This week, we designed and made our own monster hand puppets in DT. We stitched felt to join it together before adding our decoration. 

Year 3 have been geographers this week and have begin exploring our ‘Rivers’ topic by learning about the water cycle. We began by talking about what we think it is and then learnt about the importance of the water cycle and the four main parts. Can your child remember how the cycle works? 

This week we have started our new geography topic. We are going to be learning about the human and physical features of Blackpool. To start our topic, we have focussed on applying our prior learning on compass skills to find Blackpool in an atlas and where other places are in relation to it. The children have really impressed us with their work and enthusiasm for geography. 

Year 4 have been designing moving monsters that will help younger children learn their number bonds to 10. This week they have finished making their moving monsters using pneumatics. They have created a pneumatic system using syringes and a tube to make the mouth open and close. We are looking forward to taking them to the children in Reception to try out. I’m sure you’ll agree they look fantastic!

This week we have become designers in Year 3. We have been investigating, designing and creating an Easter box for family and friends which can hold an egg. We have explored different packages, looked at different nets, explored how to make shell structures strong and sturdy and designed and made our own boxes which holds an Easter egg. 

This week, we thoroughly enjoyed our Belong, Believe, Achieve workshops with our patents, grandparents and carers. We showcased some brilliant learning. 
 

Nursery enjoyed celebrating World Maths Day on Friday. We took part in lots of fun activities to practise our maths skills. We rolled dice and built towers with our friends and talked about whose tower was taller or shorter. We played beanbag games outside and wrote down our scores and we made animals with different shapes.

We had a fantastic day celebrating World Maths Day on Friday! We took part in lots of puzzles and activities which challenged our learning. 

We thoroughly enjoyed taking on the role as teachers last week as we run the Easter Experience at church for the rest of the school; this week, we loved trying out the puzzles and challenges set by Mrs Elliot for World Maths Day.