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    • Core Purpose
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    • Equality Statement
    • Pupils
    • Excellence in Pupil Development Award
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      • Senior Leadership Team
      • Classroom Staff
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      • Governors
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2021-2022

B14 Blog

20th May 2022Neil Simpson

This week B14 have been learning all about one of the most famous boxers in the world Muhammad Ali and the swinging 60’s. The children have been on a rocket to the moon, had their first moon walk, and watched the first man step foot on the moon as well as learning all about the phases of the moon from earth and with Jaffa cakes! It’s been out of this world!

We have also looked at the influential people, music, and fashion of the time. Discussing Black rights and the beginning the civil rights movement for equality and banning racial discrimination.

It’s been a busy week!

Blogs,Blythdale,Uncategorized

B9 Blog

20th May 2022Neil Simpson

It’s been a knock out week this Week!

This week B9 have been learning all about one of the most famous boxers in the world Muhammad Ali and the swinging 60’s. The children discussed the motivational speeches and affirmations, as well a designing there own boxing gloves.

We have looked at the influential people, music, and fashion of the time. Discussing Black rights and the beginning the civil rights movement for equality and banning racial discrimination.

We have also looked at money and how we can successfully pay for things at the shops using our coins.

It’s been a busy week!

B9 (Willow),Blogs

Famous People – Artists

29th April 2022Lee Wilkinson

This week in green class we have done some fantastic learning about famous artists and their craft. On Monday we were introduced to the Scottish artist Steven Brown and his famous McCoos. We completed a CSI challenge using UV pens and a cryptex by looking at some different forms of art from famous artists throughout history. We then designed our own McCoo style highland cows to add to our pop up books that we would complete later in the week.

On Tuesday, we tried our hand at some photography and learned about the American photographer, Edward Weston. We then used our superb knowledge of algorithms to create a coded animation of the McCoo style animals we designed.

On Wednesday, we completed our second CSI challenge by solving various maths, English and science based challenges. We found out that one of our teachers had pulled off an amazing heist on our muffins that we baked in the morning. Luckily, seeing as we worked together as crime scene investigators, we managed to find them. In the afternoon, we did some brilliant team building challenges that worked on our communication as a class.

On Thursday, we did our weekly challenge carousel. We completed various activities such as jump the line true or false to assess our understanding of what we had learned so for this week. We then started our new PE topic for the term which is fitness and wellbeing. We did some circuit training to work on different part of our body and learned about living a healthy lifestyle. We then completed the writing for our amazing pop up books and checked over our writing for errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar.

On Friday we learned about kindness and the importance of being kind to others. We designed the kindest person in the world and discussed what traits this person would have. We finished the day with some challenge pack time and finally some PE to work on our individual PE targets. To see our work login to your child’s Evidence for Learning for some pictures and in depth comments on how they got on.

A5 (Green)

Fire Safety in B3

29th April 2022Lee Wilkinson


Class B3 enjoyed learning about fire safety this week while melting marshmallows.  All children stayed safely with an adult and took turns melting their marshmallows.  Safety gloves were worn and all children worked so well taking turns.

B3 (Arctic)

Greggs Wellbeing Easter Pack

25th April 2022Lee Wilkinson

A BIG thankyou to Greggs who donated money to our school which allowed each child to make their own ‘Wellbeing Easter Pack’

This is what Class B6 made.

B6 (Sycamore),Wellbeing,Whole School,Whole School

Willow Class Blog

8th April 2022Lee Wilkinson

This week we have been finishing our learning on WW2, looking at rations and role playing being an evacuee and writing letters home to loved ones. We even went on to our very own train platform, got on the train and our teacher waved us off. All of the children loved investigating the train. We have also been celebrating Easter, the religious meaning and all the fun Easter things.

This term has been filled with learning all about British History, from William the Conquer and his bad hair, to Henry VIII and his poor wives, the jobs children had to do during Victorian times and not to mention the poor WW1 soldiers and the trenches!

Willow team would like to wish you all a happy, fun and safe Easter holiday and we will see you all very soon.

B9 (Willow)

Spring 2

5th April 2022Lee Wilkinson

Last week the children of B11 studied past events which have shaped Britain from the Roman Empire to World War 2. They used many art skills to produce a piece of art inspired by The Blitz. Children also studied the Industrial Revolution and together read the book Oliver Twist.

B11 (Chestnut)

Artists & Illustrators

1st April 2022Lee Wilkinson
B8 have experienced life as an artist and illustrator in their own studio, they have enjoyed standing at the easel, drawing and painting with a variety of mediums.
They have looked at the work of Quentin Blake and today they tried to draw like Quentin under a table, using a pencil attached to a paintbrush. This week the children have also written their own stories, recorded their voices using a storyboard and illustrated with pictures.
B9 (Willow),Blogs

B6 – Knights and Dragons of the UK

1st April 2022Daniel Harrison

This week B6 have continued finding out about the history of the UK and it’s castles by delving into some of the myths and legends around knights and dragons from across the country. The children have followed step-by-step instructions to build their own dragon, and used the iPads to find out where different dragon legends have started in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. They’ve also spent some time hearing the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, as well as hearing stories of some famous battles and sieges that really took place. The children have used their knowledge of mediaeval knights to design and build their own swords and shields, as well as design their own army of knights – using their number and addition skills to add up the cost of all of the knights’ equipment.

B6 have practiced their reading, spelling and writing skills in phonics, and some have continued writing their own storybooks. In addition the children have practiced their social skills in Lego therapy sessions, and demonstrated their independence skills by cooking big breakfast for the class – sharing out the cooking, cleaning, table-setting and serving tasks between themselves.

Building a dragon.

B6 (Sycamore),Blogs,Blythdale

World War II

1st April 2022Lee Wilkinson

This week we have been learning about WW2, which countries were involved and the children have been making Anderson air raid shelters to help keep them safe when the bombs get dropped on the cities. We have also been investigating what it might be like to evacuate to the country, to leave the home and parents/ carers behind and move in with another family. The children enjoyed their ration breakfast … well we were kind and used our whole month of bacon ration!

B9 (Willow)

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