1S had a fab first time at Forest School in the woods. They loved finding minibeasts, creating mud castles, playing on the tree string...

We have started to look at the artist Zaha Hadid and at the buildings that she has designed. We explored her artwork and will use it to...

Year 1 have enjoyed all our visitors so far this week. We have asked lots of interesting questions and have found out about the role of a...

As part of Careers Week, Year 5 had a visit from Zoe who works as an A&E nurse. She told us all about her job, how she came to do it and...

We started our Careers Week this week with a visit from the Mayor and Mayoress of Darwen. Each year group got to hear what their roles...

4F enjoyed learning all about journalism this afternoon with Amy who is a journalist and who writes articles for newspapers. She showed...

Year 6 enjoyed a visit from out local MP Mr Andy McNae yesterday. They learnt lots about how parliament works, the "average" day in the...

Year 5 had a special visitor in class today. To launch our Careers Week next week, we had a visit on from the local labour MP for...

The sun was out for gardening club yesterday, we had a look around the garden to see what had grown. We got busy planting the broccoli...

This afternoon the children planned and carried out an experiment to test water resistance on different shaped objects.

Another great netball training session last night! It's great to see our Avondale netballers become more confident and resilient each...

A big thank you to all of the grown-ups who joined us today during our Stay and Play session. We are already looking forward to the next...

Year 6 spent no pens Wednesday afternoon by researching all about fair trade, creating a Google slide and then presenting their findings...

The 5S children have thoroughly enjoyed taking their Victorian inventions into the Dragons' Den this week. They created a sales pitch,...

As it was 'No Pens Day Wednesday', we decided to carrying out our learning through a debate. The children discussed why we should buy...

Year 3 have been using safe internet searches to find out where different foods are from. They then used atlases to locate where this...

Pupils in KS1 are really enjoying their lunchtime kurling club. They are learning a variety of new skills and having lots of fun along...

The children are loving the KS2 dodgeball club!

6C spent yesterday afternoon sampling a variety of savoury biscuits. They compared the taste, texture, appearance and target audience.

Year 1 have used Purple Mash to create their own jigsaws in Computing today. Click on the names below to see the jigsaws. Esme Alice...