Blog Author: H Walmsley

We have had a delicious Christmas lunch followed by singing 'The Twelve Days of Christmas!'. We then had party games with lots of music, dancing and some more food in class. What a lovely day! 

We have been investigating magnetic fields in Science. We placed magnets under a piece of paper and then sprinkled some iron filings onto the paper. The filings created patterns when they attracted or repelled. This was lots of fun to see and we know much more about magnetic fields…

We have been learning about the British designer Charles Macintosh and how he waterproofed material. We learnt how to origami fold paper boats and then we worked on waterproofing them. We had a range of materials like sticky tape, wax crayons and plastic wallets to choose from. Once we had…

We have learnt about John McAdam in Science. He was a Scottish engineer who modernised the way we build our roads. We investigated lots of different surfaces using toy cars and Newton Meters. We reflected on what properties made a successful road.

We have learnt about British designer W B Wilkinson who in 1853 came up with the idea of setting steel bands within concrete to make it much stronger. We looked at all the amazing concrete buildings that are around the world. We particularly liked the tallest bridge in the world which is found in…

We have been investigating which objects are magnetic in Science. We made predictions and then tested the objects using magnets. We now know that magnetic materials are iron, nickel, cobalt and steel. Non-magnetic materials are aluminium, copper, gold and silver. We loved investigating so much…

We have been learning about verbs in our Grammar lessons. Today we used this picture to find regular action verbs, irregular action verbs and verb phrases. We did this in pairs, it was a fun game. 

Today we watched the BBC lesson for Anti-Bullying week 2025. 

The lesson helped us to: 

• Develop an understanding of what bullying is, including the individual roles involved and the concept of power imbalance in relationships.
• To feel empowered in speaking out and supporting others,…

Today we started our new Design and Technology unit on British Inventors. We learnt all about how the telephone was first created by Alexander Graham Bell. We then created our own string telephones using twine, wire and string. We investigated which one was the best to transmit sound. It was so…

Today the children wore mismatched socks to show their individuality and celebrate their differences. The message of today is that being unique is good and everyone should be celebrated, not bullied, for what makes them different. 

To mark Anti Bullying Week the children from class 4 wore odd socks to show how we are all different.

We have been creating our own final pieces inspired by Lowry. We have tried to use all the skills that we have been practising in our art unit on charcoal. Fantastic artwork Class 3.