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Professor Brainstorm
Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from Professor Brainstorm! Professor Brainstorm aims to make science fun by doing lots of exciting experiments. We thoroughly enjoyed his Magical Science Show and learnt lots about electricity, air pressure and temperature....
Cricket
This half term in PE, we have focused on striking and fielding skills in cricket. We have been working on throwing and catching using an underarm and overarm throw and have enjoyed fielding the ball back to our partners. We have been striking a ball using a cricket...
Rounders
This half term in PE, we have focused on striking and fielding skills in cricket and rounders. We have explored fielding techniques including throwing with accuracy and power and the importance of communication. As a group we have taken turns at each role and enjoyed...
Striking and Fielding
This half term in PE, we have enjoyed working on our striking and fielding skills for cricket. We have been working on throwing accurately and powerfully learning how to use a correct cricket bowl. We have also focused on holding a bat correctly to make a successful...
Hoop starz in Reception
This morning we were very lucky to have a session in the hall with hoopstarz. The session included a mix of exciting hula hooping skills and tricks and fun imaginative games such as flying our spaceship. We were all very enthusiastic and enjoyed trying all of the...
British Science Week – Should we flush it away?
Today Year 6 completed our British Science Week investigation: Should we flush it away? In groups, we investigated which materials change and break down easily in water so that they can be safely flushed away by submerging different materials in water and shaking them...
80th Anniversary of VE Day
Last week, St Aidan’s marked VE (Victory in Europe) Day. We found out that it had been 80 years since peace was declared in Europe at the end of the Second World War, and enjoyed looking at photographs and videos of celebrations at the time. We thought about the...
Women in Science
This half term in Science, we have thoroughly enjoyed researching a range of female scientists past and present such as Ada Lovelace, Mae Jemison, Marie Curie and Jane Goodall. We worked in groups to find out about their inspirational lives, what scientific...
Special Places – St Chad’s Church
Reception Class took a lovely sunny stroll to our parish church of St Chad’s in Bensham as part of our RE topic on ‘Special Places’. We were welcomed by Reverend Hannah and Marilyn who kindly showed us around the beautiful building. They explained to us why the church...
Building birdhouses
This half term in DT, we have designed, built and evaluated our own birdhouses. We began by finding out about the different kinds of bird houses and the birds that live in them. Mrs Fraser challenged us to design and build a birdhouse for a blue tit, great tit or...