Year 6 Fairtrade Day

We started the day with a game of the ‘Fair Trade Game’. Parents joined us as the children were split in to 5 countries. Each country was given a pack of resources.

General rules

1. Resources can only be purchased at the ‘world rate’. No swapping, ‘undercutting’…

Y1 took part in Fairtrade day. They learnt that food is grown in different parts of the world, they found out which country their favourite food comes from. The children were surprised to learn to that chocolate begins as a cocoa bean so created some maps showing the process of how chocolate ends…

Foundation stage have been learning about money this week. 

This week we have been learning about the different coins and which coins we would use to pay for each item in our toy shop. 

Owen could match the right coins to the price tag. 

As part of our topic this term 'The Scented Garden', Year 2 have been planting seeds. We worked in small groups to plant vegetables and herbs. We discussed the ideal habitat for a plant to grow. We used soil, seeds and water. As a class we decided to place our seeds on our class window sill until…

World Climate Day

We started our day learning about World Climate Day in assembly. The Schools Eco team discussed the causes of climate change and how it is affecting the world.

Back in class we researched climates around the world. We looked at Spain, Australia, New York, England, Jamaica,…

Today Foundation Stage have been learning about World Climate Day.

We have been thinking about the three R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). We thought about the ways in which we waste electricity and then wrote a pledge on a carbon footprint. The children thought of different things they can do to…

Year 6 had a great day on Thursday for World Book Day! We were massively impressed with the children’s efforts and their outfits were incredible! After arriving through the wall at Platform 9 ¾ , the children were greeted by Professor Dumbledore (Mrs Thackway) to begin the day’s activities at…

I may look a little scared but it was a very large bird of prey!!  Our topic, Predators was kick started last week with a visit from a variety birds of prey.  The children listened and asked questions to find put about the different types of owls.  There were barn owls, tawny owls and even a…

On the 3^rd of March 2016 Boarshaw Primary School transformed into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Year 3 Seahorses couldn’t wait to join in the celebrations on this day to celebrate the amazing Harry Potter books by JK Rowling. We arrived in the morning at Platform 9 ¾ with our…

This week we have been using different apps on our iPads to create different kinds of posters. We looked at how simple posters give us key information and have clear images. We worked in pairs to choose a predator and to think about its prey. We used Google images and saved the images and then…

Year 3 Seahorses made some amazing posters this week using an app on the iPads. We have been learning about predators and what makes them so vicious and deadly. We researched key facts about our favourite predator and then created these amazing WANTED posters! We worked in pairs to think carefully…

Foundation have had a magical day at Hogwarts. 

First we had to be sorted into a house - Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin! It was exciting trying on the Sorting Hat to find out where we were going to be housed. 

Next, we enjoyed taking parts in…