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What a busy World Book Day we have had in Year 5! We celebrated the day by dressing up as our favourite book character or by wearing our pyjamas. We joined a BBC live World Book Day lesson and listened to different authors talk about what inspires them to write. We designed new book covers for our…

After watching video clips of well-known presenters and actors ‘Bringing Books to Life’ where they shared what they love about their favourite stories, Year 6 worked together to create their very own short video.They considered the use of location, camera angles, images and music to create…

Year 5 were very excited to visit the Beacon this morning to see their work on display. Last term they took part in a workshop in school and created a diorama of  Lowry’s painting ‘The Mill Scene’. This is now part of the exhibition which has Lowry paintings on loan from Salford Art Museum. We…

Congratulations to the children in Year 5 who passed their Cyclewise level 1 and level 2 this week. They have all worked very hard to achieve this and are all keen to practice their new skills on the roads. 

In Year 5 we discussed the importance of keeping ourselves safe online. We enjoyed discussing what we would like our online lives to be like . We thought it should be safe, fun, educational, appropriate, sociable and true to its word. We were all aware that not everything we read online is true…

The theme this year for mental Health Week was ‘Your Voice Matters’. In Year 5 we learnt about the importance of speaking out if anything is troubling us. We made a class guide on ‘Top Tips for Speaking Out’. Our suggestions included being brave, being confident, tell someone you trust or write it…

Year 5 have had a busy week learning how to ride their bikes more safely. They learnt how to get on and off their bike correctly, how to set off safely by looking over their shoulder to check for traffic and how to signal when turning left or right and how to manoeuvre correctly when doing so.…

On Friday we all came to school wearing a number themed outfit to celebrate the NSPCC Number Day. We took part in lots of number based activities including a number trail, playing board games and creating our own board games. We raised £138 which will be donated to the NSPCC to help safeguard…

Today we celebrated the feast of our Patron St. Bridget by going to mass. We all sang a hymn dedicated to St.Bridget beautifully. Back in school we learnt all about St. Bridget’s life then wrote our own prayers to her. 

Year 5 had a fun packed afternoon at Forest School today.They learnt how to make a fire, made a den and enjoyed making snow angels in the bark. Some children learnt how to hammer nails safely into a piece of wood then decorated them. They also had to work together as a team and heave a log from…

Year 3 have been learning all about their Patron Saint Bridget. They attended church, learnt the St. Bridget hymn, listened to the story of St. Bridget’s cloak, did some fact finding and created their own storyboards, bookmarks and cloak pieces. A busy Bridget’s day.

Year 5 visited St. Benedict’s today to take part in a hockey session. They learnt how to hold the stick, how to dribble and stop the ball and how to attack and defend. They played mini games in small teams and all improved their teamwork skills. They all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are…