Blog Author: Jo Hurley

In Upper School, the children are learning about properties and changes of materials in Science. 
Today the children learnt the new vocabulary we will be using throughout the topic and also carried out a test of the different properties of some given materials such as a wooden spoon, a copper…

As our History topic is all about the Industrial Revolution this term, the Upper School Class have begun reading and studying the novel, Street Child by Berlie Doherty. This book is all about a real life child who inspired Dr Barnardo to set up his charity for destitute children during the…

The History topic for this term is ‘The Industrial Revolution’ so as part of our learning, Upper School are creating their own display board. To begin the board, the children designed their own silhouettes of industrial buildings or houses. Next the class will add a time line of events.  
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Today the children wrote informal letters to either Miss Leyland or Mrs Thornton to tell them about their summer holiday activities and also to let them know what they are looking forward to for the year ahead. They drafted their letters in their exercise books with a particular focus on use of…

What an amazing day Year 6 have had! We started off with entertainment by Coach Gunn on the school field which included zorbing, inflatables, archery, games, tug of war and dodge ball. Everyone had a smile on their face for two whole hours!

Next we had dinner in the marquee where we were…

Upper School and Middle School Classes had a visit from some very special people today. Mrs Winter (Abi and Daniel’s Mum) and Mrs Parkinson (who used to work at Inskip School) came as representatives of Fulwood Free Methodist Church to talk to us about their faith. They told us all about their…

Here are a few pictures from the first performance of Frankie and Me by Y5/6….

What a fabulous time we had at the Bowland Wild Boar Park! The weather wasn’t brilliant but we still managed to go for a walk around the park to see the wide variety of animals and birds. ‘Big Hat Dave’ told us lots of really interesting facts about the different families of pigs and boar and we…

Great fun was had at the end of year disco! Everyone was up and dancing! DJ Taz made us laugh and astounded us with his fabulous magic too! Here are some pictures of the children busting some moves on the dance floor…

Here are some pictures of the relay races the classes took part in during our Sports Afternoon…

As part of our RE topic about Faith, the Upper School children visited St Peter’s Church in the village to meet the vicar, Rev. Paul, and to find out about how local people show their faith in God. 
We looked around the church to find examples of people of faith and there were many! The stain…

Today the children in Y5/6 explored how the early followers of Jesus put their faith into action. We read three stories from the Acts of the Apostles which showed different ways in which they showed their faith in God. The children discussed these events and put them into their own role plays and…