the class jobs … Continue reading →

Today, we took part in the digital leader assembly. The topic was wellbeing and talked about how we feel when we are online. It gave us a range of tips on how to make sure we are protecting our mental … Continue reading →