Last term, year 6T used their music technology lessons to ‘get spacey’! Have a listen to their awesome garage band creations here: Bowker Vale Music Tech.mp4 Thank you Jen for helping us create these pieces!
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Greater Manchester Fire Service Visit
Last week, Year 6 visited the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Safety Centre in Bury, where we were taught key messages about fire, water and road safety; what to do in an emergency; and the dangers and consequences of anti-social behaviour, including deliberate fire setting.
We were sorted into ‘watches’ and learnt how to ‘parade’ before trying on first fighter’s uniform! We listened to emergency calls and hoax calls, learnt how to perform CPR and put someone in the recovery position, identify hazards in the home, and what to do in a case of a fire at home.















Imperial War Museum Visit
Last week, year 6 visited the Imperial War Museum to round off our History topic on WW1. We had such a great time exploring all the primary and secondary sources in the museum! The poppy installation was breath-taking and we even saw the cannon that the first British shot was fired from in WW1!
















Remembrance Day Event
This morning, Year 6 joined the Friends of Blackley Forest for their annual Remembrance Day Event in the top meadow. The children shared poems that they had written based on events in WW1, the sacrifices that soldiers make, and hopes for a peaceful future, with members of the local community. We listened to The Last Post, played on the bugle as it traditionally would have been, and observed a 2 minute silence that started and ended with cannons in the distance.





Word Wizard!
Year 5 have been working really hard this year using Reading Plus and we have our first official Word Wizard! Congratulations to Rayyan for being the first person to read 50,000 words – WOW! What an achievement! We wonder who the next Word Wizard will be…

We’re not rude, we’re R.U.D.E!
Year 5 and 6 had a brilliant, interactive workshop with Dean Coady OBE from the Safeguarding Education Team. He talked to us about about each aspect of R.U.D.E: Respect, Understanding, Dangers (from the street) and Equality, and what is acceptable and in keeping with our community and school values.
Dean shared some of his own experiences of living in Manchester and travelling the world, and brought the session to life with photographs of him spending Christmas in South America and becoming a Masai Warrior in Kenya, and showing us currency from around the world and his medals from his time as a soldier and police officer. We talked about cultural acceptance, how we celebrate our diverse community, and how British Values are really Human Values.
It was a very inspiring morning and we hope Dean can come back and visit us again soon, with even more of his amazing stories!









Cubed Numbers
We love using multilink – even in Year 6! Physically making cubes helped us to understand cubed numbers so much more!






The Somme Memorial
Year 6 visited the Battle of the Somme memorial in Heaton park this morning as part of their history topic on World War 1. We had a go at sketching some of the tribute tiles.

















Maths Competition!
On Wednesday, Bowker Vale hosted a maths competition for children in our local cluster. Children from St Anne’s RC Primary School, Abbott Community Primary School, Unity Community Primary School and St Clare’s Primary School joined us to take part in four rounds of maths challenges that really got our brains working hard. All the children showed amazing collaboration skills, resilience and determination, and had so much fun! Congratulations to the winners: Abbott Legends! We can’t wait for the next one!

Cooking Up A Storm!
Our Year 6 cooking group made homemade pesto AND garlic flatbreads from scratch this week! What a delicious pesto pasta tea they’ll be having tonight – yum yum!


