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Wednesday 7th January 2026FairsnapeIn House: Baking, Messy Mixture MorningSupermarket visit
Tuesday 13th January 2026BleasdaleBlackpool Sea Life CentreBilly Bobs
Wednesday 14th January 2026Nicky NookIn House: Scrap material alien models. (Morning)Billy Bobs (Park Back up)
Tuesday 20th January 2026CalderLancaster Castle Tourre-arrange for another date and complete activity book in school
Wednesday 21st   January 2026OakencloughPlanetarium visitBilly Bobs
Tuesday 27th January 2026BleasdaleIn School – Life Skills 
Wednesday 28th January 2026Parlick  
Tuesday 3rd February 2026Calder  
Wednesday 4th February 2026FairsnapePig and Whistle- Pizza making 
Tuesday 10th February 2026Bleasdale  
Wednesday 11th February 2026Nicky NookAlien models photo shoot at beacon fellOrienteering
HALF TERM HOLIDAYS
Tuesday 24th February 2026Calder  
Wednesday 25th February 2026OakencloughHolmes wood- everyday materialsBilly Bobs
Tuesday 3rd March 2026Bleasdale  
Wednesday 4th March 2026Parlick  
Tuesday 10th March 2026Calder  
Wednesday 11th March 2026Fairsnape

In House: Chocolate making Park

 
Tuesday 17th March 2026Bleasdale  
Wednesday 18th March 2026Nicky NookGeography Skills 
Tuesday 25th March 2025MixedEnd of term special trips  
Wednesday 26th March 2025MixedEnd of term special trips 

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13th Jan – Dreams can come true day – EH

19th Jan – Martin Luther King day – JM

19th-23rd Jan – Energy saving week – ZH

February – LGBT+ Month – GT

4th February – Rosa Parks Day – RTH

6th February – Time to talk – NB

10th February – Safer internet day – JC

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21/1/26 – Bamber Bridge Park

As part of our Everyday Materials topic, we visited Bamber Bridge Park to explore materials in a real-life environment. The children worked in small groups to observe and identify different objects around the park, such as benches, paths and natural features. We then focused on the play equipment, where the children looked closely and decided […]

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14/01/2026 – Making Rockets

The class spent an exciting and creative day designing and building their own rockets, inspired by the story Beegu. They were using recycled materials found in school. At first the students designed a rocket by drawing and discussing their ideas. Next they made a start with making their own rockets using their preferred materials found […]

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13/01/26 – Blackpool Sea Life Centre

Bleasdale Class visited the Blackpool Sea Life Centre as part of their Abyss topic. The purpose of the visit was to inspire the children to write alliteration poems linked to sea life and underwater habitats. The children greatly enjoyed exploring the Sea Life Centre and observing the wide variety of animals. They used the information […]

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7.1.26 – Following Recipes

Today, Fairsnape took part in a practical cooking activity to support our English learning- instructional writing. To help the children understand the purpose and structure of instructional writing, we followed a recipe to make rocky road biscuits, working in two small groups. Before starting, we looked closely at the features of a recipe together. In […]

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Wyresdale Dexter’s Farm – 2/12/25

As part of our class topic ‘Paws, Claws and Whiskers’, we visited Wyresdale Dexter’s Farm, a working farm close to school. This visit gave the children the opportunity to learn about what happens on a farm each day and learn how to take care of farm animals. During our visit, the children met a variety […]

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26/11/25 – Ribby Hall Zoo

Nicky Nook visited Ribby Hall Zoo. This visit linked to our Paws, Claws and Whiskers topic, with a primary focus of our English text- which was writing a set of instructions for a Zookeeper.  Throughout the trip, the pupils visited different animal exhibitions; this included crocodiles, a bat cave, leaf cutter ants, reindeers, an otter […]

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Nicky Nook Hike

The children had an exciting adventure hiking up Nicky Nook, spotting trees, streams, mud, fences and amazing views along the way. As we walked, the class began making up their own alliteration phrases, inspired by everything they could see, hear and squelch through! The walk certainly wasn’t short of drama. Archie and Ranell managed to […]

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19.11.25 – Harris Museum (Wallace and Gromit)

The children visited the Harris Museum in Preston to explore the exciting Wallace and Gromit exhibition. Before the visit, they completed a worksheet to help them think about the significant people they have been learning about in class. This prepared them to make links with the creator of Wallace and Gromit, Nick Park, who is […]

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18/11/25 – Greek Day

The children enjoyed an exciting and immersive Greek Day where they deepened their understanding of life in ancient Greece. They learned about the role of hoplites and explored the weaponry, armour, and battle formations used in Greek warfare, helping to bring their history topic to life. The children then designed unique shields, which they will […]

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13/11/2025 – Beacon Fell

We had a brilliant day out at Beacon Fell, even though the weather was definitely on the colder side! The children didn’t let that stop them—they wrapped up warm and enjoyed exploring the outdoors from the moment we arrived. We spent lots of time walking across different terrains, including muddy paths, rocky tracks, and soft […]

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11/11/2025 – Science and DT

Bleasdale has been busy exploring exciting activities in both Science and Design & Technology, all inspired by the topic “Invasion from the Vikings” and cultural-based designs. The pupils have been developing their creative skills whilst learning about Viking culture and science concepts related to the water cycle. In Design & Technology, students created a variety […]

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15/10/2025 – Greenlands Farm

On the 15th October Nicky Nook visited Greenlands Farm. This was an educational visit which linked to the class topic of Paws, Claws and Whiskers but it also linked to our Science topic (animals including humans).  During the visit the students looked at many different farmyard animals, including cows, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, sheep, chickens, […]

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