Our Gallery
Reception Trip to Farmer Ted's, by Miss Crabtree
Date: 13th Jun 2016 @ 1:17pm
The children had a wonderful time visiting Farmer Ted's. The children took part in pony grooming, guinea pig petting, had a ride on a tractor and saw lots of farm animals. The children also had the opportunity to visit the minibeast hut and touched snakes, frogs and cockraoches. As the weather was nice we also enjoyed a picnic outside for lunch. The children behaved really well and we are so proud of them.
Secret reader, by Miss Marney
Date: 13th Jun 2016 @ 8:06am
Dalton's Mum came into school to be our Secret reader. Dalton was very shocked, but pleased that it was his Mum who had come to read to the children. She did a great job and the children really enjoyed the story. She even volunteered to come in again! Thank you to Dalton's Mum for being our Secret reader.
Celebration of Faith June 2016, by Mrs Molloy
Date: 10th Jun 2016 @ 12:05pm
Year 6 children represented our school at Rochdale Town Hall at the Celebration of Faith event on Thursday 9th June.
We had the opportunity to interview local leaders in Rochdale, including the Mayoress - Mrs Elaine Dutton.
We displayed and shared our work we had done on Queen Elizabeth II as a servant leader for our country.
Year 1 Football Tournament, by Miss Crabtree
Date: 26th May 2016 @ 12:15pm
The children had a brilliant time playing in a football tournament at Spotland Stadium. The children won 2 games out of 4. We are very proud of them.
Year 1 visit from Mr Watkinson, by Miss Mortimer
Date: 23rd May 2016 @ 4:45pm
Year 1 have been learning about followers of Jesus this half term. As part of this we invited Mr Watkinson, the vicar from St Peter's Church, in to class to answer some of the children's questions about following Jesus. The children asked some great questions and were very interested in Mr Watkinson's life following Jesus.
The Wild Roadshow Visit to Reception, by Miss Crabtree
Date: 9th May 2016 @ 3:04pm
The children really enjoyed our visit from The Wild Roadshow. They were very brave and all touched at least one animal. We saw a snake, bearded dragon, geko, tarantula and millipede.
Hatching our Easter Chicks! - March 2016, by Mr Whelan
Date: 24th Mar 2016 @ 12:51pm
We were very excited to watch our eggs hatch and the chicks emerge! Please click below to see some of the photos!
Judaism Day 9/3/16, by Mrs Molloy
Date: 22nd Mar 2016 @ 3:38pm
On Wednesday 9th March 2016, the whole school were involved in a Judaism Day.
Foundation Stage, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 had a Jewish speaker in and Year 5 and Year 6 went to The Manchester Reform Synagogue.
Take a look at some of the photographs!
Secret Reader in Reception , by Miss Crabtree
Date: 17th Mar 2016 @ 3:52pm
The children have enjoyed listening to stories from our secret readers. Mr Whelan was our first secret reader and Asha's mum was our second. We listened carefully and put our hands up to answer questions. Some of the stories were very funny. We can't wait to see who our next secret reader will be! Thank you to parents who have volunteered so far. If you are interested in coming in to read to your child and their class, please speak to a member of staff in Reception.
Reception fun in the snow, by Miss Crabtree
Date: 15th Mar 2016 @ 4:13pm
Reception had a great time playing in the snow. The children said it was "cold", "squishy" and "crunchy". We made a huge snowman, made snow angels and even had a snowball fight.
Singing Challenge - A Certain Kind of Imagination - March 2016, by Mr Whelan
Date: 8th Mar 2016 @ 4:21pm
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We had great fun taking part in the Greater Manchester 'Singing Challenge 2016'. On Tuesday 8th March we joined together with other schools by learning a fabulously catchy and fun song 'A Certain Kind of Imagination'. We also learnt some fascinating facts about scientific and industrial developments within Greater Manchester.
Please click on the links below for more information and watch us sing below!
Whitworth Art Gallery, by Mrs Mellor
Date: 7th Mar 2016 @ 12:50pm
On Tuesday 1st March we went to Whitworth Art Gallery to work with a textile artsit, Emma Blackburn. We built shelters out of lots of different materials for a woodland creature. We also had time to explore the galleries and worked on designing our own wallpaper.
World Book Day - 3H, by Miss Harrison
Date: 7th Mar 2016 @ 12:21pm
Thursday, 3rd March 2016
World Book Day
We have had a busy World Book Day today! Not only have we dressed up, we have also been completing lots of creative jobs around our theme book, Fantastic Mr Fox.
We started by finding out about each others’ favourite books by asking questions.
We then created our own book covers for the story and then filled in a ‘lift-up-the-flap’ book review to show our learning.
We finished with Fantastic Mr Fox finger puppets for our favourite characters.
Our New Library! - March 2016, by Mr Whelan
Date: 4th Mar 2016 @ 1:05pm
We are delighted with our new library, that includes, a 'Poetry Den', kindles, comic and magazine station as well as over 6000 hardcopy and electronic books!
Author Visit - March 2016, by Mr Whelan
Date: 4th Mar 2016 @ 11:47am
We were delighted to welcome acclaimed comedy author, Adam Perrott to our school. He was with us for two days and worked with all the classes. He shared extracts from two of his books, 'The Odds' and 'The Odds Strike Back' and also led a very funny assembly and officially opened our new library! Have a look at the photos and videos below below!
Fun in the snow! - March 2016, by Mr Whelan
Date: 4th Mar 2016 @ 11:23am
We loved playing in the snow! Have a look at the pictures below!
World Book Day Winners! - March 2016, by Mr Whelan
Date: 3rd Mar 2016 @ 9:27pm
We all had a great time on World Book Day! Please click below to see the winners from each class!
World Book Day - March 2016, by Mr Whelan
Date: 3rd Mar 2016 @ 9:17pm
We all had a great time on World Book Day! Please click below to see all our costumes, even the teachers dressed up!
Year 1 trip to Smithills Open Farm, by Miss Mortimer
Date: 2nd Mar 2016 @ 4:59pm
We had a fantastic, if very cold and wet, day at Smithills Open Farm. We started off feeding the animals and having a ride on the tractor. Then we each had a donkey ride before lunch. After lunch we watched the cows being milked and went to pets corner. In pets corner we had the chance to look at, hold and feed all sorts of baby animals.
Our Reception Christmas holiday project, by Miss Marney
Date: 22nd Jan 2016 @ 9:30am
The children in Reception had a project to complete over the Christmas holidays. The theme of the project was 'Christmas' and the children had to make something to represent this. We had lots of interesting projects come back into school and the children who completed them told us how they were made. What a fantastic effort! The finished projects were amazing! Well done everyone who is in the gallery below.
RE and DT Lesson at Church, by Mrs Molloy
Date: 17th Jan 2016 @ 8:12pm
In RE we are learning about 'The Eucharist' which is a Christian thanksgiving service. It is also known as 'Holy Communion'. We went to church and Rev. Watkinson taught the children about this special service.
As well as this, we took the opportunity to sketch some of the stained glass windows as part of our DT work.
Take a look at the pictures...
Upper KS2 Christmas Party, by Mrs Molloy
Date: 17th Jan 2016 @ 8:04pm
We had fun at our Christmas party - great food and even a game of pass the parcel!
Reception's visit from Father Christmas, by Miss Crabtree
Date: 11th Jan 2016 @ 12:31pm
The children in Reception had a surprise visit from Father Christmas on our party day. The children wore their party clothes and said thank you when Father Christmas gave them a present.
Attendance Assembly - Dec 2015, by Mr Whelan
Date: 5th Jan 2016 @ 3:49pm
We were delighted that so many children managed to achieve 100% attandance for the Autumn Term 2015. Well Done!
Cinderella Pantomime - Dec 2015, by Mr Whelan
Date: 5th Jan 2016 @ 3:28pm
On Friday 4th december all the children enjoyed a fantastic pantomime of Cinderella!
