After a bus ride across the border, and a stop for lunch at Gretna Green, Year 6 arrived at Lockerbie Manor for their adventure to really begin. Before the activities began, there was the excitement of finding the dorm rooms which would be our homes from home for the next couple of days. Once beds
The children in Year 2 were excited to find out which book they would be reading in English this half term. They were given clues which supported them to make a mask of a character from a well known story. During the lesson, the children made interesting guesses, some thought the mask looked lik
We have an egg-cellent experiment on the go in Year 4! Year 4 have been exploring what sugar filled drinks do to our teeth. The children have been discussing tooth decay, why brushing our teeth is super important and why we should visit the dentist regularly. To help us understand what drinks such a
On our return to fractions, in Year 3 this week we have been learning about calculating fractions of amounts. Using counters, drawing bar models and recalling our times tables knowledge, we have been learning about how the denominator tells us what we are dividing by (the divisor) and that our answe
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Today, on the last day of the half term, we enjoyed a fantastic performance of Ada and the Code Crusaders, brought to us by The English Touring Opera. Following on from last year’s great show The Vanishing Forest, written and performed specifically for schools, this year’s show was about Ada Lovelac
This week in Computing, Year 5 have been exploring coding in Scratch using ‘IF, THEN, ELSE’ programming blocks to create true or false outcomes for different conditions. To start the lesson, the children recapped their knowledge of an algorithm and created a branching key based on a question whi
This term in RE we are learning about different creation stories. We started this topic by exploring what we would like to have in our perfect world. The children came up with some amazing suggestions such as everyone being kind to each other and protecting the environment for wildlife. We also di
Year Two have had a fantastic day rocking out to celebrate the launch of Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS). The boys and girls came to school dressed in their best leather jackets, bandanas and, of course, guitars ready to rock and roll for Rockstars Day. To begin, the children learned what Times Tab
This half term we have been following the life cycle of a ladybird. A part of our Summer topic, Adventure Awaits!, we spent lots of time learning about different minibeasts we would find outside. We were very interested in ladybirds, so we looked into getting eggs and had them delivered a few weeks
