Humanities Week

The whole school enjoyed taking part in a special humanities-themed week at the end of May, doing lots of history and geography work linked to different topics. In reception, the children all contributed to create a big book with information and pictures in about countries that were important to themselves and their families. Year 1 learnt about France - including: how to travel there, the capital city Paris and famous landmarks (such as the Eiffel Tower). Meanwhile, Year 2 researched about the Amazon Rainforest and discovered lots of interesting facts about the plants and animals which live there. In Year 3, the children learnt about Pakistan and enjoyed comparing the landscape in the different parts of the country and tasting some traditional Pakistani foods.

Year 4 found out about the history of Manchester and how the city has grown over the past few centuries. They learnt about what life was like for children working in the cotton mills and examined old maps showing the streets of terraced houses in which they lived. In Year 5, the children did lots of work about Australia. They: looked at immigration to the country in the 20th Century, compared different attitudes towards the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, created posters persuading people to visit major landmarks and learnt about the culture of the Aboriginal Australians. Lastly, Year 6 enjoyed doing lots of work about Spain, including writing a discussion on the arguments for and against building new hotels near beaches and designing their own eco-friendly resort for tourists.

Hand Washing

Year 1 were visited by the school nurse who taught them the importance of regularly washing their hands to stop the spread of unhealthy germs.

Tri-Golf

A team of five of our children represented Rochdale in the tri-golf competition at the Greater Manchester School Games and finished in 2nd place!

Garden Centre

Reception enjoyed visiting the All in One Garden and Leisure Centre to learn: how to carefully plant flowers into pots, how to look after them so they grow healthily and how to buy packets of seeds at a checkout.

Jorvik

Year 3 enjoyed visiting the Jorvik Viking Centre in York. They: took part in a pretend archaeological dig, examined some real Viking artefacts to find out what everyday life was like in the past and went on a ride through a re-created Viking settlement.

The Lowry

Year 4 enjoyed visiting The Lowry art gallery in Salford to help them learn more about the famous local artist. They: saw his pictures on display, admired the techniques he used to create them and attempted to sketch their own, inspired by his work.

Jodrell Bank Observatory

As part of their science topic on space, Year 5 visited Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire. They: learnt about the stars in the night sky in an inflatable planetarium, discovered the history of missions to Mars, explored the museum and admired the 76m tall Lovell Telescope.

Robinwood and Manor Adventure

Children in Years 5 and 6 enjoyed going on residentials this term to Robinwood in Todmorden and Manor Adventure in Lockerbie, Scotland. Over each weekend

they took part in a variety of outdoor and adventurous activities such as: fencing, climbing, archery, raft building, crate tower building, riding on a giant swing,

mountain biking and artificial caving. They all: had fun, worked together as a team to support each other through any challenges and tried to do everything.

Superhero Sports

Each class took part in a range of sponsored sports activities to improve their fitness and raise money for the school.

Maths Passport Championship

Our best KS2 mathematicians competed against each other to find out who had the best mental calculation skills.

Eco Day

Everyone dressed in green and did lots of lessons to raise awareness of eco-issues, such as writing about ways to improve the environment in literacy and making instruments out of recycled materials in music.

May Day

Year 5 took part in Middleton's annual May Day celebrations in Jubilee Park. They: helped re-tell the story of the Green Man, read out some poems about the seasons and performed some May Pole dances to weave the ribbons into patterns.

Fun at the Farm

Reception had a lovely day trip out to Smithills Farm in Bolton in May. Inside the barn they had the chance to hold some baby rabbits and chicks; whilst outside they had the chance to: ride on a donkey, feed lamas and travel on a trailer attached to a tractor!

Author Visit

Children's author Adam Perrott led an exciting assembly in June. He read out extracts from his book The Odds and picked some children to act out some funny pranks like those set up by the characters in it. Lots of children also bought copies of the book which he signed for them!

St Annes Trip

Year 2 had a fabulous day out to Lytham St Annes. They: had a picnic lunch, walked around Fairhaven Lake, learnt about the geography of the area and built some sandcastles on the beach!

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Year 5

Year 5 shared their recent work on 'Space' and 'Australia' in their class assembly. They spoke about the fascinating facts they had learnt and shared some solar system models and didgeridoos they had made.

Summer Events

Lots of fun and exciting events took place in school during the last two weeks:

This year's Parkfield's Got Talent show included: singing, music making with cups, gymnastics, dancing and even some martial arts!

The drama club children put on a brilliant performance of The Parkfield Fairy Tale - their own re-telling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet but with a Parkfield twist!

Assheton house won this year's Sports Day in which children competed against each other in a variety of races on the field!

Year 6 and the PTFA helped to organise and run a variety of stalls to help raise money for the school!

Both KS1 and KS2 enjoyed having a fun picnic in Alkrington Woods to celebrate the end of the year!