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• Y2 Elm - washing hands is not as easy as you think ! - Science

  Fri 28 Feb 2020 Miss Pearson

  As part of our topic on Humans as animals we have been looking at ways to stay healthy, including this week thinking about hand washing.

   

  We learned that you need to rub the soap into your hands for about 15 seconds, about the same amount of time it takes to sing Happy Birthday. 

   

  We also learned that we need to remember five parts of our hands to wash

   

  Palms

  Fingers (front, back )

  Thumbs

  Back of hands

  Finger nails.

  Wrists

   

  We really enjoyed practising ! 

  

• Y2 Elm Vehicles wheels and so much more ! - DT

  Fri 28 Feb 2020 Miss Pearson

  We have loved our Vehicles topic this week, especially as we got to design and make our vehicles after looking at the wheels and vehicles at the transport museum visit. 

   

  The children loved testing the vehicles, and making sure that the axels were attached correctly.

   

   

  

• Y2 Elm Hindu Art

  Fri 28 Feb 2020 Miss Pearson

  We all enjoyed our work with Prags this morning making a beautiful Hindu picture for our display.  The finished work will be displayed in the main school hall.  
   

  What a great privilege it was to work with Prags and listen to the different ways we can create images with seeds and lentils. 

  

• Y2 Elm Visit to Bury Transport Museum History

  Fri 28 Feb 2020 Miss Pearson

  On a wet and rainy Wednesday morning this week, we all set off on our Double Decker bus to Bury Transport Museum.  The journey there was very exciting because as we were heading to Haslingden the snow began to fall and all 29 children were so happy ! They were all a little disappointed we didn’t stop to play in it because we were on a tight schedule to arrive for a fantastic day at the museum.
   

  We loved spending time with our Leaders Sarah and Keith who welcomed us to the museum .  

   

  We started by making model vehicles before the really exciting part .... going to look at the buses, coaches and steam tractors.  Keith really enjoyed showing us the buses , and he showed us a horse drawn tram from Manchester which was 140 years old. 
   

  We were so lucky to be able to sit on an old double decker bus that had been restored before finding a spot for our delicious lunch . 
   

  After lunch we got to explore the museum , including dressing up, investigating how a steam engine works and the museum even has a model railway which was kindly switched on by one of the museum staff.  Elm class were amazed by all the different engines on different tracks.

   

  Thanks to our parent helpers Mrs Wray Mrs Eccles and Mrs Dow for volunteering their time.  We look forward to going again soon !

   

   

   

  

• Maths Museums

  Fri 28 Feb 2020 Mr Davies
  This week in Year 1, the children showed their knowledge of numbers to 50 by making ‘Maths Museums.’

  

• Circuit Craziness

  Fri 28 Feb 2020 Mrs Bullock
  Snowdon class had PE indoors because of the awful weather, they worked really hard to complete a variety of strenuous activities! 

  

• Classifying Animals

  Fri 28 Feb 2020 Mr Davies
  This week the children in Year 1 have been sorting animals into different groups using clues. ( Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians ). 

  

• Julia Donaldson Year 1

  Fri 28 Feb 2020 Mr Davies
  This week the children in Year 1 have been investigating the author Julia Donaldson. They each brought in their favourite Julia Donaldson book to share with the class and have been researching the characters and settings in many of her books. 

  

• Celebrating Holi

  Thu 27 Feb 2020 Miss Blackwell
  Beech and Oak had lots of fun learning about the Hindu festival ‘Holi’.They learnt that Hindus celebrate the arrival of spring after winter by throwing coloured powder paint. The children threw coloured rice to represent this and did some Indian dancing. It definitely spread a lot of happiness, love and laughter this afternoon. 

  

• Final Performance - Grenadier Guards

  Thu 27 Feb 2020 Miss Pearson

  Wow , wow ,wow !  No words can describe what an amazing time we had tonight playing in front of a packed hall at Parklands High School.  All our children were absolutely stunning and thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to play alongside the Grenadier Guards and the Parklands school band. 
   

  Mr Willsher from Parklands conducted us all through three pieces

   

  Wallace and Gromit, I’m a Believer and Skyfall .

   

  We all played brilliantly alongside each other and we really understood what it feels like to be part of a massed band ! The adrenaline was definitely flowing but we all kept it under control and enjoyed every single minute.

   

  The crowd cheered and clapped so much we played an encore before watching the Guards play a concert for us. 
   

  Such an amazing experience , we think the memories will stay with us forever !