Have a read of our wonderful newspaper reports about the missing lighthouse men from the Flannan Isles. The children worked really hard to ensure the features were covered and the facts explained. Well done Year 4. 

Today in forest school we have been playing one of the groups favourite games - 1,2,3 Where are you? Then we made spinners and necklaces from wood cookies. 

In our science learning this week year 6 have been learning about the circulatory system. We started by role playing how the circulatory system works by pumping oxygenated blood to the body to every living cell through the arteries. The blood carries nutrients, oxygen and water. Once the oxygen has been distributed this now deoxygenated blood is pumped back to the heart through the veins. The heart then pumps this blood back to the lungs to receive more oxygen. This process is repeated again and again. The children were very good at acting this out.

A huge well done and thank you to Chloe for doing litter picking in our community in her own time. What a superstar you are! Keep making us proud Chloe and helping to keep our environment safe and healthy. 

Today in our Science lesson we learnt about soil layers. We looked each layer and what it is made of. We put materials inside plastic cups to show the soil profile and we labelled each layer. We also discussed different factors that influence how soil is made such as climate, parent material and landscape. 

Do you know who this brave woman is from our history? February is LGBT History Month and we’re focussing on the lives and work of some courageous LGBT women. If you find out any details let Mrs Parker know for house points - we shall do some research together in assembly. 

As part of their Rainforest Topic, and to enhance their reading of the class text,  "The Explorer", Year 5 enjoyed tasting a delicious pineapple on Friday!  In the book, the characters have just discovered  the fruits, after eating grubs to survive!  Some interesting Hot Seating followed, as the children took on the personalities of some of the main characters!  Impressive acting and sensible questions from the class took place!  Mrs Blomeley

Well done to Year 5's award winners this week!   Headteacher certificates were awarded for fantastic Maths work and being positive and cheerful whilst our Good to be Green winners received their awards for being Ready, Respectful and Safe all week. We also had a Bronze award for achieving 50 star points and Year 5's winner of Miss Harvey's Book Review competition! Fantastic work Year 5!  Mrs Blomeley

A big well done to everyone who gave up their Saturday morning to take part in the Tameside Cross Country Championships. It was brilliant to see some new faces and see everyone cheering on pupils in the other races. A special congratulations to the two boys who have been selected to represent Tameside in the Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships at Heaton Park next week. 

Year 3-4 Girls = 8th, 13th, 19th and 44th

Year 3-4 Boys = 3rd, 17th and 51st

Year 5-6 Girls = 36th and 52nd

Year 5-6 Boys = 10th, 16th and 19th

Year1 have been extrememly busy in their forest school session this week.  Making fairy houses, bird feeders, using tools safely and playing the follow the leader game.  Some children were very brave and really enjoyed climbing the trees.  Well done everyone!