Blog by Mr M Blackburn

We have had a fantastic week at Tower Wood. A massive thank you to Amy, Paul and Nick who were our instructors throughout the week! We had a brilliant week, trying out a range of activities that we had never had the chance to experience before. Below are our top moment of the week.

1. We…

We have had another busy week, rounded off by our Euro 2020 Themed Day to celebrate the current tournament (Come On England!!) Below is a brief overview of what we did during the themed day.

1. All of KS2 entered a competition where we had to design our own Pool House Football Kit and…

This week we were in isolation from Monday to Thursday but we still managed to achieve a lot!

1. We continued learning about Algebra, which is what we had been learning about in Mathematics last week. We carried out a number of multi-step questions involving algebraic equations.

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Monday

On Monday, we started the day as normal with a spelling test. After break, we did some volume in Mathematics. In the afternoon, we did RE and learnt about the soul, then we did orienteering with Mr Blackburn

Tuesday

We started, the day with some handwriting practice and then…

Tuesday

On Tuesday, we started the morning with an arithmetic. After break we did a little more Maths about the Inverse Operation and finished of the day with a PE lesson and also some history.

Wednesday

On Wednesday, we started the day with a game of Pointless Mathematics to revise…

Monday.

On Monday, we did our spelling test in the morning and then started to learn about the Jabberwocky in English. After lunch, we started our PE topic on Orienteering and had to run around the school grounds searching for Orienteering flags. Our RE topic today was about what happens after…

A warm welcome back to you all! This week has been a busy one but a really enjoyable one and I think everyone has enjoyed being back after half term. The blog this week has been written by Emily Jones again who is our chief blogger!

Monday

On Monday, we practiced our skill of long…

What a busy but fantastic day we have had today for Red Nose Day!

1. We bought Red Noses to support a really good cause and designed our own Red Noses and our theme for future Red Nose Day's.

2. We carried out a Red Nose Day quiz in different teams. The three different categories were -…

Monday

Today, we made our whole class WW2 time line. Also we went on active learn (Maths flex) it wasn’t everyone’s favourite, but we all did it and did well. In the afternoon we had our film afternoon and watched Christmas Chronicles 2.

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             Monday

On Monday, we learnt about simple and compound leaves in science. We went on a hunt in the school grounds looking for leaves to classify. Also in PE we had an obstacle course in the hall which included: star jumps, skipping, press ups and walking across the ladders.

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This week our blog has been written by Emily Jones, our Deputy Head Girl, who has volunteered to write some of our blogs. Have a read of Emily's first blog of the year, below:

                                          Monday

On Monday, we learnt about percentages and formal and…

1. In Science this week we created our own classifying diagrams/branching diagrams. We first created diagrams for a range of ‘Flanimals’ (nonsense creatures) before also classifying a range of well-known biscuits too. This task will set us up nicely for classifying a range of animals and plants in…