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In Maths, we have been identifying and making polygons. First, we sorted different shapes into regular and irregular polygons. Then we were set the challenge of using six equilateral triangles to create different polygons. 

Well done to our netball team, who took part in the Lancaster schools' netball tournament at Moorside School on Monday afternoon. They played really well as a team, winning four of their matches and drawing two. They narrowly took the win and came back with the trophy. Well done to you…

Today we talked about the King’s visit. We have designed him a new castle.

We are very excited to see how much our potato plants have grown. We watered them every day when it was hot and now we are watching the rain water them. We have found out what a plant needs to help it grow strong. 

This week we have heard the story of “Rosie’s Walk.” In Nursery we use the hall each week and this week we linked our movements to how Rosie the hen moved. We love the space to run about.

We have had lots of fun learning to play crown green bowls with Coach Dan. At the start of the afternoon we struggled to roll the bowls onto the target but by the end we had improved so much. We played lots of mini tournaments that focused on our technique and distance.

Today, we set up some tests to answer our enquiry - which material is best for an umbrella?

We tested the strength, flexibility, stretchiness and, most importantly, if it was waterproof.

Year 3 were delighted to welcome both Jana’s mum and Maha’s mum into their class today. The mums gave us a presentation about the 5 Pillars of Islam - the rules which are central to the Muslim faith. Jana and Maha were also very happy to share their faith. The rest of the class then had the…

In English we are reading the wonderful book, ‘The Street Beneath My Feet’ by Charlotte Guillain and writing our own explanation text about what can be found underground.  We have learnt about insects, burrowing animals, different types of rocks and mineral, the sewers (yuck!) and beautiful rock…

Today we were practicing our number bonds to 5 and 10. We had lots of fun whilst doing this. 

Coach Lauren came to school to do some cricket coaching today. We had a lovely time in the sunshine and she was amazed at how hard we could hit the ball!

In DT, we are learning about the power of air (pneumatics). Soon we will be designing and making our own moving toy so we were investigating how best to create movement. We tried using syringes, tubing and balloons. There were different methods and now we need to think about the best method for…