Year 5 Coral Win dramatic Olympic battle against Year 5 Lionfish

The Oxford dictionary lists the meaning of the word defeat a follows; win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat. On a fine late autumn afternoon it was Year 5 Lionfish who experienced the…

Battle of the Bands

Times Tables Rock Stars was launched across the school a couple of weeks ago. Since the launch, Year 5 have thoroughly enjoyed the competitiveness and have been rocking away to the tunes in class.

On the 6^th November a Battle of the Bands was set up so that Year 5…

Greetings from the father of the Gods!!!

Year 5, earlier on this year, trembled in fear with a visit from the mighiest of all Greek Gods: Zeus. The mighty father of the Gods challenged Year 5 to create a champion worthy of attempting one of his deadliest challenges. Zeus was brought to life in…

In our topic lessons this term Year 2 we have been learning about ‘Where we belong.’  We know that the River Irk is a local river in Middleton and that it joins the River Irwell. We have researched Edgar Wood and looked at the houses and buildings that he has designed in our local…

Our First Term in Reception!

We have had lots of fun in Reception this half term. We have been making lots of new friends, learning the school rules and exploring and learning through our play. Our topic this term has been superhero world and we have been learning all about the superheroes…

Reception have been very busy this half term. We welcomed all the new children and their families into our school in September. The children had already had the chance to visit their new school, therefore they all settled very quickly. 

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Where Do We Belong? 

In Year 2 this term our topic is 'Where Do We Belong?' We have been learning about Middleton and the history of a local architect called Edgar Wood. He designed buildings around Middleton, Rochdale and Manchester. Some of these buildings are still around today. As…

Greetings from the father of the Gods!!!

Year 5 earlier on this year, trembled in fear from a visit from the mighiest of all Greek Gods; Zeus. The mighty father of the Gods challenged Year 5 to create a champion worthy of attempting one of his deadliest challenges. 

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Nursery class arrived in school on Tuesday 6^th June to find their classroom had been invaded by African animals!The children found out the names and some facts about our African animals. Our Nursery class really enjoyed taking part in a sound quiz, where they had to guess which animal had made the…

On Thursday 18^th May 2017 pirates invaded our Nursery classroom! Have a look at our pirates coming off their pirate ship!

Throughout the day our pirates took part in many pirate-themed activities including walking the plank, digging for treasure and getting up to mischief!

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Year 5 had a great afternoon visiting the local allotment. They explored the different plots and discussed the many fruits and vegetables growing in green houses, polytunnels and different structures. The children had prepared questions for the owner of the allotment and they showed great interest…

Treasure Hunt!

Reception have been having lots of fun this week finding out about our new topic ‘Do you want to go on a treasure hunt?’ We found a message in a bottle from some pirates who had lost their treasure. Also in the bottle was a treasure map so we followed the clues and found…