Blog by Mr D Bamber

Being in a new class and Key Stage is like walking into the blue...

Top 5 moments of the week -

1. We have learnt about Ancient Egypt, including hieroglyphics, mummification and the River Nile. 

2. We have ordered and compared 3-digit numbers and been learning our 3 times tables.

3. We…

Highlights of the Week 

1. This week was road safety week.

2. We have learnt stage 1, stage 2 and stage 3 of Right Start Child Pedestrian Training.

3. We have created road safety posters.

4. We have worked with the crossing patrol warden. 

5. We have created tally charts about…

Five highlights of the week -

1. We drew some Lancashire cotton mills inspired drawings. 

2. We have been inspired by Mondrian abstract art. 

3. We have had fun doubling and halving numbers. 

4. We learnt about the Jewish shabbat. 

5. Take a look at our work on the…

Highlights of the week -

1. This week we have been learning Phonics and SPAG, all about contractions. 

2. We had a fantastic Sports Day in the sun. 

3. We learnt all about child workers in the Industrial Revolution. 

4. We have been representing data in Mathematics using tally…

Top five moments of the week 

1. We have learnt about Katie-Morag and read her stories.

2. We explored plant habitats around the country. 

3. We read the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments. 

4. We have learnt about the Industrial Revolution and child workers.

5. We have learnt…

A busy week in Rainbow Class -

1. We have been prevising key skills in Mathematics including shape, subtraction and symmetry. 

2. We have learnt more reading skills and read fiction and non-fiction texts. 

3. We have learnt more about microhabitats in Science. 

4. We have looked at the…

Highlights of the week -

1. We have been learning about arrays and missing number addition in Mathematics.

2. In reading we have been listening to poems, inferring the meaning of the poems and answering questions. 

3. In Science, we learnt about the habitats of animals. 

4. We learnt…

Highlights of the week 

1. We found and drew lines of symmetry of 2D shapes. 

2. We read non-fiction texts and answered questions. 

3. We have been learning about The Seaside in Geography. 

4. We taste tested fruits and vegetables in DT.

5. We have been given our new homework…

Highlights of the Week

1. We learnt about what animals need for survival. 

2. We made cards and gifts for Mothering Sunday.

3. We have been adding two 2-digit numbers with regrouping. 

4. We continued to learn and revise our reading skills. 

5. We have been blending Phase 5…

All About Comic Relief 

1. The first Night of Comic Relief happened on 5 February 1988. 

2. It raised £52,025,485 last year. 

3. The 10 noses all have different names and designs based on nature.

4. Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy…

Highlights of our week 

1. We have been adapting our inference skills in reading. 

2. We made wool patterns with Mrs Bradley.

3. In Mathematics this week we did word problems and number bonds. 

4. We investigated a tree in Science. 

5. We revised Phase 5 sounds in Phonics.  

Star…

Highlights from a busy week

1. World Book Day - we dressed as wizards and witches. 

2. We read Room on the Broom and answered retrieval questions. 

3. We have been learning about money in Mathematics. 

4. We learnt about Florence Nightingale in History. 

5. We have been making wool…