Yesterday we were visited by Congleton Fire Service to teach us about Fire Safety. Ashton modelled the safety gear that fire fighters use.

We were taught that we need working smoke alarms on all levels in our home; close all doors at night and the importance of having a Fire Saction Plan. We were also advised to turn all electical items off; tidy away anything on the floor and take a mobile phone to bed.

Fire Action Plan 1

• check the door for heat
• go to your parents room
• wake others up
• go straight outside
• call 999

Fire Action Plan 2

If there is a block escape route:

• check the door for heat
• go to your parents’ room
• crawl low
• escape through the window

Fire Action Plan 3

• check your bedroom door for heat, if it is hot:
• block gaps around the door
• shout out of the window

After this, we went in to the smoke tent so that we could experience how it is better to crawl under the smoke. It was difficult to see when we were stood up but clearer when we we low to the floor.

This week Year 1 have learnt about what a plant needs to grow. We enjoyed the sunshine and planted our own cress seeds. We have created diary’s so that we can observe our plants over time. Watch this space to see how tall they grow!

Yesterday, some children found a Bee in our outdoor area not feeling too good. The children asked why the bee was not flying in the sky. We explained that the Bee had not got enough energy to fly and we needed to help it. The children made some sugary water and gave it to the bee. It helped the Bee and the children saw the bee fly away a few moments later.

This week in Early Years in our block play we have been making Castles for the Giant from the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

On Tuesday 60 lucky children went on a trip toHarry Potter StudioTour. We all had a brilliant time!

On Thursday a team of girls went to Eaton Bank to take part in a tournament with other Congleton schools. They showed great team spirit and played brilliantly.

Year 4 are now well under way on their scientific journey into the world of electricity. Today we explored current electricity in the form of mains power and battery powered items. We explored the items in class and furthered our exploration by having a little trip around the school to find all the different electrical devices and if they were mains or battery.

After our adventure we found most of the items in school are actually mains powered.

This week Year 4 have been looking developing their poetry skills.

We started the week by recapping our knowledge of poetry and the use of figurative language, using this we created a glossary of figurative language. We then discussed the theme of our poems and based them on colours. Using our senses we found objects that linked to our chosen colours. Following from this we used our glossaries and our objects to begin writing our own poems. Today with the weather clearing up we decided to go outside and present our poems.

In Science we are learning about plants and its functions. We planted some seeds which will give our crocodile and Chester the Horse lots of grassy hair.

Year 5 were treated to and world religions lesson all about Easter . The looked at crosses from around the world and made some of their own.

After lunch Year 3 went into the quad to search for an egg with their name on. Everyone was successful and they are each going home for the holidays with an Easter Egg.

This morning Class 3 watched how to make their volcano erupt. They watched as Miss Trussler put some Mentos into a bottle of Coke. She didn’t even have time to get out of the way before it erupted high in the sky! The children absolutely loved watching it as you can hear on our short video!