Eagles

Homework this week is Maths sheet 2. Please complete and return by next Monday. We would also like to welcome Miss Weir and Miss Walker, who are on teacher training placement from Leeds Beckett,  to the KS1 team. Miss Weir will be working in Skylarks until the 20th March and Miss Walker will be in …

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Homework this week is Maths sheet 2. Please complete and return by next Monday. We would also like to welcome Miss Weir and Miss Walker, who are on teacher training placement from Leeds Beckett,  to the KS1 team. Miss Weir will be working in Skylarks until the 20th March and Miss Walker will be in …

As part of our maths work, Eagles have been identifying and describing the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. They have completed lots of different activities to help them identify them and come up with ways to remember tricky spelling.

We  challenged the children to build their own structure out of cocktail sticks and marshmallows. The aim was to build the best – but what ‘the best’ means is open ended e.g. it might be the tallest, the biggest, the strongest.  

Vivienne Westood, Coco Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren (to name a few) are all people – as evidenced by a three shirt rotation and faded brogues – I do not know. On the fashion arrow of time, I find myself firmly in the menswear department of Next – too old to tolerate being called dude …

In early November, the Key Stage One team received a very special call… the inspectors were on their way! After scraping Miss Bell from the ceiling, convincing Mrs Gibson there isn’t a grade for cleanliness of Lego bricks and rescuing a weeping Mr Housden from his classroom cupboard, the team soon realised that this was …

In KS1 we have been learning to weave using paper. We used a card loom and the vertical slits became our warp. Paper strips were threaded horizontally and these were the weft. We threaded one piece of coloured paper over, under, over, under and the other coloured paper under, over, under over. This created our …

To start our new topic we transformed a piece of fabric using different joining techniques. We tried to make sure that on our fabric we had evidence of cutting, gluing, stapling, sticking, pinning and coiling. Can you see all the techniques?

For our Muddy Puddle Day,  KS1 focused on the learning behaviour -Self Manager. The children worked on co-operation, taking and managing risks. They had the opportunity to complete a blindfolded obstacle course, a plank walking challenge, blind man’s buff game and toasted marshmallows. We were really impressed with the children’s attitudes towards the activities.  

To conclude our topic ‘Hooray let’s go on Holiday’, we visited Kirkstall Abbey House Museum to learn more about seaside holidays. We had the opportunity to explore the museum, created a seaside donkey mask and took part in a workshop learning about seaside holidays in the past. We really enjoyed our trip.

As part of our topic work we have created our own group sand sculptures. We used our hands to mould the sand in to a sea creature and used tools to add texture and detail. Have a look at our creations.

Key Stage One have been rising to the challenge (yes, it’s going to be one of those posts) of baking bread in preparation for Harvest Festival this week. At yeast try to manage a rye smile through the forthcoming, awful (truly awful) puns. A toast to the children for producing such amazing results. Truly, second …

Key Stage One had an extra special treat this morning. Mrs Holland very kindly arranged a music workshop for the children to learn all about dynamics, pitch, rhythm and tempo through the wonderful, imaginative story of Skylar’s Missing Note. We’ll let the children tell you all about the missing note and the pesky pigeon! ​​​ …

As part of our topic ‘Hooray! Let’s Go On Holiday’, we have opened up our own Tranmere Travel Agents. The children have been able to go in and search through brochures to choose a perfect holiday destination. They have been taking on roles as the customer and the travel agent.

This week Eagles have been learning more about the impact of deforestation and the harm it is doing to our planet. The class have been extremely engaged in finding out about factors which affect climate change and what people are doing to help and hinder it. Earlier on in the week the class created their …

Welcome back! We hope that all of our families have had a wonderful Summer break. The children have come into school this morning looking extremely smart and have been excited to move into their new classes with their new teachers. The school has been a hub of activity with PE lessons, writing, maths and so …

Key Stage 1 have been learning all about the history of music this term. We have listened to bands from the past such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones; talked about how music can affect mood and why we choose to listen to music in the first place. Overwhelmingly – it seems – Tranmere …

On Monday morning at 9.10am, all children from KS1 will be performing our ALPT art entry to parents. The children have been asked to come in their own colourful clothes for the day. We will register the children as normal and then perform on the KS1 playground, facing the steps. At 1pm some of the …

Jacob Phillips from Codswallop CIC, came in to school today to help the children learn more about the history of Guiseley, especially Guiseley Theatre. It was a whistle stop tour of facts and key information of how Guiseley got its name, who paid for St Oswald’s church to be built and who gifted the Guiseley …

Eagles have had an extremely busy week preparing for their assembly and carrying out lots of science activities. I am sure you will agree that all the children performed brilliantly in our assembly and really showed of just how proud they are of their work. To finish off our theme week, we took to the …

We’ve all had a fab day at Bradford Industrial Museum, there was so much to see and do. We learnt so much at the workshop and even had a go at weaving, combing, carding and drop spinning. The highlight for most the children was of course the double decker bus…