Maggie from New Mexico visited the Swallows to talk about and answer questions on the United States of America.
The Eco Warriors worked hard on Thursday afternoon. They made a draftometer and draft excluder snakes!
phew… these Owls have been busy this week! PE The Swallows have combined their jumping skills to perfect their triple jump techniques. Watch out Inessa Kravets and Jonathan Edwards. Science The Swallows fairly tested materials to check their suitability for use as umbrella material. New Class Book : Cold Enough Read more…
In Geography, the Swallows have explored physical and human reasosn for areas of dense and populations and have then used secondary sources to identify areas of dense and sparse populations in the Unite States of America. Next week the Swallows will compare the populations of cities in the United Kingdom Read more…
The Swallows continue to be inspired by nature and have created mixed media autumn leaves using wax resist and watercolours.
In music the children have been inspired by Ann Clyne to compose their own music and record their compositions using their own notation.
The Swallows have recently taken part in a virtual Mosque Tour, arranged through Interfaith. Fatima Ayub (a Muslim faith tutor) guided the children around a Mosque in Bradford and then answered the children’s questions in a live Question and Answer session. The children asked thoughtful questions and gained a deeper Read more…
The Swallows respectfully took off their shoes when virtually visiting a Bradford Mosque. The tour created lots of questions, which they will be putting to a practising Muslim in next week’s RE lesson.
On Friday, the Swallows were very lucky to have a professional scientist – Dr Bottley – visit them and lead a science lesson on the suitability of materials for a particular task. The Swallows built bridges out of different materials and then tested them with different size toys to test Read more…
The Great North Air Ambulance will be collecting from all three schools on Monday 10th of October. They collect; clothing, curtains, towels, handbags, belts, shoes in pairs, and bedding, apart from quilts and pillows. They do not collect bric a brac but will happily take books in a separate bag. Read more…
