4 November 2022

Skelmersdale's Road Names

This week, Year 6 have been learning all about the naming system of Skelmersdale’s roads, which was part of the new town plans back in the 1960s!

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4 November 2022

Pumpkin Soup - The Hangout

This week we have made pumpkin soup! Lots of sensory sensations during this activity from pulling out the pulp and seeds, smelling the pumpkin and onion to the smell from the cooking. We enjoyed chopping the pumpkin and onions and of course the wait to tasting it! Chefs in the making, great…

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3 November 2022

Nursery 2's - Halloween to Guy Fawkes Celebrations

What a busy, busy week for our delightful diddy Delph-Siders! They have had THE best disco celebrating Halloween; talked about Bonfire Night celebrations and flicked paint to represent fireworks; traced over patterns in glittery sparkle dust and explored shimmering water using their scooping and…

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3 November 2022

Reception- Diwali and Bonfire night

This week Reception have been learning all about Diwali, during our computing session, we created our own rangoli patterns. We have also been learning all about Bonfire night, we used different tools to create our own firework pictures and spoke about the importance of being safe on Bonfire night.…

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3 November 2022

Reception - Art - Patterned Pumpkins

Reception #enjoyed adding patterns to their pumpkins, in the style of the artist Yayoi Kusama. We worked on our cutting skills and added patterns using different sized dots. 
 

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2 November 2022

Year 3 - Stone Age Houses

Year 3 are loving learning about the Stone Age and today they were fascinated to view 3D models of a Palaeolithic and Mesolithic camp. It really helped to understand what homes were like in these periods.

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2 November 2022

Year 5 Experience Day

Year 5 got stuck into their next English topic - The Highwayman!

We read the poem and discussed rhyming patterns and some unfamiliar language. Next, we begin writing a prequel to the Highwayman's story.

 

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2 November 2022

Year 4 - DT - Exploring Existing Products

Year 4 loved their first DT lesson in The Studio today! We are going to be exploring electrical systems in making our own torches. Today we #enjoyed looked at the features of a torch, so we know what needs to be included in our own.

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2 November 2022

Diwali!

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2 November 2022

Year 3 - Art - Artist Research in The Studio!

Year 3 were so excited to experience their first Art lesson in The Studio! We #enjoyed looking at our new artist, and learning more about them. We then created so great explorative pages in our Sketchbooks, looking at our artist in more detail! ⭐️

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1 November 2022

Reading fun!

Today in Year 4, we started a brand new whole class reading book called ‘The Story of Flight’. We began our unit of work by ordering pictures of different types of aircraft from oldest to newest. We then looked at familiar and unfamiliar words from the book and discussed their meanings. All in…

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31 October 2022

Reception- Halloween fun!

Reception had a great Halloween party day! Lots of dancing and they enjoyed creating their own potions #enjoy

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