On Friday 11th June, Year 3 were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt. Children and staff dressed up to get into character and had a full day of production and activities and help them fully experience life in Ancient Egypt.

The day was led by Fresh Water Theatre company who performed a 90 minute show. The children were engaged and interested throughout. After lunch, the children took part in 2 workshops, one of which was about story telling and the other gave children the opportunity to explore Ancient Egyptian artefacts. It was a brilliant day; every body learnt a lot and the children's behaviour and learning attitudes were absolutely outstanding.

"I enjoyed the play as it was very funny and in the afternoon we made a hierarchy pyramid. I was a priest. We were also told loads of stories." Albert

"I liked the afternoon workshop because everyone danced when the music came on and we pretended we had the dancing curse from inside the tomb." Aidan

See year 3 news for more photos.

Last week, year 4 had two full days of outdoor fun at Longridge Activity Centre. Activities included paddle-boarding, kayaking, climbing, raft building and leap of faith. We were treated to a hot sunny day on the first day...and a rainy, damp one on the second - but this did not dampen the fun!

It was so great to see everyone pushing themselves out of their comfort zones to try new things and we do hope that you are all feeling as proud of yourselves as the staff are of you. Few remained dry (staff included!) but that only added to our enjoyment of the day.

The children who remained at school were also treated to a wide range of exciting opportunities including wheel-barrow proficiency, gardening and baking. What a brilliant way to celebrate coming to the end of Year 4!

A big thank you goes to the parents who provided all the necessary kit and to those who came along to support the children and staff on the days themselves. More photos to follow soon!

What a busy and exciting few weeks we've had in year 4!

As well as our amazing trip to Longridge, we've been reading Charlotte's Web and learning about the features of a diary entry. We are working towards choosing a character from the story and writing a diary entry from their perspective; thinking about how the character is feeling and how we can change the way we write to reflect this.

In maths, we have been learning about metric measure and converting between millimetres, centimetres, metres, grams and kilograms. We really enjoyed getting out onto the field to get a sense of how far different measurements of length are and measuring one another's heights too.

Our topic learning has seen the children play teacher delivering their own 'mini lessons' on the Tudors. The staff have been amazed by how well organised and prepared groups have been and we definitely learnt new facts from these lessons. In addition to all of this, we've also been preparing our frames for gluing and decoration next week, learning about Sikhism and the 5 K's in RE and concluding our learning on the water cycle in science.

We can't wait for our trip to Hampton Court Palace next week and the rest of the fun that the summer term brings!

By Miss Lawrence

Messy modroc was the order of the day last week as all the year 6's took themselves outside to create their own Giacometti sculptures- a renowned artist with a very distinct style and his bronze thin figures sell for millions. Their small versions may be less expensive but were no less impressive in their construction involving wire work and delicate application of the plaster strips to give smooth lines. Before starting the sculptures, the year 6's studied his work and looked at drawing in proportion with mannequins with some very interesting results.

The play rehearsals are coming along nicely and we are now using props and sounds effects - the stage will be going up soon so we can begin to get the lighting working. The children are really beginning to get the timing on many of the jokes and the directors are beginning to sit back and enjoy some of the scenes - but there is also still much to work on.

Our RE day gave us some brilliant takes on various creation stories. We explored the similarities and differences between many religions and even explored a Chinese legend through the medium of drama with some entertaining outcomes. The pupils also had a go at creating their own wheels of creation where they were given a free choice of their own interpretation of their ideas of creation.

We are now beginning the very exciting Oscar project where children will write, film and edit their own short movie - hopefully before the end of the year we will complete a screening and have our own Oscar ceremony complete with red carpet!

By Miss Johnson