Year 4 - PE: Introduction to The GULP Project
One of the weekly PE sessions in Year 4 this half term will be delivered by Blackburn Rovers FC in conjunction with Blackburn with Darwen Council. The GULP Project aims to get children active and also think about the drinks they consume, encouraging them to make healthy choices. This week was our first session in which we completed a sugary drinks quiz and an A to Z of drinks. We also received our free reusable GULP water bottles and were given a brief idea of the exciting activities that we will take part in over the next 4 weeks.
The WOW Group - Toy Swap Shop
A huge thank you goes out to all those who brought their pre-loved toys in to exchange in the WOW group’s Toy Swap Shop on Tuesday. It was a lovely event which all the children enjoyed and it helped towards our school’s mission to increase our sustainability, reduce climate change and protect God’s green earth. Swapping out your toys ensures they don’t end up in landfill unnecessarily and also brings joy and excitement to other children. We hope to run other swap events in the next academic year so keep a lookout for those appearing in the school calendar.
Year 1 PSHE: Basic First Aid
Year 1 developed skills in basic first aid. We started by learning about the British Red Cross which is an organisation that responds to disasters, conflicts and personal emergency. We discussed what first aid is and agreed that we would not feel confident to give first aid to someone who needs help. In pairs, we followed the steps to help someone in different emergencies such as an asthma attack, choking, bleeding, burns, someone who is unresponsive and breathing/not breathing and head injuries. Year 1 listened very closely to the instructions and also practiced calling 999. They all felt more confident to know how to help someone or themselves if these emergencies occurred.
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DPSSA Netball League
After a very soggy evening at Holy Trinity, Team B managed to secure a win and a draw. We had three Year 4s playing up with our Year 6 children away in London and they played superbly along with our Year 5s who worked really hard to drive the game. We can’t wait to find out the results now to see who will go through to finals night next week!
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Year 5 - French
In this French lesson, the children began by learning the names of different locations around school. They revised familiar phrases for saying their name, age and where they live then compared and contrasted British and French schools. The main focus was using the phrase ‘Je suis dans’, meaning ‘I am in’ and ‘Il/elle est dans’, meaning ‘he/she is in’.
Year 1 Science: Live Lesson with Steve Backshall for Oceans Week
Yesterday, Year 1 joined a live lesson with Steve Backshall to learn about the fish that live in the oceans. He was at the National Marine Aquarium and went underwater with his camera! We were able to see lots of different fish, eels, crabs and even small sharks. We learnt lots of amazing facts about the fish and he also told us about the importance of looking after the environment so that rubbish does not go into the oceans.
Year 6 Junior Jam - Music
Year 6's new music unit is all about electric drums. Today, the children learned that drums are one of the most important aspects of music, as they help to keep all of the other instruments in time with each other. They learned that drum kits are made up of lots of different types of drums, for example: kick, snare and hi-hat drums. The children then had a go at playing a set of electric drums with a partner.
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Reception - RE
This week we learnt about Psalms and how we can sing prayers to God. We read the Clever Cub story ‘Sing to God’ and the children drew pictures of things they would like to sing about as a way to say thank you to God and what we are thankful for.
Reception - PSHE - A growth mindset
Today we revisited the idea of ‘bouncing back’ when things go wrong. We reread the story of Rosie Revere and then shared our own things that ‘we can’t do-yet’ using the magic word yet to train our brain and allow it to grow, every mistake is a clue that we need to try again a different way. We worked in pairs to build a tower and kept trying to build it as high as possible when it fell down.
Year 1 English: Making Predictions
Today, we came to school and found out that a wolf had been sighted on our school grounds! We had a video from Mrs Ham asking Year 1 to help look for clues and eyewitness reports from Mrs Thompson, Miss Kachwalla and Mr Bloomfield which gave us a trail to follow. We found some clues such as a bin bag, packed lunch, honey, a cup, glasses and a red cloak. When we came back to class, we saw the front cover of our new book The Last Wolf and wrote a prediction for the story.
Year 2 - History - Florence Nightingale
Year 2 have started a new unit of learning in history about Florence Nightingale. We learned lots about her and quizzed each other.
Year 2 - PE - Fundamental Skills
Year 2 have been working on our PE skills. We sprinted and threw bean bags with improving accuracy.