Year 3- R.E- The Pharisees and the Disciples: A Story of Mixed Emotions
Building on our work from last week, we spent this afternoon diving deeper into the "Pathway of Emotions" within the Easter story by first reflecting on the range of feelings we experience in our own lives, from the excitement of a birthday to the frustration of a broken toy. We used these personal connections to explore the complex emotional layers of Holy Week, specifically identifying the tension and opposition shown by the Pharisees. The children noted how the presence of the Pharisees added an atmosphere of conflict, suspicion, and anger to otherwise celebratory scenes like the Triumphant Entry. We concluded that the Easter story is much more than just "happy or sad," It is a mix of many feelings: the disciples were afraid, the Pharisees did not approve, and there was a strange but hopeful mystery to it all.
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Grace & Isaac star in Les Miserables
Super proud of Grace and Isaac for their amazing performances in Les Miserables this evening at their opening night! It took so much courage to sing solos in front of a packed theatre audience and you both smashed it! Huge congratulations to the whole cast, you were sensational! It’s still Mrs Ham’s favourite musical and I think it’s now Mr Bloomfield’s!
Year 5 - Science
After exploring gravity last week, we today considered how the air around us pushes against objects as they move through it. We defined air resistance as an oppositional force and carried out experiments using parachutes made of paper and string. We found that the larger the parachute, the slower it fell to the ground because its greater surface area encounters more drag.
Year 6 - Easter Art
For our Easter service, Year 6 created an Austrian cross inspired by Aboriginal designs. The children used warm-coloured tissue paper to add vibrancy, alongside black tissue paper to form striking outlines and patterns. This creative piece reflects both the significance of Easter and the rich artistic inspiration behind their work.
Year 1 DT: Healthy Breakfast Pots
Year 1 created their healthy breakfast pots for their partners. They made sure that they added yogurt, cereal and fruits in layers for a better taste. They worked really collaboratively in their partners to create a pot that they would enjoy.
Year 3- Class Worship-Living Out God's Big Story
In our class worship today, we watched the latest video in our ‘Living Out God’s Big Story’ series. We explored the story of the first Disciples from the Book of Acts and discovered that when the early church started falling out, they didn't give up; instead, they recruited seven Deacons to help serve the people and restore fairness. In the video, Bishop Philip talked to us about how we can be servants to one another to bring peace to our own community. This linked perfectly with our "Kindness Kite" theme for the week .
Year 3- Class Meeting: Oracy in Action: The Big Bake 2026
During today's class meeting, Eddie and Roman led a powerful session on joining The Big Bake 2026 to support the brain tumour community. This initiative provided a fantastic opportunity for the students to develop their oracy skills, as they engaged in a thoughtful debate about how their collective efforts could help save lives. By practising active listening and articulating their ideas clearly, the students moved from initial deliberation to a unanimous, enthusiastic "Yes" vote. This Smart School Council action not only serves a vital cause but also showcases the students' growing confidence in using their voices to drive change and collaborate on a plan to bake and sell goods together.
Year 1 PE: Jumping Skills
Year 1 loved jumping on different apparatus today, including an air mattress which made them go really high. They also practised rolling hoops and throwing and catching equipment .
Year 6 French
This week in French, year 6 were learning how to form the future tense. They learned new vocabulary for how to say: tomorrow, next week and next month, in French. Their tasks included correcting the teacher's sentences, translating sentences about activities in the future tense from French to English, and writing their own sentences in the future tense.
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Year 4 - Class Worship: Helping To Make Peace
Our class worship this week tied together our kindness kite theme of 'helping to make peace' and phase 2 of our Linking Schools project - Social Action. We watched the God's Big Story worship from Blackburn Diocese, which was about serving others, and we drew pictures on our whiteboards to show one thing we had taken from the worship. Then we joined in with actions to the Starfish Story and discussed the things we are passionate about and that we can help to change in our community. We have shared a number of ideas and we will vote on a project to undertake in the Summer Term.
Team Gardner - Problem Solving and Fashion Design
This afternoon Year 4 arrived at The Anderton Centre for our residential. The weather unfortunately isn’t on our side today so we had to change our activities to ensure we are kept safe. In our groups we have completed problem solving activities and a fashion design activity where the children had to create outfits from spare pieces of fabric. The children have had lots of fun and created masterpieces that they showed off on the catwalk.
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Team Singleton do Fashion Design
Team Singleton proved worthy winners at this afternoon’s Fashion Design competition. They especially enjoyed showing off their creations on the runway.