For anyone who's read VARJAK PAW and wants to know how it was written - or anyone interested in writing - here's a free resource I made for the British Library, sharing pages from 7 different drafts. You can have a lot of fun showing this to a class! sfsaid.com/2024/06/the-wr…

We have been in the computer suite this morning to type up our animal themed non-chronological reports.

A huge thank you to our families for their kind donations to our Gates 10 Days of Giving!🎄 #TheGatesChristmas #ReverseAdvent #10DaysOfGiving

Yesterday, we learned about the features of a river and matched their definitions up to some satellite images. 🌎 #TheGatesGeography

We took part in the Big Schools’ Birdwatch this afternoon! We saw lots of magpies, gulls and wood pigeons. We were even lucky enough to see a buzzard. Our findings will be sent off to to help a nationwide survey. RSPB Learning #BigSchoolsBirdwatch2025 #TheGatesScience

Yesterday, we learned about the three courses of a river and their features. The children then worked in groups to create posters about their learning. #TheGatesGeography

Our wonderful pupils have had an introduction to ratio in Maths #TheGatesMaths

Pupils were challenged to make a play-dough British Isles today - there were some excellent efforts! #TheGatesGeography

This week, we have been creating codes to program our Crumbles. #TheGatesComputing

We had an amazing day at The Bridgewater Hall watching the Halle orchestra yesterday. 🎻🎺

We had a go at creating classification keys for different sweets today in Science. We will be trying to create a similar key for classifying different sharks next week! #TheGatesScience

In Science, we have been classifying plants and creating classification keys based on their unique features #TheGatesScience

Year 6 went on a trip to St Bartholomew’s Church to learn about The Easter Story in more detail. #TheGatesRE #TheGatesEnrichment #TheGatesSMSC The Gates Primary - Eagles Class Page

We had an amazing whole-school celebration in the sun for VE Day. Thank you to all of our wonderful families for their kind donations towards our party food! #VEDay80

We soaked up the sunshine and added some shape knowledge to our outdoor space before tomorrow's maths tests ☀️ 📐

Year 6 had an amazing morning at the park to celebrate the end of SATs!

Year 6 had a special delivery this afternoon…🍕🍕🍕

We held a sale today to sell some of the phone cases that we have made this week for #EnterpriseDay 🪡 🧵 ✂️

We have been experimenting with different sculpture tools in Art today. We will be making our own ceramic Mayan masks over the next few weeks! #TheGatesArt 🎨

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