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Such a busy last week in Rivington Class…

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Such a busy last week in Rivington Class and the school generally. The children have had transition day on Tuesday, which is where they move up to the next class to try it out! Check out the pictures to see what next year’s Year 5 got up to. We’ve also had the end of year mass, St. Joseph’s got…

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Persuasive adverts, persuasive postcards, tag rugby, holy cross science day and much more:

Persuasive adverts, persuasive postcards, tag rugby, holy cross science day and much more:

It’s been a busy week in year 5. We’ve been up to Holy Cross for a science day where we got to do exciting experiments that caused fizzes and explosions! It was really fun.

We also took part in the Tag…

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Ummmm thinking persuasively!

This week in Rivington class, the children have been thinking persuasively! They have studied various writing techniques used by marketing companies to persuade the viewers/readers to buy a  product and then used these techniques to come up with an advert to sell a given product. The drama…

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How animals and their habitats vary across Africa…

This week we are looking at how animals and their habitats vary across Africa.

We have looked at the work of naturalists and animal behaviourists, whilst carrying out our own studies of plants, insects and amphibians in the ‘Garden of Eden’.

We will be comparing our findings with plants,…

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This week the children have studied the varied landscapes and climates of the Africa…

This week the children have studied the varied landscapes and climates of the African continent, from Sahara desert and savannahs in the North, rainforests conditions on the equator and the arid lands of the south.

In maths the children have been working on time problems and in literacy, they…

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In Rivington Class…

In Rivington Class, this term, we have been learning about witches potions. We have been reading the Macbeth poem, and have created our own poems similar to Shakespeare’s version. Over the term, we have mixed Harry potter’s theme tune in audacity. Then, we have recorded our poems onto this. After…

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St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
Cedar Road
Chorley
PR6 0JF
Tel: 01257 265998
Fax: 01257 233107
Email: head@st-josephs-chorley.lancs.sch.uk