Programming Scratch Games
We have been learning about algorithms and how computers work. First we learnt how to move objects around screen before we learnt about IF statements and Loops. We designed our […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
P4C Y4 The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
26th March 2015 This afternoon in Year 4 we had a P4C lesson based around the book ‘The Own Who Was Afraid of the Dark’ The children loved the book […]
Science Visit for Year 5
Year 5 had a special visit from two teachers from Oakwood Comprehensive School. We carried out an investigation looking at the impact of forces on a Malteaser. As you can […]
Bike It Family Learning Event!!
Despite the intense torrential downpour, myself, Mrs Forshaw, 12 pupils plus their family members, managed to have a brilliant afternoon at Clifton Park today. Everyone completed the trail around the […]
Woodles 2015
Rawmarsh CLC was the place to be today for seven of our Year five children. They had a fantastic time and had the chance to work on desktop Apple macs. […]
Enterprise Website Launch
Lola Lewis and Isam Ahmed have been working as part of the Clifton Ready Hub to design an Enterprise website with the support and guidance of the students at Rotherham […]
An explosive visit in Year 3
As part of our learning in science, year 3 were given a fantastic opportunity to see some real ‘wow’ science by some visitors from Clifton school! The children were amazed […]
Literacy, Numeracy and Science all rolled into one!
Y5 have spent the last week designing and making a moving car. As it was science week we were investigating the different types of forces on the car, such as […]
Y5 Finding Proportions
This week we used Numicon to help us find common factors of numbers. This helped us simplify our fractions into there simplest form so it was easier to spot which […]
Making chocolate rocks!!
As part of our Rocks and Soils topic, we have been looking at how different types of rocks are formed. To do this we used…chocolate!! Yum!! First of all we […]
Optical Illusions
Yesterday Y6D experimented with our own versions of optical illusions. We discussed and explored out different optical illusions and why they happen, including a recently world famous black and blue […]
Y5 Marble Race!
In Year 5 today we were learning about friction and it’s effects. The children had to predict what surface a marble would travel the furthest on and why. Would it […]
Drama in Year 6
Year 6 have really enjoyed their Drama learning this week, based on our class book: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. They have been acting in role, following stage directions and […]
Easter Fair
A huge thank you to all the parents who attended the Easter Fair yesterday it was a huge success. Here are the photos to showcase the wonderful learning outcomes made […]
Making our very own water cycle!
This week, Year 4 have been learning about the water cycle. We have learnt about the different stages and how this process repeats itself which is why it is called […]
Year 5 finding out about Friction
Today Year 5 have been using a fair test to investigate different surfaces and friction.
Wibble Wobble!
Science week was celebrated in slippery style in Year 5 today! As part as an experiment to test the effects of friction the children had to first lift out individual […]
Y5A Can you feel the force?
As part of our science learning we have been using Force meters to measure the force needed to lift these items. We measured force in Newtons. Chocolate, as you can, […]
Figs of Change – Year 3!!
We were extremely lucky in year 3 today as we all took part in a fantastic workshop ran by violist and composer Amanda Johnson, from Kidology Arts. First of all, […]