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Have you seen a dragon?
Today 2P arrived at school to find that something had been in our classroom. We looked at the clues to find that they all led to a...
allisonpickup
Oct 7
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WHO HAS BEEN IN OUR CLASSROOM?
Use the clues to figure out who made this mess!
kathrynlysons
Oct 7
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Poetry by Heart
This weekend, Yasmin has been to London to perform on the stage at the Globe Theatre. Yasmin was a finalist in the classic category for...
allisonpickup
Jul 9
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Year 4 Spelling Bee
Today, year 4 held the final of the 'Spelling Bee'. The competition was tough and all the finalists showed how good they are at spelling....
allisonpickup
Jun 18
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No Pens Day Debate
As it was 'No Pens Day Wednesday', we decided to carrying out our learning through a debate. The children discussed why we should buy...
Miss Harrison
Nov 29, 2023
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Meeting an author
Today, year 4 had the fantastic opportunity to meet the author Kita Mitchell online. Amongst other books Kita has written the book 'Don't...
allisonpickup
Nov 24, 2023
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We Found a Golden Ticket!
3S have been reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and this week they have managed to find a golden ticket! This linked in with...
Miss Harrison
Nov 20, 2023
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Conscience Alley in year 4
We watched the video clip of when Nemo is in a dilemma. Should he touch the boat (butt) or not? We thought about Nemo’s choices and...
allisonpickup
Nov 7, 2023
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Talk on Tuesday in 4P
Well done to Charley and Lexi who gave fantastic speeches on their hobbies of Horse Riding and Morris Dancing in our Talk on Tuesday...
allisonpickup
Oct 19, 2023
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Matt Lucas
30 lucky year 4, 5 and 6 children spent a thoroughly enjoyable morning at Westholme School today, to meet the comedian, actor and author...
allisonpickup
Oct 17, 2023
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Poetry in 1N
As it's National Poetry Day, we decided to share our story poem and actions from our English work this week. We are enjoying learning...
Mrs Nuttall
Oct 5, 2023
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Can you guess who visited us today?
Today we had an unusual visitor!
kathrynlysons
Oct 3, 2023
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The Boy Who Grew Dragons!
Year 2 had a mysterious visitor last night to our classrooms and they left a mess! They also left lots of clues and we had great fun...
Mr Frankish
Oct 3, 2023
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Our Happy Jars!
We have been learning all about different feelings in Reception. We have drawn and spoke about what makes us happy.
ARobinson
Sep 20, 2023
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Story maps
6J have been exploring the structure of warning stories and worked in pairs to create a story map.
Miss Johnson
Sep 12, 2023
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2 Millionaire Words
Well done to Millie and Yasmin for reaching a massive two million words. As a reward, they had an afternoon tea party with a friend and...
allisonpickup
Jun 22, 2023
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Boxing Debate Winners
Well done to Avondale debating team who were victorious in the BwD Boxing debate competition. We are very proud of you!
allisonpickup
Jun 16, 2023
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BwD Debating Knockout competition
The debating team have had a wonderful day in their first Knockout Debating competition. The motions for the debates were:- This house...
allisonpickup
Jun 15, 2023
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Reading for Pleasure at its Best
Today, some of our year 4 and 5 children and a few very excited teachers visited Westholme School in Blackburn to meet Dame Jacqueline...
allisonpickup
May 23, 2023
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Fruit tasting and more in Reception!
Today, we have tasted fruit from The Hungry Caterpillar story and wrote words to describe them. We then designed our repeating pattern...
ARobinson
May 22, 2023
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