Mary - Year 3/4: Gallery

Christmas jumper day!, by Miss Palacio

Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 3:50pm

Mary class have enjoyed wearing their christmas jumpers today and eating their christmas dinners with their teachers. They all looked lovely in their fabulous jumpers!

Food tasting!, by Miss Palacio

Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 2:04pm

Mary class have been designing, making and tasting their own seasonal tarts in DT. Lots of vegetables have been used and enjoyed.

Cutting and Peeling in DT, by Miss Palacio

Date: 28th Nov 2024 @ 3:52pm

Mary class have been exploring different foods and if they would need to be peeled or cut.

History visitor, by Miss Palacio

Date: 28th Nov 2024 @ 3:38pm

Today Mary class have enjoyed listening to the story of The Battle of Bamber Bridge and looking at some lovely artefacts.

Anti-Bullying week, by Miss Palacio

Date: 18th Nov 2024 @ 12:06pm

Last week the children took part in a live lesson with CBBC, they enjoyed learning all about the focus for anti bullying week and how we can be respectful to one another. They then had a go at writing their own acrostic poem for RESPECT.

Shared reading of fables, by Miss Palacio

Date: 6th Nov 2024 @ 4:15pm

Mary class have been exploring lots of different fables this half term, they have used their magic microphones to read the fables as a class through shared reading techniques.

Play performance, by Miss Palacio

Date: 6th Nov 2024 @ 4:10pm

In guided reading one group of children have been reading a playscript and practising reading with tone and intonation ready to perform to the class. They all did exceptionally well!

Baptism discussion in church, by Miss Palacio

Date: 6th Nov 2024 @ 4:06pm

Mary class had our class mass this morning followed by a discussion with Father Mark about Baptism. The children enjoyed listening to Fr Mark go through each stage of Baptism, they looked at the different oils used, the Easter candle in which the Baptismal candle is lit from and the font where the holy water is poured onto the babies head.

Interviewing characters, by Miss Palacio

Date: 1st Nov 2024 @ 9:06am

Mary class have been interviewing characters to find out how they felt at different parts of the story - we found out that the Hare felt over confident and therfore lost the race!

Bronze readers, by Miss Palacio

Date: 1st Nov 2024 @ 8:48am

Our class readers who have been awarded their bronze certificates for reading 50 times, well done children!

Interviewing in RE, by Miss Palacio

Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 12:11pm

The children have been learning about baptism and making promises, they took it in turns to interview each other in role of a parent and a parishioner. Children as parents answered questions such as; why do you want your child to be baptised? How will you show your faith to your children? Do you come to church regularly? What is the most important part of baptism to you?

Marsden and Mary share stories and poems, by Miss Palacio

Date: 16th Oct 2024 @ 10:47am

The children in Marsden and Mary classes shared their recent English work with each other. They enjoyed listening to children from a different class and sharing their work with them too.

Freeze!, by Miss Palacio

Date: 10th Oct 2024 @ 10:39am

Mary class have been exploring poems this week. They have particularly had fun this morning having a go at freeze framing parts of the poem 'The Spider and the Fly'.

Cleaning coins, by Miss Palacio

Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 3:28pm

The children in Mary class have been making enquries into which substance would be the most effective at cleaning a dirty coin. They made sure to carry out a fair test by keeping the amount of solution the same and testing for the same amount of time. They even tested each solution againt the pH scale to see the acidity of each substance. After their experiment they did an extra test, adding some bicarbonate of soda to each solution to see if that cleaned the coins any better. They liked when the soda reacted with some of the solutions and began to bubble and foam.

Sharing stories, by Miss Palacio

Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 3:51pm

Mary class have enjoyed writing their own version of The Tin Forest in their folktale unit. After they had finished their version written completely independently they enjoyed sharing it with their peers. 

Making solar ovens, by Miss Palacio

Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 3:49pm

The children enjoyed designing and making their own solar ovens in science, they experimented with different materials and tested which one was best to melt chocolate. 

Science Live Lesson, by Miss Palacio

Date: 1st Oct 2024 @ 8:37am

The children really enjoyed taking part in the science live lesson delivered by Delivering Experts. They experimented with a vinegar solution and bicarbonate of soda to see how much foam was made.

Local walk, by Miss Palacio

Date: 1st Oct 2024 @ 8:27am

The children have enjoyed a local walk through Bamber Bridge identifying the human and physical featured they could see.

Our weekly Prayer and Liturgy, by Miss Palacio

Date: 1st Oct 2024 @ 8:25am

Mary class have been learning how to plan and deliver their own prayer and liturgy to the class. They are finding their own scripture from the bible as well as setting up the worship area with what they feel is most important.

Roald Dahl Day, by Miss Palacio

Date: 1st Oct 2024 @ 8:16am

Mary class enjoyed looking at the story of Matilda to celebrate Roald Dahl day. They enjoyed (a little too much) shouting Matilda influenced insults at one another (and in particular at the teachers), this enabled them to feel a snippet of how Matilda would have felt. We then discussed what a good role model looks like and the children drew and labelled their own Miss Honey inspired role models.

Reading area, by Miss Palacio

Date: 1st Oct 2024 @ 8:13am

Mary class are loving being able to enjoy our new reading area. They are choosing their own library books from our school library to go into our reading area and are even writing book reviews to share with their peers.

Story sequencing, by Miss Palacio

Date: 1st Oct 2024 @ 8:11am

The children have really enjoyed our English unit, The Tin Forest, a folktale teaching us how we should never give up on our dreams.

Biscuit making, by Miss Palacio

Date: 9th Jul 2024 @ 12:00pm

Mary class have enjoyed tasting, making and evaluating savoury biscuits this half term. They all looked splendid in our new SMSB aprons!

LKS2 Sports Day, by Miss Palacio

Date: 9th Jul 2024 @ 11:43am

LKS2 enjoyed a fantastic sports day on Friday afternoon, the staff are all very proud of how well the children behaved and how hard they all tried!

Book covers, by Miss Palacio

Date: 27th May 2024 @ 10:50am

Last half term Mary class took to sewing to design and make their own personalised book covers, they very much enjoyed putting their new skills to work.