Blog by Lucinda Croston

Click to see all our photos. We all had such a good time in Ribchester. We saw the man bath house ruins, we explored a very old church. We met Patrick in the museum who talked to us about the Romans and we tried on some Roman helmets and held a shield and sword. We saw the Roman granaries ruins…

In History this week, we learned about the Roman army and what the Roman soldiers wore and the weapons they may have carried. We then drew ourselves as Roman soldiers to make a testudo formation on our display board. I think we all make very good Roman soldiers. Click to see more photos.
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On Wednesday we were lucky to have a special 30 minute yoga session. We had a very relaxing time and learned some new yoga poses. 

In year 3 we have been learning to touch type using Purple Mash.

Today we had our skipping workshop with Gabby from Dan the Skipping Man. It was so much fun and we learned some new skills such as rodeo and crossover. Even the teachers got involved and we all got our hearts racing - skipping is hard work! 

This week in English, we are learning about persuasive writing. We discussed how adverts help persuade people to buy certain things and that they use adjectives to make their product sound better than others. We then each got a different chocolate bar to look at, smell and taste and think of…

Our new Reception children have completed their first full week at Heyhouses and have impressed us with how well they have settled in. They have made lots of new friends and have enjoyed playing together in all the different areas of the classrooms. It was a busy week but everyone had lots of…

Today we had a taster fencing session. It was great fun and we learned some new skills and vocabulary.

Today in History, we learned about Boudicca. We then had to draw a picture of her using a description.  

Welcome back! We’ve had a great first day. We started off with assembly. Then we talked about our new life as a junior including going through our planner. We did some English and maths too. This afternoon, we started to paint a self portrait to go on our display, they look fantastic! Remember to…

As part of our ICT unit we have been learning how to make PowerPoints. We used our English notes on bees to help us create a PowerPoint all about bees. Today we showed the rest of our class our PowerPoints and which transitions and animations we had chosen. 

Today, Mrs Croston brought in 2 little paddling pools for us to have some water play and keep cool. First we tried making paper boats. Then we had a raft building competition using multi link cubes. We all had some very innovative ideas!