Effective Learner | Holcombe Brook Primary School

Effective Learner, Enrichment, Golden Gate, History, PSHCE

Whitehead Gardens

4th December 2023

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The children in year 5/6 have been truly moved by the events of WWII. Gooden Gate class took a trip down ‘the lines’ to see the impact of a doodlebug missile on Christmas Eve,1944, which landed on Chapel Street (numbers 21 and 23) tragically killing 6 residents. Whitehead Gardens was created through a generous £5000 donation from the Whitehead...
Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Export, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, Healthy and Safe, News, Niagara Falls, PE, Sphinx, Taj Mahal

Key Stage 2 Games

1st October 2023

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If your child is in year 3 to year 6, they will have started their Friday afternoon games sessions. There are five sports available and each half term, they will move onto a new sport to learn skills and compete in matches. The sports include:dodgeball, basketball, netball, hockey, rugby (jag tag) and football! The rota will be shared each...
Effective Learner, Geography, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon

Fab Field Trip

25th June 2023

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On Friday, our year 5/6 children went for a short ramble down to the river banking in Summerseat. They behaved superbly and enjoyed studying the river to reinforce key terminology such as erosion, deposition, mouth, source etc. The created some lovely art pieces within their sketch books too and enjoyed some fun activities on the local park too.
Golden Gate perform Throw Catch!

23rd January 2023

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As part of our new music unit, the children learnt a new song today and were able to perform it in unison and even add in some dance moves too! The children picked it up so easily and showed tremendous confidence and teamwork! The song originates from South Africa and is titled, ‘Throw Catch!’ Due to their amazing performance, the...
Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Everest, Good Communicator, Science

Science Day in Everest Class

18th March 2022

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This week is British Science Week. Today we have dressed as scientists, ready to learn all about what it means to be a scientist. We have worked on our observational skills, our predicting skills, our reasoning skills and building our knowledge of plants and growth. We have also discovered the diversity in the jobs scientists do....
Everest Glockenspiel Performance

25th November 2021

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https://youtu.be/WHDpF1A2ejc
Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Enrichment, Everest, Good Communicator, Healthy and Safe, Include, News, Passport, Responsibility and Contribution

Everest Outdoor learning morning

12th July 2021

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Outdoor learning fun! What a fantastic morning toasting brioche, finding out about mini beasts and scavenger hunts, despite the rain we persevered and managed lots of learning and fun, some had to be indoors! Thanks to Mr Bradshaw for helping out with the fire pit.
Computing, Effective Learner, English, Enjoy and Achieve, Golden Gate, History

Time Travelling with the Mayans

28th June 2021

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This year 5/6 group loved their Mayans Now Press Play experience. They had great fun outdoors, learnt lots and then finished with a quiz about it. Well done everyone for taking part in the right spirit.
Art & Design, Design & Technology, Effective Learner, History, Taj Mahal

Magnificent Mummies

13th June 2021

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Written by our very own Farah! In Design and Technology, Y4 have made some amazing Egyptian mummy clay models and designed coffins for them. Here are some photos of our awesome models. Wow - don't you think they're really nice? I like how they all have different styles to them. We did the mummies and coffins because we have been learning...
Art & Design, Big Ben, Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, PSHCE, Science

Big Ben's busy summer term.

29th May 2021

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This term, Big Ben class have had a busy term full of fun learning! In our PSHE sessions, we have learnt all about the human body including the different parts and their functions. We had a go at drawing around ourselves and labelling our body parts. In Science, we have been learning all about plants. We have dissected flowers to learn...
Design & Technology, Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Enrichment, Golden Gate, Grand Canyon, PE, PSHCE

Year 6 return from Robinwood!

19th May 2021

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3 days away for our lucky year 6 group has just come to an end. From the private Facebook group - which contains lots of photos, videos and lives - it was clear they all had an absolute blast! A huge thank you to Miss Crooks, Mrs. Byrne and Mr. Crawshaw for giving up their time to ensure the children...
French Day!

9th December 2020

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The kids seemed to love their french themed activities to launch our new subscription to Language Angels - whilst wearing red, white and blue! https://youtu.be/9j22_uq54LY
All Pupils, Effective Learner, Letters, Modern Languages

French Day Wednesday 2nd December

27th November 2020

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French Day Letter Dec 2nd
Art & Design, Computing, Effective Learner, Geography, Outstanding Learners, Taj Mahal

Mountain Rescue Homework

1st November 2020

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This week, as part of their Google Classroom homework, Taj Mahal researched Mountain Rescue vehicles and created models of them. Here is a selection. What fab creativity!
Effective Learner, Outstanding Learners, Science, Taj Mahal

Digestive System in Our Hands (mostly!)

5th November 2020

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Taj Mahal recreated the Digestive System today. Join us as we send a Weetabix through our digestive organs on a journey of mush and squelchiness... We started in the mouth, where we modelled the action of teeth and saliva, and kneaded the weetabix to represent our tongues rolling our food into a bolus. Then we swallowed the food through our oesophagus...
Computing, Effective Learner, Geography, History, Taj Mahal

Stone Age Minecraft Lesson

3rd November 2020

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Today, Taj Mahal were tasked with building a safe cave to live in, using only materials from the Stone Age. I think they did a pretty good job at staving off (and in some cases, taming) the wolves, don't you?