Nursery Rocket Homework
The nursery children have been very busy creating their own fireworks and rockets for their home learning challenge this week. They have used some junk modelling materials to construct some wonderful masterpieces! Well done everyone.
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STEM day at Museum of Science and Industry
On Wednesday 14th November, 30 children from Years 4,5 and 6 enjoyed a fantastic day of learning at the Museum of Science and Industry.
The focus of of the day was STEM, and built upon our learning from last week when we looked at what engineers are and why they are important to us.
We…
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KS2 Science Day
On Monday 5th November, KS2 had a fantastic day becoming engineers. Our day started off with a visit from the Museum of Science and Industry, where children learned all about the history of engineering, learned what the term meant and took part in a few fun experiments.
They were then…
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Lest we forget
Nursery have been busy learning about Remembrance Sunday. We made poppies for our poppy wall, we listened to ‘The Last Post,’ we took part in a 2 minute silence and learnt all about the soldiers who have helped us. We hope to add more poppies and fill our fence. Pop by nursery to see our…
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Pen Licence Award
Well done to all the upper key stage 2 pupils who have achieved their pen licence in recent weeks.
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Debatemate Launch at Manchester University!
Earlier today, our new Debating Team went on an exciting visit to Manchester University, for this years Debatemate Launch. The pupils got to experience what being a University Student must feel like, as they sat in one of the humongous lecture theatres. The Launch was incredibly exciting, it was…
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Tree Club Visit Wardley Hall
Pupils of St Clare's tree club had a wonderful day on a visit to see Bishop John at Wardley Hall before half term. Fully kitted out, and drawing on the expertise they have developed in the weekly club, the children assisted with counting and recording the trees in the grounds and, while there,…
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Y2 Visit to Manchester City
Last week our Y2 pupils visited Manchester City's former training centre to participate in a football competition. Once again, everyone had a great time and enjoyed showing off their wonderful skills during a very memorable day. Our thanks go to Manchester City for organising the event once…
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Black History Month
At the beginning of October, KS2 has a wonderful time celebrating Black History Month.
In class, each year group chose a different inspirational Person to base all their work around, which resulted in some fantastic biography writing, and amazing portraits. The children found that learning…
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Year 3 Footballers Enjoy a Great Day
10 of our Y3 pupils enjoyed a great day out at Manchester City's training centre last week and were delighted with the experience of representing St Clare's during a competition that saw them display their incredible teamwork and skills. As you can see from the picture, it was a very special…
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Nursery Welcome
A warm welcome to all of our new nursery pupils and families. We have had an excellent start to the year and we have already been busy taking part in so many exciting activities. The children are thoroughly enjoying their coaching sessions on Wednesdays with their teachers and coach, James, where…
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Year 3 Science Fun!
This afternoon, 3S and 3D explored different types of skeletons including; endoskeletons, exoskeletons and hydrostatic skeletons.
We had lots of fun investigating the pros and cons of each skeleton and looked at examples of exoskeletons with the help of some shrimp and crabs! We can now…
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