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Today we were lucky enough to have a taster cricket session. We practiced our batting skills as well as our fielding skills. 
 

Yesterday Y3 took advantage of the good weather and took our maths lesson outside. We estimated and measured the capacity and volume of various containers. By accurately measuring the capacity of the cup we used to fill the other containers; we were able to work out the actual capacity of larger…

In science today we made careful observational drawings of plants, flowers and trees. We also took close up photographs. We were amazed at how much there was to see in our school gardens. We also realised how much we often don’t notice because we don’t look very closely!

We have been learning all about angles so today we went outside to look for and take photos of angles in our outdoor area. We then tried to make different angles using our bodies. Finally, we made pictures with sticks and twigs and labelled each acute, obtuse and right angle. 
 

As part of our experience day for our English unit, Mrs Walsh brought her camper van to school so we could spend some time looking in it and comparing it to an old fashioned caravan. Gran, in our story, lived in a 1970’s caravan and it was called Gran-a-van. We were amazed at how much could be…

Today was a big day for Year 6: the day we discovered the title of this year’s Shakespeare play. The story - The Tempest - was revealed through a morning of story telling and drama.

There was great excitement in Year 6 this afternoon, at the end of a busy and intense SATs week: whilst out enjoying the sun, our hoodies arrived!

What a great afternoon we have had at the Y3/4 netball tournament. All the children played amazingly well and they showed true determination and perseverance, especially in the hot weather! They represented Scotforth superbly, we are really proud of them all.
 

What a great afternoon we have had at the Y3/4 netball tournament. All the children played amazingly well and they showed true determination and perseverance, especially in the hot weather! They represented Scotforth superbly, we are really proud of them all.

Our new topic in DT is pneumatics (air power). We made paper rockets and propelled them forwards by blowing (really hard!) today. We have a competition to see whose was the most aerodynamic and effective!

This week we composed our own songs using Chrome Music Lab. Have a listen below.

Cameron and Leo

Charlie and Herman

Emily and Ella

Eva and Ola

Evie and Shayne

Helna and Harbani

Ivy and Reuben

James and Finn

Louis and…

This week in Year 3, it's been all about the Egyptologist, Howard Carter, and his amazing discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.  We have a surprise visit from "Howard Carter" (AKA Mrs Redmayne!) yesterday and found out all about his life and what happened in 1922 when he found a tomb in the Valley of…