To kick off our new Topic, The Greeks, we have spent the afternoon in Ancient Greece competing in the first ever Olympic Games! To begin with, we learnt all about the history of the games, and used some ancient artefacts to discover which sporting events took place, who could compete in them, and the wider …
To finish our topic, Scavengers and Settlers, we have had a go at creating some clay art. After recapping and practising the main techniques (rolling, coiling, pinching and slip), we had a go at creating our own pots. Check out some of our finished products below…
After helping promote Earth Day, School Council have been keen to do more to help our planet, particularly through helping the wildlife. This week, we have had a go at creating our very own recycled bird feeders to hang up around the School grounds. We had so much fun making them and are very pleased …
Throughout the past few weeks in LKS2, we have undertaken a number of different art projects. Check these out below… Pointillism – After studying the work of Seurat’s & Delree Dumont, we had a go at recreating our favourite landscape images using pointillism techniques (cotton puds and finger tips). Jigsaw Art – After studying the …
Thank you to those who have been bringing in their dead and used batteries over the past couple of months. We have now collected a total of 6400 batteries! A big thank you also, to our school council team who have been making multiple trips to the recycling points to ensure all of these get …
After a slight lie in this morning, and a mad rush to get all packed up and ready for breakfast, we’ve had another fantastic morning. See you all soon!
It’s been a dull day today here in Ingleborough, but that definitely hasn’t dampened our spirits! We’ve had another AMAZING day filled with action, laughs and a LOT of mud and water! We’re currently all just getting ourselves ready for dinner, which will be served tonight by our orienteering competition losers…Result!! We may be a …
Update…we’re country dancing pros! Just tucking into our supper of hot chocolate and biscuits then we’re off to bed. We’ll go straight to sleep, we promise…
We’ve arrived safe and well, and have had a fantastic first day so far! After enjoying some much needed pizza and chocolate cake for tea, we’re currently attempting to make our beds and polishing our dancing shoes ready for some country dancing at 7:30! Wish us luck!
As part of our new topic in science, we have been learning about how fossils are formed and found in sedimentary rock. Surprisingly, despite real terms spending being at the highest it’s ever been, there remains a paucity of paleontological equipment here at Tranmere Park so we improvised with bread and shrimps and bananas.