Beaver Road Primary School - Information Pages

Spring Term 2011

Information appears here, month by month, to keep you informed.

April 2011

E-news: 11 April 2011
E-news: 04 April 2011

Professor Brainstorm

Peatrigg Outdoor Centre
2nd instalment of payment

Peatrigg Outdoor Centre
suggested kit list

RW - Visit to Smithills' Farm

3T - Ancient Egypt

		Year 3T went to the University of Manchester Museum. Our class topic is Ancient Egypt and we wanted to find out some more interesting facts. We listened to a story about a young Egyptian girl who lived in Ancient Egyptian times. Our tour guide told us lots of facts about how people lived and what happened when Ancient Egyptians died. We also got to hold Ancient Egyptian artefacts which were very exciting. Here are a few pictures from our experience. You can visit the Ancient Egyptian exhibition for free at the museum.

March 2011

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SCIENCE WEEK

E-news: 28 March 2011
E-news: 21 March 2011
E-news: 07 March 2011

Get to know South Africa Week (Year 5): w/c 11 April 2011	Drum and Percussion Lessons	Ghyll Head Covering Letter
Year 5 Lindley Residential	Info: Metrolink	Easter Singalong at Manchester Cathedral - Choir
Easter Singalong at Manchester Cathedral - Balalaika

5B Art

	Here are some photographs of art work produced last week in 5B. On Monday 28th March, we took advantage of a lovely Spring day (before the April showers kicked in!) and the fantastic opportunity to extend our learning to the outside environment. The children used oil pastels to sketch the Magnolia tree, magnificent in full bloom, in the Four Seasons garden. The standard of their work was incredibly high and the finished sketches were used for our Mother's Day cards. We hope everyone enjoys these simple, yet effective sketches by the talented artists in 5B, as much as we have enjoyed the sight of the beautiful tree.

3G Ancient Egypt

As part of our Ancient Egypt topic, 3G went on a trip to Manchester Museum. We learned all about a young girl called Tamanis and the short life she lived in a town called Shmin. We also looked at artefacts, we were allowed to touch them and we worked out what they were used for. Finally we had a look at the museums exhibitions and saw a real mummy, it was a little gruesome!

Year 3 Ancient Egypt

In year 3 as an entry point for our topic, Ancient Egypt, we made our own recycled paper. Look at how much fun we are all having! First of all we shredded scrap paper, then we mixed it with water and blended it to make the pulp, it felt very cold and yucky. After that we put the pulp on top of our deckle to shape the paper and allow as much of the excess water as possible to drain through. The next step was to place a cloth over the the pulp and the deckle to turn out our recycled piece of paper. We are still waiting for it to dry!

1M Red Nose Day

	1M had lots of fun wearing red, buying red noses and raffle tickets. Everyone took part in raising money for Comic Relief.

			Nursery Car Wash! These pictures show the nursery children enjoying working at Beaver Road car wash and all our bikes are now brilliantly clean!!

3R Celebrate Book Day

Year 6 Make Anderson Shelters

February 2011

E-news: 28 February 2011 and Science Week Information
E-news: 14 February 2011
E-news: 07 February 2011

KS1 and KS2 TRIPS 2010/2011
Please note the above information is subject to change on the rare occasion. The above list does cover the majority of trips however occasionally there maybe others added.

Year 1 Celebrate Chinese New Year

We have been very busy celebrating Chinese New Year. In Year 1 we have been describing dragons, making salt dough animals and Chinese lanterns. We used lots of boxes and built our own dragon which we painted in bright colours and did a Chinese dragon dance around the yard.

January 2011

E-news: 31 January 2011
E-news: 24 January 2011
E-news: 17 January 2011
E-news: 10 January 2011
E-news: 04 January 2011

Christmas Music Evening at Parrswood High School - order your DVD now!	Year 5 performance of ‘The Stars Come out for Christmas’ - order your DVD now!	School re-opens 04 January 2011 - letter to all parents
Stockport Air Raid Shelters trip information. 6M - Monday 17th January 6D - Tuesday 18th January 6W - Wednesday 19th January	Family Camping Weekend Away Friday 20th May – Sunday 22nd May 2011	Polkadots acceptance letter: January 2010

Year 6's are Evacuated!

All three Year 6 classes experienced a day as an evacuee at the impressive Stockport Air Raid Shelter.
We learnt all about the what life was like during World War 2

After being Evacuated the children in 6M have written their own Evacuee Stories. Click below to read some of them:

Light and Sound

Year 3 had a visit from a local photographer, Mr Burke. He spoke to us about how a camera uses light to take a picture and how the amount of light around us can affect the quality of a picture. Mr Burke also spoke about how a camera receives light from a flash and how we can increase the amount of light by using bulbs and lamps.

This is what 3G had to say about the visit:

Scarlet enjoyed learning how to paint with light.
Anna enjoyed learning about how we use colour in photographs.
Billy liked it when he changed the colour of a lamp by putting a gel in front of the bulb.
Ella liked it when she put up a reflector to make the light really bright

Can you remember how you paint with light? Remember you need a dark space, a torch and a camera!

Thank you Mr Burke.

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