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• Italy Day in Rivington

  Mon 31 Jan 2022 Miss Fowler

  As part of our Geography unit about all things Italian, we had a full Italy day! We made 3D pop maps, advertised some tourist sites, learned some Italian and finished the day with an Italian/ Roman feast. We had an excellent day, molto benne! 🍕🍝🇮🇹

  

• Year 5 - investigating upthrust

  Sat 29 Jan 2022

  Year 5 were set the challenge - make a ‘boat’ (really a raft), using only one piece of tinfoil, that would allow for the most upthrust and therefore be able to hold the most mass. It proved to be trickier than they thought and their initial ideas tended to be about making it streamlined which did not work. The eventual winner in Olympus was Logan, whose creation held an impressive 140g before sinking. One group in Mont Blanc claimed 160g but that needs to be confirmed! Careful positioning of the plastic masses was needed to ensure even distribution.
  The conclusion reached was that the greater the surface area, the greater the amount of upthrust and therefore the more mass could be held.

  

• Stone Age cave painting in Pendle

  Wed 26 Jan 2022 Miss Dobbs

  Pendle Class finished our History topic by creating our own cave paintings on our very own rocky wall! They investigated what is was like to be a Stone Age artist by painting with twigs and leaves, making their own paint and painting on a wall. They each designed their own painting and created it on paper before painting it on the wall. It was very tricky but looks fantastic. 

  

• Artist visit in Snowdon class

  Wed 26 Jan 2022 Mrs Bullock

  Snowdon class were very lucky and excited to have an artist come to work with them today. Lucy Wray is a mixed media artist from Euxton who takes inspiration from the natural world and local wildlife. She uses recycled materials to create her amazing creations. Her work links nicely with our study of collage and the techniques used to create it. Lucy gave us lots of  tips and ideas. We worked to create a bird inspired by the techniques she uses. We will go on to incorporate these skills in our own river collages over the next few sessions.  Thank you so much for spending time with us Lucy!

  Lucy currently has an exhibition of her work at St Lawerence’s church in Chorley.

  

• DT moving picture books in Pendle

  Wed 26 Jan 2022 Miss Dobbs

  Recently, the children in Pendle Class showed off everything they had learnt about the Stone Age and Iron Age by creating a moving picture book for younger children. They learnt how to make moving parts with linkages and levers. There was plenty of great team work and the finished books are fantastic. 

  

• Identifying features in non-fiction texts using iPads and Pic Collage

  Tue 25 Jan 2022 Mrs.Hacking

  In English today Cedar class used the iPads to photograph features of non-fiction books. They thoroughly enjoyed working with a partner, discussing and locating each feature. Then they used Pic- Collage to collate their photographs. What a super morning of learning.

  

• Non-fiction in Ash Class

  Tue 25 Jan 2022

  This morning in English, Ash class have been identifying and finding features of non-fiction texts. We used Bug Club books on Showbie to highlight and label the features found. 

  

• Final Art pieces in Year 2 Maple

  Mon 24 Jan 2022

  Maple class have been creating their final collage pieces in Art based on their Adrinka designs. They have been using rollers to create their family print and tearing strips of their designs to create a collage that represents their family values. 

  

• Using manipulatives in Snowdon

  Tue 18 Jan 2022 Mrs Bullock

  To help us understand dividing, children in Snowdon class have been using a three step process involving the use of place value counters. Step 1- partition, step 2 -make groups, step 3- find the total of one group.  

  

• Superheroes in Snowdon Class

  Tue 18 Jan 2022 Mrs Bullock

  We have had the second session of our Super Hero dance lessons. We have developed characters to use in our dance. The children were tasked with creating a sequence of moves which showed how the person changed into the character and moves to help our audience discover which superhero  we are dancing as. Good job team, I’m really excited to see how this develops.