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We had an unexpected guest in school today. A bat made its home on the board outside Year 4’s classroom and watched us having dinner in the hall at lunch time. He (or she?) was placed in a box and collected by a bat expert in the afternoon to be released locally tonight.

Year 5 have had a great Cricket session this morning with Ex Cricket professional – Joe Scuderi from Lancashire County Cricket Club. The children learnt the key fundamentals of fielding. Next week they move on to batting skills. Well done Year 5! 🏏

Here are a few more photos from the Year 2 trip today.

Year 2 had a great day at Blackpool today. Here are some of our photos from the top of the tower and creating sand art on the beach at St. Annes.

Well done to our Year 3/4 Tennis team. This team of children came Runners Up this afternoon in the Pendle Schools Tennis competition at Pendle Vale College. The team won all 3 of their games against other Pendle schools before narrowly getting beat off Earby in the final. Well done to all of you! 🎾🥈

A team of children from Year 5/6 had a great time this morning taking part in a Duathlon Challenge at the Steven Burke Cycling Hub. All the children had to run 200 metres, cycle 600 metres and then drop their bike and run an extra 200 metres. The children all completed this challenge. Well done…

We have had 2 sporting events occur today. This afternoon we had the girls cricket team compete in the West Craven cluster at Earby Cricket Club and we are pleased to inform you that the girls are through to the Pendle School finals in a few weeks time. We have also had a Year 3/4…

Year 3 have been working on the story ‘The Tunnel’ by Anthony Browne. We then wrote our own adventure stories based on it. They were so good we had to share them! Thank you Year 2 for visiting us and listening so well to our stories.

As part of our topic on ‘How does your garden grow?’ The children in Year 3 had to design and make a mini greenhouse in D.T. We looked at the properties of greenhouses, evaluated existing greenhouses, looked at stability and structure then designed and made our own. It was great fun!

Year 1 loved Sports Day last week. The children enjoyed all of the races and were very excited to see our special visitor from BFC.

Year 2 were busy today in the allotment. We planted out our broadbean and sweetcorn seedlings and looked for minibeasts in the various micro-habitats that we found at the allotment.

Well done to our Year 5/6 Tag Rugby team from today’s Tag Rugby Mega Festival at Holt House. The team won 3, drew 2 and lost 1. They were a fantastic team – well done guys! 🏉

Year 3 had a fantastic day at Harlow Carr. The sun shone all day as we explored the beautiful gardens. We found out all about pollinators and the names of the different parts of a flower. We also had fun on the adventure playground!

More Year 2 Sports Day photos. Well done everyone who took part and thank you parents for cheering us on.

Year 2 loved Sports Day. More photos of Year 2 to come later today.

Year 2 have been busy today making micro-habitats for minibeasts as part of our work on habitats. When completed, we plan to put them in our allotment to encourage wildlife to visit.

Year 2 have started planting out their seedlings today in the planters in the infant playground. We are hoping for no more frosts.

Year 1 had a fantastic time den building at Victory Park this afternoon! We designed our dens and chose the materials we thought would be best to use. Our grown-ups helped us to build some excellent dens. We sat inside and read some books while having our snack. We hope the Year 1 parents and…

Year 1 have been testing materials in science this week ready for our den building trip this afternoon. The children chose the materials they wanted to test and predicted what would happen when they dripped water onto them using a pipette. We discussed how some materials were waterproof and how some absorbed the water. Excellent…

Well done to the Year 2 children who took part in the Multi-Skills festival this afternoon. They were a fantastic team😃 We came 1st place in both boys and girls Relay, and 1st place in long jump. Thankyou to the parents who came to cheer us on 😃

Year 3 have been visited by local artist, Pat Ellacott. Pat showed us her AMAZING drawings of insects. Whilst here, we looked at her bug collection too. These drawings and insects are going to be used as inspiration for our artwork on pollinators. It was fab to see! Thank you Pat.

Year 6, you have amazed us this year with your mature attitude to learning, resilience and determination. Do your absolute best next week, but remember – SATs do not define you. We are all very, very proud of you😊🦉❤️

Well done to our Year 5/6 Girls Football team from tonight’s Central Venue League round of fixtures. The girls won 1, drew 1 and lost 1. Great work and improvement shown! ⚽️

Year 1 have been to visit Year 2 today. We wanted to find out the children’s favourite fruit ready to create our own block diagrams tomorrow. The children recorded the information using tally charts. Thank you for letting us visit Year 2 🙂

Year 1 have been camping outdoors today for their English lesson. We thought about what you would need to take with you and what you could do while you are camping. The children have written lists and sentences which they will use when completing their information booklets and posters. Well done Year 1!

Year 5 love learning practically! In our science lesson we dissected a plant and labelled the different parts using the correct scientific vocabulary. We were each named part of a plant and had to physically put ourselves together to make the full plant.

Year 2 went bug hunting today. As part of our work on habitats, we were investigating which minibeasts make their home in our playground. We found woodlice, spiders, ladybirds, fruit flies, flying ants, worms and a millipede. All of them are now safely back in their hiding places.

Well done to our Year 5/6 Cross Country team from this afternoon’s competition at Holt House. The children all completed the 1.3 mile run around the fields of Holt House in as quick a time as possible. The children showed lots of grit and determination to ensure they completed their run. ?‍♂️

Year 1 enjoyed their multi-sports taster session yesterday. They played 'pirate dodgeball'. The children were split into two teams and competed against each other to throw the balls onto the other ship to sink it. The children worked really well as a team and had lots of fun. The Multi-Sports Club letters were sent home…

Year 2 discovered that bunny hopping for 15 minutes is not easy. Well done everyone with their fundraising today.

Year 1 loved performing their innovated story last week! The children used ‘Talk for Writing’ to help them to remember their new characters and events in their story. Fantastic effort by all and some excellent innovated stories written by the children ?

Well done to our Year 3 Cricket team who really enjoyed their Cricket Festival tonight at Pendle Vale College. The team showed some great potential throughout the evening. Big thank you to all parents who came to cheer us on! ?

Year 5 had a fantastic day out at Manchester Science and Industry Museum. We enjoyed our workshop on Forces and Flight, as well as exploring all the amazing galleries around the museum. The children’s behaviour was exemplary as always ??

Our Year 1 and 2 children have had a fantastic afternoon having a taster in to Cricket with ex Australia Cricket International – Joe Scuderi, who runs the All Stars Cricket programme. The children learnt the 3 main skills of cricket. Batting, bowling and fielding. If your child is in Year 1/2 and would like…

In ICT Year 5 were learning about digital communication and took part in a live video conference with Ashford CofE Primary School (Surrey). We asked and answered lots of different questions based on school, locality and hobbies. Both classes thoroughly enjoyed the session.

Wow- what a wonderful surprise I have just had! Year 1 presented their ‘Talk for Writing’ to myself and Mrs Toor. It was absolutely fantastic and made my day. ???Mrs Walker ?

Some of the Year 5 and 6 children went on an exciting visit to Rolls-Royce yesterday. During the visit the children were able to enjoy a tour of the manufacturing process which showed the children how Rolls-Royce make their components, and why subjects at school are such an important part of the industry. The children…

Year 5 have started their weekend adventure!!