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Welcome Back!

A massive welcome back after the six-week holidays! I hope you have had a fantastic summer and that you are ready for your final year of Pool House.

This has been a week of getting used to the new routines and expectations of year 6. We decided upon presentation standards…

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…

This week was ‘show week’ in school.

On Tuesday (as Year 6 visited their new schools on Monday) we practised the KS2 Production: The Jungle Groove for the final time. Then, on Wednesday afternoon we performed for the first time in front of a live audience when we showcased our production…

In Year 5 this week, we have had an amazing week because we watched the Summer Production – Jungle Groove. This was so much fun and we enjoyed singing along. We then all had a treat and watched The Jungle Book film.

In English, we have created stories to read to Year 2, next week we will pitch…

This week was performance week for some of the children in Bronze Class. We were so impressed with the school production of The Jungle Groove! All the children have worked so hard and put on an AMAZING performance

Our top 5 moments of the week in Bronze Class

1) In Mathematics we have…

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…

What a two weeks it has been! Over the last two weeks we have been running our Business Enterprise Tuck Shop. Last week, we prepared tuck and served it to KS1 and this week we did the same for the KS2 classes.

This is a project that we have been working on since we completed our SATs and all of…

This week started off with a really exciting visit to the farm that came to school. We enjoyed looking at the animals and finding out all about them. We did some writing about our favourite animal and learned how to use question marks on the end of a question.

Our story this week was “Billy’s…

We have certainly packed a lot into a 4-day week this week! 

In English we have been planning, writing and recording our own audiobook retelling the story The Dragon Slayer.

In Mathematics, we are continuing our learning on time, looking at converting intervals of time and sequencing the…

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…

We have had a fabulous four day week in Moonbeam Class and here are some of our highlights:

- We have enjoyed using bee bots as part of our direction and position work in Mathematics.

- We explored our similarities and what we have in common with our friends in PSHCE.

- In Geography we…

Great Greeks!

Year 5 have been enjoying learning all about Ancient Greece during summer term, so we had a Greek day where we took part in our own Olympics, tasted Greek food and wrote our names using the Greek alphabet. The children really enjoyed this and we have learned a lot about…