Blog by Mr Boyd
Owls Outdoor Homework
Part of Owls homework this week was to go on an outdoor walk and observe the things that you see at this time of the year. Below is a selection of the photos that children sent into school.
What did you notice about the outdoors at this time of year? Is this season your favourite? Why/why…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 6 December 2017
Category: Owls
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Class Assembly
Well done to all of the children for their participation in our class assembly on Advent.
What did you learn about advent from our class assembly?
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 29 November 2017
Category: Owls
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Lancashire Dance Festival 2017
On Thursday16th November 2017, 25 children across school took part in the Lancashire Dance Festival at the Guild Hall in Preston. The theme of the festival was Made in the UK. Our dance was a celebration of British Artists. We celebrated The Beatles, Queen, Elton John, Spice Girls and One…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 21 November 2017
Category: Sports
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Writing with Dan Worsley
Last week we had the fantastic experience of having local author Dan Worsley join us in our class. He taught us how he plans, edits and writes his stories and how he magpies ideas from his other writings.
Dan gave us the challenge of changing the end of one of his short stories Blown Away.…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 13 November 2017
Category: Owls
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Owls Poulton Field Trip
This morning we walked to Poulton and on our route we looked out for different human and physical features. We produced a map of Poulton town centre identifying the different shops and land use in the town centre. Also, we went into St Chad's church yard and sketched the church building using…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 17 October 2017
Category: Owls
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Y3/4 PE
This afternoon we have been doing athletics. We were doing relay races and circuits looking at invasion. We also learnt a new throw today, a push throw and practiced this by playing a game of Push Golf.
Can you tell me what area of athletics where they use a push throw?
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 3 October 2017
Category: Owls
Folk Tales
Today, we have started to learn about Traditional/Folk Tales. We were able to come up with a super list of different tales that we knew and then we retold them.
What is your favourite traditional tale and why? Can you tell us who the characters are and the plot of the tale?
We hope you…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 3 October 2017
Category: Owls
Dan Worsley Interview
It was great to have Dan Worsley in school today. We were able to interview him so that we can write his biography. Hopefully we'll be able to share our biographies when we've finished writing them. We asked him a lot of questions and found out some funny moments from his childhood.
What…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 29 September 2017
Category: Owls
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Owls First Swimming Session
Yesterday we went for our first swimming session. We had a great time and some of the children who were a little bit frightened off the water enjoyed themselves once they got in!
We look forward to the rest of our swimming sessions this term.
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 12 September 2017
Category: Owls
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Fruit Smoothies
This afternoon we have made fruit smoothies. This has ended our week of Sport and Healthy Living week. Our smoothies contained a range of fruit including, strawberries, nectarine, peach, grapes, orange, banana and water. We thought they were delicious. What fruits would you put in your…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 7 July 2017
Category: Robins
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Fantastic Mr Fox
This week in English we have been learning about Fantastic Mr Fox and the different characters that are in the story. We have discussed lots about the setting and how the characters feelings change through the story. We have enjoyed reading the story so far as there are lots of funny parts in…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 23 June 2017
Category: Robins
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Waterproof Coat for Explorer Dave
This afternoon we have been investigating the best material to use to make a waterproof coat for Explorer Dave. We tested fabric, felt, plastic, paper, mesh and wood.
We thought that the fabric would be a good waterproof material however we found out that the best was the plastic. In the…
Posted by /blog/author/stephenboyd/page:4 on 11 May 2017
Category: Robins