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Year 3 Science Workshop!
Fri 19 Apr 2024Today Year 3 took part in a Fizz Pop Science light workshop. We started the workshop by using our diffraction glasses to observe the colours that make white light. We then looked at ultraviolet lights and used our ultraviolet pens to separate the real and fake money and to see which items glowed under the ultraviolet light. We then made our own ultraviolet bracelets, which glow in the sunlight and turn back into clear beads when we are out of the sunlight. A great morning was had by all!
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St Mary's win the Inter-school Public Speaking Competition for KS2!
Thu 11 Apr 2024Today Iliyas, from Year 5, has won the Painsley MAC first ever public speaking competition for KS2. Harriet represented us for KS1 and did a sterling job also.
We are so proud of Iliyas and his hard work on his speech both in and out of the classroom. A huge well done to both children. It takes a lot of courage to speak in front of so many people.
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RAF Cosford
Thu 11 Apr 2024Yesterday KS2 had the fantastic opportunity to go to visit RAF Cosford to complete three different Science and Engineering workshops. They got to design and create Mars Rovers using K'nex and to simulate their drop from a small height of 5 metres. They designed and built rockets, focusing on the wing design and how it affects the flight. They then got to launch them and evaluate them - brilliant! Finally the children got to explore the surface of Mars in an interactive VEX123 Coding workshop! They had to traverse the landscape, collecting samples and delivering them to different sensors across the planet's surface. It was a truly fantastic day, where the behaviour of our children was commended highly: a special mention to Mrs Buggy for organising the trip. Please click on the link to visit our facebook page, where some of the pictures from the day have been made into a video. https://fb.watch/rnLQk12PEg/
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Year 3 have been to Morrisons!
Thu 21 Mar 2024Year 3 had a wonderful time visiting Morrisons this week as part of their ‘Happy and Healthy’ vehicle. They made their own healthy pizzas, scanned their shopping on the tills and received a tour of the wonderful market street produce. A great day was had by all and we loved eating our pizzas with our loved ones. Thank you for a great afternoon Morrisons!!
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Year 3 Parent Dinner!
Tue 19 Mar 2024Today some of our parents joined us for lunch! It was lovely to spend time with you and enjoy a delightful lunch.
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Year 3 Trip to the Potteries Museum!
Tue 19 Mar 2024On Thursday 14th March, Year 3 had a wonderful time on their class trip to the Potteries Museum to learn about life in the Stone Age to the Iron Age! We got to see real Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age artefacts, some which were found by archeologists in Leek! We made prehistoric pots and decorated them based on our observations of real Stone Age pottery artefacts. What a great day we had!
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World Book Day!
Thu 07 Mar 2024We have had a brilliant day in the EYFS celebrating World Book Day!
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Year 3 have created their own writing chair, inspired by Roald Dahl!
Thu 07 Mar 2024As part of our World Book Day celebrations in Year 3, we have looked at Roald Dahl's writing chair and writing hut. We even decided to create our own version in our classroom. Did you know Roald Dahl kept 6 sharpened pencils and a cup of coffee by his side, whilst he was writing some of our favourite novels? Take a look at our artwork and writing!
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World Book Day 2024
Thu 07 Mar 2024As part of the celebrations we shared the book Mr Potato, which was read and performed by some of our wonderful staff, the children LOVED it! Each class recited a poem; our amazing y6 Librarians read with KS1; classes talked about their books in the Big Book Swap and we ended the day with a Buddy Read event! We've had a great day. There will be more pictures to come, showcasing our day.
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Year 3 Art!
Fri 02 Feb 2024Year 3 have been inspired by Gormley's blotting technique in their art lessons!
