Monthly Archives: January 2018
Year 3 Assembly 2018
Today was Year 3’s class assembly. The children did a fantastic job so a big well done to them all! The video below is one the children made especially for our reading assembly. Then the slideshow below captures some of the assembly in pictures.Take a look! assembly 2018 final from Beal Vale on Vimeo. … Continue reading
Simile and Metaphor Poems 4
Here are some more of our poem videos.
Simile and Metaphor Poems 3
Here are some more of our poem videos.
Simile and Metaphor Poems 2
Here are some more of our poem videos.
Simile and Metaphor Poems 1
We have been writing poems using similes and metaphors. We then used the iPads to turn our poems into videos.
Our Harry Potter Games
As part of our Harry Potter topic we made our own 3D Harry Potter maze games. We had to decide on the point of the game; choose items to collect and avoid; design and make the maze; find pictures off the internet and import them into our game and write up some rules. Have a … Continue reading
Our Harry Potter Pop-ups
During last term’s Harry Potter topic, we imagined what we would see if we looked in the Mirror of Erised ( the mirror from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone that shows you your heart’s desire.) We then used our paper folding skills to make pop-ups that we could put our writing and drawings on. Our … Continue reading
Max Lands Top Prize
Max Wild has beaten hundreds of entrants to win the top prize in the Snowman Art Competition. ” We are incredibly impressed by your drawing of The Snowman; you show great flair and talent,” said Rachel Whibley, Director at Carrot Productions.
Stop Cyberbullying!!
In Year 3 we have been learning about Cyberbullying. The children identified ways this could happen and ways to stop this type of bullying during a class discussion and made posters.
Science Investigating Rocks
Last week in Science the children learned about different rocks, their properties and why they are used for a certain purpose. Whilst some children were using books and Ipads to research rocks others carried out an investigation to test different rocks for their hardness. We then made links with Friedrich Mohs a geologist who devised … Continue reading
Science Rocks and Soils
As part of our new Science topic about Rocks and Soils, our task was to compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties. First the children were given chocolate samples to treat as ‘chocolate rocks’ to apply their descriptions and observations of chocolate to rocks. E.g Is … Continue reading
Health Champions Kick Start 2018
Today Mrs.Brown and our two Health Champions, Shannon and Ben, attended the first Workshop of the year. The focus of today was Emotional and Mental Wellbeing. The activities included team building, poetry, happiness, idea stations, mindfulness and a workshop from Mind. It was a great day with lots of practical ideas to take back to school. … Continue reading
A Visit to Crompton House
This afternoon Year 5 walked up to Crompton House to watch a performance of their dance show, Dancing Through the Decades. We had a great time watching all the dances and thought the girls did brilliantly. We want to wish them good luck for their performance to a bigger audience this evening, we know you’ll … Continue reading
Our Greek Pots
Year 5 have designed and painted their own Greek pots as part of our Ancient Greece topic. Here are the pots we made.
A Visit From Father Christmas
On the last day of term, before we broke up for the Christmas holidays, the children at Beal Vale had a very special visitor. Father Christmas came to see us and gave all the children an early Christmas present. It was a really lovely end to our Autumn term.