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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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Category: Birkacre Class Blog
Ho Ho Ho!
Ho Ho Ho!
We’ve had a very festive week in Duxbury Class: -making Christmas cards, baking biscuits and making festive candle holders from recycled jars. Also, we’ve been writing about the Christmas story and remembering to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops correctly too. …
Category: Duxbury Class Blog
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…
Category: Birkacre Class Blog
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…
Category: Birkacre Class Blog
So You Think You Can Dance?
So You Think You Can Dance?
Over the last few weeks, Yarrow class have been working with Lorraine from the Chorley Sports Partnership to develop our dancing skills.
The children have been working hard to learn and develop a routine of their own to the song “Shut Up and Dance With…
Category: Yarrow Class Blog
Something Strange In The Skies?
Something Strange In The Skies?
This week in Yarrow class, we’ve heard some strange reports about mysterious, bright lights in the skies over Chorley! Apparently, the first sightings were over Rivington at around 11pm. The strange craft had blue lights and darted around the skies over…
Category: Yarrow Class Blog
Volcanic Bake Off!
Volcanic Bake Off!
It seems that we have a few Great British Bake-Off fans in class after we have had a sudden influx of volcano inspired cakes!
As part of their topic homework, Yarrow class were challenged to recreate a volcano. Izzy and Niamh went one step further and produced…
Category: Yarrow Class Blog
Volcanologists at Work!
Volcanologists at Work!
This week we have been continuing with our Angry Earth topic. So far, we have discovered what a volcano is and where to find them. We’ve also looked at whether or not we’d like to live near a volcano and believe it or not…some of us actually said yes!
This…
Category: Yarrow Class Blog
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St. Joseph’s Pupils in Child Labour Scandal!
St. Joseph’s Rivington Class have this week been involved in a horrible child labour scandal after it emerged that evil Mr. Roden was using his pupils to sweep the chimneys of local houses to earn HIM…
Category: Rivington Class Blog
The festivities have well and truly begun!
The festivities have well and truly begun!
Christmas has arrived in Astley class and we are having so much fun!!! Firstly, a huge well done and congratulations to all the children for being so fantastic in their Christmas Nativity ‘Stable Boy’. We are very proud of each and every one of them…
Category: Astley Class Blog
Have You Seen Santa And His Elf?
Have You Seen Santa And His Elf?
Well, we have. On Friday morning Santa and one of his trusty Elf helpers were spotted peeping through the windows at St. Joseph’s School. What would they have seen through the Duxbury Class window???
Santa will have seen the children’s costumes from their…
Category: Duxbury Class Blog
What do you get if you stick cocktail sticks into marshmallows?
What do you get if you stick cocktail sticks into marshmallows? A great maths lesson about 3D shapes. The children really enjoyed making all manner of different shapes and discussing their various properties. We also managed to finish our letters to Father Christmas this week, persuading him that…
Category: Limbrick Class Blog