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Native Clothing

As we are celebrating black history week, one of our pupils in 6N has brought in a fantastic example of her native dress.

She has explained to the class how she wears this outfit for African parties and sometimes for church. Her Grandmother's designer had this made and sent over, all the way…

Category: Year 6 Blog

We were very impressed with this homework today from one of our pupils, where new clothes were made out of old ones. Using his mother’s thermals, our Year 6 pupil created a wallet, headband and wrist bands then showed them off to staff. Well Done!

Category: Year 6 Blog

Year 6 Electricity Day at Our Lady's High School

Some of our Year 6 pupils thoroughly enjoying their day at Our Lady's learning about electricity.

They have learned about electrical safety, have created circuits and much more.

Many pictures to follow...

Category: Year 6 Blog

Year 6 BBC Workshop!

On Wednesday, some sleected Year 6 pupils were fortunate enough to take part in a workshop run by staff at the BBC, all about exploring our feelings and emotions. Over the next few weeks they are going to look at developing an App that helps children share their feelings. The activities the pupils…

Category: Visits

4S Tooth Decay Experiment

In Science 4S wanted to discover the effects different drinks have on the enamel of teeth. They used egg shells as they have a similar coating to teeth and left them in milk, water, orange juice and coke for a few days to osberve and record the effects.

Category: Visits

3S Fruity Nonsense Poetry

This week, the children began their exploration of Nonsense Poetry by listening to the Jabberwocky and On the Ning Nang Nong. They discussed what they thought the poems were about and how the expression used in the reading helped create different feelings inside them.

They then investigated…

Category: Curriculum

Year 5W's Wall of Fame

Year 5W have been working really hard each and every day. This week our wall of fame nominees have been chosen. The children have worked extremely hard and as a result have made it to our achievement wall. This will be monitored throughout the year and at the end of School year the child with the…

Category: School Achievements

5F's fantastic homework

5F have been enjoying their topic on minibeats so far this year. The children have even been producing a replica of their favourite minibeast by using clay or dough!

Also, some children have been using poster paints to design a beautiful and symmetrical design for a butterfly's wings.

I…

Category: Curriculum

Y6 at Stockport Air Raid Shelter

Year 6 pupils appear to have had a great day during their visit to the Stockport Air Raid Shelter, stepping back in time to get a sense of what it was like underground during the Blitz. So many of the children arrived in costume for the day and I think you'll agree that they add a very real…

Category: Visits

Chess Club #2

What a fantastic start to the Chess Club tournament last Thursday! Each child showed they were determined to win and I saw many fantastic moves that were well thought out and implemented. In one game in particular, a child checked her opponent in the first couple of moves. However great defensive…

Category: After School Clubs

Year 5 Mini Beast Hunt

Year 5 have been on a mini beast hunt, exploring the homes of mini beasts on our school playground. We made predictions before we left our classroom and our findings were presented in a bar chart when we returned back to class. As a class we discussed which mini beast was the most popular on our…

Category: Curriculum

Funny Bones!

Today, 3S have had a fantastic afternoon learning all about the three different types of skeletons! Their favourite type was definitely the exoskeleton.

We had lots of fun dressing up in armoured clothing including a motorbike helmet! We also looked at a real crab, and explored his…

Category: Curriculum