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Yesterday was our first history day of the year and we got to learn all about the Victorians.

Oak class got busy finding out that; 

• A lot of victorian people were poor.
• Children would work in the factories.
• Some Victorian people were very clever and invented things that we still…

This week we have been learning about mental health. We have been very busy. We did some yoga to help us remember that exercise helps keep us healthy. We baked biscuits and made faces with different emotions on using sweet treats! We went in the sensory room to help us to relax and learn ways that…

9G have been fantastic day being Romans today. In the morning we learnt all about Roman Mosaics, who had them and what they looked like. We then made our own Roman Mosaics using glue and different coloured seeds. In the afternoon we then learnt all about Roman soldiers, what life was like for them…

Today for Chorley in Bloom, we headed down to Astley Park and picked up litter. To our surprise there wasn’t that much to be collected. 
 

The sun was out and it was gorgeous to be outside. We admired the snowdrops school pupils from Astley Park planted several years…

Today Chorley Schools Sports Partnership came to work with Oak class.
 

We warmed up our bodies playing a game and then we got busy with the bikes. We did some walking with our bikes and then we got to ride them! We learnt that we must wear helmets on our bikes to keep us…

Today, as part of Children's Mental Health we, we decided to go to the park and release some endorphins. We had lots of fun and all came away happy, laughing and feeling so much better. Some of us weren't too keen on the walk there but once there everybody has lots of fun. Even Mrs Devlin braved…

Today Willow Class navigated their way to Devonshire Recreational Ground Park practicing using directional language and spotting any features of towns which we had learnt about in our Understanding of the World lessons. Willow Class staff were very impressed with the children’s road safety skills…

Last week Oak Class enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year.

We learnt that there are different animals to celebrate the different years and this year, is the year of the Rat. We found out that dragons are used in the parades and do lots of dancing. Miss Woods even told us what animal we…

11R were tasked in making the public aware that feeding the pigeons at our Chorley in Bloom site, opposite McDonalds is causing more harm than good.

The site was started as a community edible garden and due to people feeding the bird the crop was being damaged and contaminated so that it…

9G have had a lovely afternoon out. We enjoyed using our PE skills to balance on the different equipment at the park. We also did some fantastic turn taking and working together to help each other on the climbing frame and on the swings. We had a fantastic time and played so well together. Well…

Today in class we discussed World Mental Health week. We talked about the things we do to keep ourselves calm and happy. We all had lots of different things that we did to help us. We then used the i pads to draw some artwork to show this. See the link attached to see our fantastic pieces of…

Today Lewis turned 13. He brought in a Nuzzle and Scratch cake to share with his friends. The all sang happy birthday to him and enjoyed watching the sparkling candles. Then they all enjoyed a piece of the delicious cake. Happy birthday Lewis.