Blog by Mr Boyd
Doves Trip to Ribchester
We had a fantastic day on our trip to Ribchester Roman Museum. We started off with a visit to the ruins of the Roman baths and did some exploring and imagining what the baths would have looked like in the Roman times. We then completed a trail around the museum before lunch. After lunch we had…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 5 March 2023
Category: Doves
Diwali
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 7 October 2022
Category: Doves
Sound Investigation
On Thursday we planned an investigation to see how far sound can travel. We used yogurt pots and string to create a 'telephone' and then predicted what might happen to the sound when we changed a variable in our investigation.
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 7 October 2022
Category: Doves
Hunter Gatherers
This week we have continued learning about the Stone Age and have been reading Stone Age Boy. As part of our learning on Thursday we went outside and pretended to be Hunter Gatherers collecting and hunting food that the people in the Stone Age would have eaten. We found lots of food that we…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 16 September 2022
Category: Doves
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Little Chicks Graduation 2022
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 21 July 2022
Category: Little Chicks
KS1 Weather Wheels
Last week the children in KS1 made weather wheels as part of their science and DT. We think they have done an amazing job, you can see some examples below...
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 31 January 2021
Category: Robins
Remote Learning
Below are some example of the art that Robins have produced today as part of their remote learning. We've been learning about the artist Andy Goldsworthy and these are some of the children's sculptures.
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 7 January 2021
Category: Robins
Outdoor Maths
This week we have been looking at shapes in maths and have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We have explored their properties and found various shapes in our outside environment.
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 11 December 2020
Category: Robins
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Outdoor Learning Day
Today has been our Outdoor Learning Day in Robins. We had a fabulous day and the weather was kind to us this morning.
We carried on learning about money and we did this outside by finding different amounts of money around the playground and then we had to work out which ones matched even…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 5 November 2020
Category: Robins
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Information Leaflets
This week we have started to learn about Information Leaflets in our English lessons. We have looked at a range of leaflets and identified some of the features that they have. We spent some time outside looking at them and discussing how they are structured and how they grab the readers…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 4 November 2020
Category: Robins
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Our Performance of Beowulf
We have been learning an epic poem called, 'The Tale of Mighty Beowulf'. We have worked very hard to learn this 12minute poem of 18verses, off by heart!
What did you enjoy about the story of the poem? What did you enjoy learning about the poem?
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 9 October 2020
Category: Hawks
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Poetry
This week in our English sessions we have been learning about poems. Today we learnt one of the poems to perform and some of us included actions in our performances. Here is A & E performing their poem.
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd on 1 October 2020
Category: Robins