Waterfoot Primary School

Some of the children from KS1 went to Valley Academy to represent our school in a sports event. It was great fun and the children made everyone very proud.

This term we have been using the computers to draw and model our ideas.  We have used purple mash to make Lowry inspired pictures and then designed a new house for the Three Little Pigs.

In the ice and rain we made our way down to our local theatre to be involved in an immersive experience called 'The squirrel, the cake and the cabinet'  It was lots of fun and done in the Horse and Bamboo's wacky style.  We were covered in snow, stroked a beautiful blue horse, met a kangaroo with a passion for cake and helped a man get home. Then we made our own town and had chance to make a house of our own from card. 

We had so much fun at our Christmas party, We played lots of games, danced with our friends and enjoyed a snack and a drink before discovering Santa had left us a present for working so hard all year! 

We had so much fun at our Christmas party, We played lots of games, danced with our friends and enjoyed a snack and a drink before discovering Santa had left us a present for working so hard all year! 

This term we have worked really hard this term designing, making and evaluating our wonderful decorations.  We have practised our skills of cutting fabrics, using templates and sewing-using a running stitch and over stitch. We are really proud of our final products, We hope you like them too!

Well we had a very exciting Monday morning today.  The firemen, from Rawtenstall Fire and Rescue Service, came to visit us! We learnt that the firemen are very busy and they had lots of jobs to do.  The firemen told us that they not only put out fire but are called to help all sorts of people: they help pump water due to the flooding, rescue people from fires, help put out moor fires, work with the ambulance people to help rescue people who are trapped in their homes.  They showed us their special protective uniform they have to wear to keep them safe and the tank they wear on their back so they can breathe if there is fire and smoke! Mrs Giomarelli had to put it on and it was very heavy and very hot!!! They then showed us their fire engine.  We saw the hoses, axes, massive metal cutters and the fans.  It was all very exciting!

We have had a busy and exciting day in school today. We all came to school dressed in our numbered clothes to promote the NSPCC's message- 'Speak out and Stay Safe'  We began our day with a number hunt in the yard and then answered questions to complete 'Buddy's Key Challenge' we found the pieces of the key so we could unlock the door and find Buddy.  We played number games with our friends, designed t-shirts, made hats and lots more.  We even braved the outdoors and complete a nature number challenge of making squares with sticks, finding four mini beasts and even managed to make repeating patterns in the wet and windy weather.  Take a look!

This week we have learning about how to be safe on the internet.  We learnt to 'Stop.Close,Tell' Stop watching things if they make us feel scared or funny in our tummy, Close things down if they are mean or unkind and tell a trusted adult if we are worried about anything at all. We made some posters to help teach how to be safe too.

We have been learning about the austrian painter/architect Hundervasser.  We have learnt how to create abstract art in his style, using bright colours, patterns and shapes.  We have learnt how to mix colours to create the ones we wanted. We hope you like our pictures.

We began our week with a very exciting assembly about time and then looked at the amazing timers made by Willow and Izzy.  Then we talked about times long ago when dinosaurs lived on the earth.  We learnt about the paleontologist, Mary Anning and how fossils are made.  We looked at some of these fossils carefully and drew them in detail.  We researched fossils and dinosaurs  and made homes for the small world dinosaurs.  Then we went in search for fossils and made our own with salt dough. Take a look at our exciting day!

On Tuesday we braved the english weather to engage in some outdoor learning about the Great Fire of London.  We impressed the lady with our super knowledge then worked in teams to build 'Wattle and Daub' walls.  We had to bring our leaning inside for the second half of the morning and we made houses for Thomas Farriner out of only two items froma choice of clay, foil, stones and newspaper. We had a wonderful time despite the weather! Take a look!

Today we learnt that Jewish people celebrate the festival of Hannukah.  They light candles on a Hannukiah which is a special Menorah that has nine candles.  They light 8 candles over 8 days to celebrate winning the Maccabees winning war to earn the right to worship one god.

This is me with my Menorah- notice the 9^th candle called a Shamash which is the helper candle that is used to light the others.

Today we went into the outdoors to find natural objects to make our plant diagrams.  We came inside and worked in pairs to create a flowering plant from what we had found.  We then labelled our creations.

Today we held our annual Talent Show auditions and were blown away by the children's confidence and skills.  What a talented bunch we are and so supportive of each other.  We are so proud of all of you and it will be a tricky job to choose just two entries for our live show on Friday!!!

To celebrate our topic of seasides, we decided to hold two days of seaside fun.  On the first day we had a Punch and Judy Show. A man came in a told us all about the history of the seaseide and then we had hour very own show.  We were allowed to interact with his puppets and spent time drawing them.  Ww then made our own minature punch and Judy theatres and  wrote scripts and performed them to our friends.

We had so much fun on our Seaside day and the sun was shining too.  We had a bouncy castle, photobooths, sand and water games, beach games and a seaside scavenger hunt and even a visit from the icecream van!