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Effective Learner, Enrichment, Good Communicator, Grand Canyon, Passport, Science

Terrific Scientific!

9th December 2018

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After our exciting BBC Terrific Scientific lesson last week, where (with Dr Who's help), we saved planet Earth from total darkness, we decided to test our new knowledge with some scientific problems to solve! The children were given four enquiry questions to answer, which they had to solve independently. They then had to explain their findings in relation to the...
Enjoy and Achieve, Geography, History, Music, Niagara Falls, PE

Hola Mexico!

29th April 2018

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Thanks to Mrs Byrne and Mrs Geelan for organising a fantastic Hola Mexico launch day, with lots of music, dancing and fun!
Art & Design, Computing, Design & Technology, English, Geography, History, Maths, News, Niagara Falls, PSHCE

World War 2 Topic

12th January 2018

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The children in Niagara Falls class produced some excellent work last term and showed empathy and maturity during our World War II topic. Our English lessons were based on the powerful and moving picture book 'Rose Blanche'. In humanities children learned about the impact of war in Britain, the blitz, evacuation and rationing (which also facilitated some great maths...
Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Golden Gate, Good Communicator, History, Music, Niagara Falls

Tudor Songs

2nd October 2016

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This week Golden Gate class taught some Tudor themed songs to Niagara Falls class. Click on these links to watch the videos! Tudor Song 1 Tudor Song 2
Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Enrichment, Geography, Science, Sphinx, Taj Mahal

Chameleon comes to school!

1st July 2016

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Year 3 and Year 3/4 were extremely lucky this week when a real life chameleon came to visit! This was a fantastic way to further our knowledge of predators, with the children having lots of questions to ask. This also gave us an insight into how camouflage works and why it is so important for a variety of creatures....
Geography, News, Outstanding Learners, Taj Mahal

Predators invade Year 3/4!

14th June 2016

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As part of our new Predator topic, Ranger Jamie from Zoolab visited Taj Mahal class. However, he was not alone! Accompanying him were a variety of creatures, some predators, some prey and some that were even scavengers. These included a cockroach, a rat, a tarantula, an albino corn snake, a giant snail and a bearded dragon lizard. What a...
Eiffel Tower, Outstanding Learners

Year 1/2 created snowy scenes

24th November 2015

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This week we have read the story 'Big Bear, Little Brother' by Carl Norac. In our topic lesson we created snowy scenes and even made our own snow! This really inspired us to write a piece of descriptive writing. Next week we are going to write a whole story on what happened when we entered our snowy world.
Art & Design, Design & Technology, Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Enrichment, Good Communicator, History, Niagara Falls

Working together to make...

15th October 2015

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The children in Niagara Falls have been showing their creative talents and collaboration skills in class. They worked in small groups to create Anglo-Saxon/Viking Villages and I'm sure you'll agree the outcome was outstanding! First they had to plan their village and negotiate their contribution to the task. Then they used a wide range of materials to build their...