Party Time in Birkacre
Party Time in Birkacre!
This week Birkacre class have been partied out! They had their Christmas party on Wednesday afternoon but also celebrated the end of their Come and See topic in style.
We also decorated biscuits to look like Christmas puddings!
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Just another Baptism in Birkacre
Just another Baptism in Birkacre
Birkacre class celebrated another Baptism when Chantelle was baptised with her friends and family in attendance.
The class all came together to support her. They read and prayed reverently for their friend and Father Peter as always made the…
Christingles all the way!!!!
Christingles all the way!!!!
Birkacre got into the festive spirit when they made Christingles this week as part of their Come and See topic. We researched the beginnings of the Christingle and the symbolism behind it.
Then we made our own to take home and celebrate with our…
Wow! Birkacre had an amazing morning on Friday when they met the robots.
Robots!!!!!
Wow! Birkacre had an amazing morning on Friday when they met the robots.
Louise Dennis from Liverpool University paid us a visit and brought her robot friends with her.
The children programmed the robots using tablets, they made them move forwards, backwards and turn.…
Baptism in Birkacre
Baptism in Birkacre
On Wednesday we had a lovely afternoon in Birkacre and celebrated a special event. George Craddock and his family decided to have George welcomed in to the family of God and our Church family.
Father Peter came along and performed the Sacrament with some of George’s…
It’s back to routine for Birkacre class
Birkacre Class
It’s back to routine for Birkacre class this week after their half term break. this week we have been writing explanations about how rain falls and investigating the Water Cycle and how it works. We have focused on the processes of evaporation and condensation. We took part…
Birkacre Work Out
Birkacre Work Out
Last week we had a special visitor in school, Jess Taylor. This athlete helped us to do our sponsored event and talked to us about her training and fitness. It was very inspirational as she told us about injuries and how sometimes things just don’t go right but you keep…
Science and Industry museum in Manchester
A Grand Day Out
On Tuesday 6th October Birkacre had a wonderful day out at the Science and Industry museum in Manchester. The visit related to our topic of Around the world in 80 days where we looked at the history of transport and the people who pioneered it.
We listened to a talk…
Birkacre are Gassy!!!!!
Birkacre are Gassy!!!!!
This week Birkacre have been learning about solids, liquids and gases. We have sorted materials into liquids and solids, we have played word games and have come up with our own definitions.
then we went onto the playground to be solids, liquids and gases to…
Autumn in Birkacre
Autumn in Birkacre
This week Birkacre have taken advantage of the beautiful weather and explored the Garden of Eden. We have been looking at the effects of Autumn on the leaves and trees. Next we are going to identify the leaves and which trees they came from.
Visiting Birkacre!
This week the children of Limbrick class spent a morning in Birkacre with Mrs Murphy. We talked about the topics we would be studying next year and the children completed some tasks to help Mrs Murphy and Mrs Stevens get to know them better.
They were all very well behaved and excited, Mrs…
Birkacre Art!
On Thursday 2nd July Birkacre Class visited Holy Cross High School’s art department. They spent an afternoon working with Miss Ryder and some Year 7 volunteers.
We looked at the work of an artist and replicated that work in our own style. the children worked on techniques such as mark making…