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Date: 18th Feb 2022 @ 3:31pm
The children looked at the book 'The magic is inside you'.
They drew what it looked like when they felt happy or sad and created 'colour' art work to show this and their 'i like' picture.
They looked at the girl in the story and spoke about nice and nasty words.
The children also thought about words to describe themselves on their name poem.
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 6:13pm
We loved using our fresh eye glasses and correcting pens today when we looked at a WABOLL (What a bad one looks like), we thought about how we would make this piece of writing better again the success criteria we designed as a class and then decided their next steps for learning. This was an amazing learning point for our Year 2s 
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 4:42pm
Class 8 have been learning about metacognition this week. We have learnt what it is and how we can use it to enhance our learning. Mahad explained "Metacognition is when you are working hard and actually thinking. You get more stuff correct when you use metacognition properly"
We used the Plan, Monitor, Evaluate wheel to enhance our DT project making Egyptian jewellery. We are going to use the wheel to improve at a skill over the holidays too.
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Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 3:35pm
This week was our curriculum week, linked to metacognition. Year 5 have been involved a range of activities throughout the week.
We read the story ‘The Magic inside you’ and used it as a basis for inspiration for some of the activities that we did. We wrote secret letters to the people that are special to us. Some of the children wrote to their friends while others wrote to grandparents, siblings or cousins.
We also used the metacognition wheel to ‘plan, monitor and evaluate’ how we made scones. We asked ourselves many different questions at the planning, monitoring and evaluating stage. We all agreed that our scones turned out well but could still be better.
We also enjoyed using our artistic skills to show what metacognition is. The finished pieces looked amazing.
We also learnt a new skill of creating a game on the iPads. We planned how we wanted our games to look like and chose our characters. We continuously monitored and evaluated our games, creating changes to make them even better. Children then played each other’s games and gave them a big thumbs up.
The week has been busy but full of learning. Well done Year 5!
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 1:06pm
We have had a wonderful week learning about Metacognition in Class 7!
Class 7 have had an incredible start to Curriculum Week! We have enjoyed discussing Metacognition and have thought about all the different ways we can include it in our learning. Meditation has been one of our favourite activities.
We have spent part of our mornings creating our very own affirmation books. We have enjoyed thinking about what will help us to progress in our learning. We have discussed the comfort, stretch and panic zones of learning and will use our affirmation books to support us!
We have been practiced the different Kagan structures that we have been using over the year. Our favourite structures are rally robin and round robin. To make it more interesting the teacher will ask a child what another child has shared with them.
On Wednesday we spent the day planning, monitoring and evaluating our own Egyptian necklaces. We thought about what we already knew about Egyptian necklaces, what we needed to learn and what resources we would need. We then began to make our necklaces and monitored our learning as we were going!
Date: 16th Feb 2022 @ 3:53pm
This week in Class 5 we have been learning all about metacogniton and how this can help our learning. We started the week by thinking about what we thought metacognition was and then listened to the story the ' The magic inside of you'. We then thought about the magic inside of us and create a self portrait. We had to think about all the things that made us special and unique and wrote them inside of our hair and on our clothes. What fantastic artists we are!
On Wednesday, we then thought about our goals for the end of year 2, end of year 6 and what we would like to be when we are older. We considered how we could meet these goals.
Date: 16th Feb 2022 @ 1:23pm
Hi Everyone,
We have been worked hard this half term getting ready for our SAT's. As well as working hard we have also been showing our creative side by learning some fabulous dance skills (You will have to wait to see the performance) and we have made our own version of 'We Don't About Bruno' in music.
We have added a few of photos of our trip to Robinwood.
Date: 15th Feb 2022 @ 9:55am
This week has been Curriculum Week. The children have been developing their Metacognition.
What is Metacognition - you ask?
The term metacognition refers to an individual’s ability to plan, monitor, evaluate, and make changes to their own learning behaviours in order to confront challenges more effectively.
You might have heard it defined as ‘thinking about thinking’,
It is also a form of self-regulation, involving self-awareness, critical analysis skills, and the ability to problem-solve.
Having metacognitive skills means that they are able to recognise their own abilities, direct their own learning, evaluate their performance, understand what caused their successes or failures, and learn new strategies.
It can also help them learn how to revise when they are having tests as well as develop their memory, attention, activation of prior knowledge, and being able to solve or complete a task.
Overall- It makes them learn more efficiently and more effectively, and so they are able to make more progress.
Date: 14th Feb 2022 @ 7:54am
The children have continued with their topic about 'Space'.
The children have done lots of creative tasks related to space - they have made junk model rockets, lego launching pads, collage moon buggies, sparkly solar systems and fantastic collage astronauts.
They will continue with this topic after half term.
The children are looking forward to finding out more things about Space.
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 12:22pm
This morning, the children put on their helmets, got into their flying saucers and flew off to space!
When we arrived, we saw lots of stars and planets. We needed to be careful on the space rocks and hot gas volcano!
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 10:38am
This week we looked at many ways on how we can always be safe on the internet.
Pupils recognised that although the internet is a fantastic resource, it also has some dangers. And remaining safe online is of great importance.
We started our session by discussing different games we played online and how we can remain both safe and respectful. Whilst reminding children to only play with friends and family who they know and trust, and to make parents/guardians aware of who they are playing with. It was a great opportunity for all of Year 6 pupils to engage in deep meaningful conversations about internet safety.
We also learnt how to be respectful to others online and to recognise what is healthy behaviour and unhealthy behaviour when playing online. We then presented our findings in our iPad, focusing on the kind of advice we would give to a individuals who are new to online gaming.
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 10:22am
This week was Internet Safety week. Class 8 looked at how we behave online when playing games. They worked in cooperative groups and discussed games they played, why they enjoyed them and what experiences they had had when playing. We talked about treating people respectfully like you are talking to them face to face and then about what information do we need to keep safe. The children were very knowledgable about not sharing personal information and passwords and more importantly if they are ever unsure about anything to speak to a trusted adult. These are some of the leaflets Class 8 produced. Well done Class 8 you know the rules on Internet Safety!
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 5:57am
This week, it was ‘Safer Internet Day’ and in Year 5 we have been exploring the different experiences we have had with online gaming.
We shared the range of online games we have been playing at home and the children were reminded of being mindful of only choosing games that are age appropriate.
We also discussed who we actually played with and once again were reminded the children to only play with friends and family who they know and trust, and that they have made parents aware of who they are playing with. Playing with and sharing information with people they don’t know is unsafe.
We then went onto looking at games that required team players. These games are great for building skills such as teamwork, co-operation and problem solving. However, there may be times when certain team members become too competitive, their behaviour becomes negative and their only aim is to win. We discussed how sometimes we are put under a lot of pressure by other team players to win. Other players may also use negative comments to make us feel bad or even ashamed and embarrassed if we lose.
We learnt how to be respectful to others online and to recognise healthy and unhealthy online behaviours. We also used our iPad to record ideas for the kind of advice we would give to a player under pressure and the people who put pressure on others.
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 9:24pm
This week Class 3 have had such a fantastic week, taking part in lots of different activities...
At the beginning of the week the children got to use their super drama skills to act out the different parts of their African workshop to support them with their re-count this week. The children created different freeze frames to demonstrate the activities we took part in last week.
In maths we have been looking at multiplication. The children used a range of concrete, pictorial and abstract methods to support them with their learning.
We have also taken part in lots of exciting art activities this week. The children have been looking at both primary and secondary colours, practicing mixing and creating a range of different colours as well as using them in a range of different styles, looking at artists including Kandinsky.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 7/2/2022
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 4:24pm
Reception have had a fantastic week to end our topic Around the World. We have flown on a magic carpet around the world learning what Granny bought in each country from the book My Granny Went to Market.We did some fantastic drama creating actions for each part of the journey and performing the book as a class. We have also written postcards from Grannie from some of the places around the world - all the children are now confidently applying their phonics when they are writing.
In Maths we have been doing some measuring, identiftying the tallest and shortest objects. We have also been learning to sequence the days of the week - perhaps this is something you could practise with your child at home?
In our topic learning we have looked at the work of Kandinsky and created some artwork of our own in his style. We have also been colour mixing to make new colours from the three primary colours red blue and yellow.
We are looking forward to our Metacognition Curriculum week next week!
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 2:37pm
In Class 13, we have been creating posters for Safer Internet Day to spread awareness in the school. It has been a pleasure creating the posters and the children have enjoyed using their imagination on their Ipads. The posters contain information on how to stay safe on the internet and also how to avoid cyber bullying and what to do if your are being bullied on the internet.
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 8:17pm
This week Receptin have been doing some fantastic learning about Chinese New Year.
In English we have enjoyed the story of The Runaway Wok, learning about a traditional story about the life of a poor family in Beijing. We have drawn our favourite parts of the story, written captions and enjoyed retelling the story using our own story maps. We learned about how Chinese people celebrate New Year - this year is the year of the tiger - and even made our own lanterns and a dragon to dance with.
In Maths we have been learning about 6,7, and 8 doing different activities to ensure that we can recognise each number in different ways and that our knowledge of each number is secure.
Next week we will be going on a journey all around the world to different markets to buy lots of interesting things!
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 6:15pm
Look at our amazing champions this week! We are so proud of how fantastic our mini mathematicians are doing! Well done everyone 
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 6:09pm
We enjoyed writing creative acrostic poems this week for the Young Writers Competition. Class 6 shared their creativity by choosing different things that love to write acrostic poems about.... 
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 6:07pm
This week we have been looking at the artist, Vincent Van Gogh. We have created our own scrap books to explore the artists work and research Van Gogh. We loved using our KeyNote skills to create a fact sheet about him using our own digital creativity.
Our African Workshop in Year 1
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 5:10pm
This week Year 1 took part in an exciting African workshop as part of their Geography learning all about Africa! The children had so much fun taking part in a range of different activites.
First the children got dressed up as lots of different African Animals and had lots of fun pretending to be each animal using a range of different movements and sounds.
Then the children took part in an exciting African dance, dancing to the beat of the African drums.
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After all that dancing the children were very tired, so we sat down and tried lots of delciious African fruits, that we had already learnt about when reading the story Handa's surprise!
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 10:01am
Date: 3rd Feb 2022 @ 3:59pm
Class 8 have been earning certificates for their swimming this week. These children swam 25m either on their front or on their back. That's the full length of Oldham Pool!!!
Date: 3rd Feb 2022 @ 3:07pm
This week in Year 5, we have been learning about the different parts of the river. We have learnt that the upper, middle and lower course are very different. The water travels a lot faster in the upper course and is much slower in the lower course. The fast-moving water crashes against rocks and falls down waterfalls creating a great deal of sound.
Y5 have been using musical instruments to create a sound scape of the various parts of the river. It was very loud in the upper course and much quieter and calmer in the lower course by the sea. The sound scape was a pleasure to listen to. Well done Year 5.
Date: 31st Jan 2022 @ 2:15pm
Class 6 have some amazing ROCKSTARS! They have proven that practise makes perfect! They love challenging themselves and battling against one another. 
