The children have lots of fun playing board games.  By playing board games the children Build on their social skills. The skills range from Speaking and listening, Cooperation, Team building, resilience and much more. 

A big thank you to all the children who attended sketch club this half term. You have all been brilliant. A special thank you to the KS2 children for being particularly helpful by supporting the Year 2 children and helping them find their way to other classrooms. Below are a few photos.

Enjoy watching the blog and please share your comments. Miss Dhariwal and Miss McKeown.

Myself and Miss Dhariwal have had a fantastic time this half term leading the Dance Club for Skills Academy. The children have shown resilience, hard-work and determination to improve their dancing each week. I hope you have enjoyed your time at Dance Club and enjoy the video.  What was your favourite dance move you have […]

This week we are looking at the Mindfulness Club. Have you been to the Mindfulness Club?  What are your thoughts? What has been your favourite club?  Have you got any clubs that you would like to suggest?  Let us know and we might be able to include them.

This week we are looking at the Tai Chi Club. Have you been to the Tai Chi Club?  What are your thoughts? What has been your favourite club?  Have you got any clubs that you would like to suggest?  Let us know and we might be able to include them.

Watch out Shaun… they’re after your job! This week the children applied their skills independently and split up to go around school and take photographs of people who made a super effort for charity. They then returned to class to edit their final shots. What do you think?

Well what a fantastic start to a brand new club! The children learnt some new skills and created some super artwork. Explain how you created the images above. Try to use the words zoom, crop, edit, light, shadow and colour.

This week we are looking at the Eco Club. Have you been to the Eco Club?  What are your thoughts? What has been your favourite club?  Have you got any clubs that you would like to suggest?  Let us know and we might be able to include them.

This week we are looking at the Art Club. Have you been to the Art Club?  What are your thoughts? Next time we will Film Club. What would you like to ask about Film? Remember the best question will be included in the interview and the person that asked the question will get a prize.

Well done Leila. You kept on persevering with this puzzle even though it may you a bit dizzy. A lot of children had a go at this puzzle but no one managed to complete it. What was this a picture of?

Well done to the two boys from Lego Wedo club for creating a motorised leg during their time in skills academy! I can’t wait to see what the rest of you create next week!   

In film club this term we have been watching Moana. The children have all enjoyed watching the film, and even had the opportunity to have some popcorn for the full cinema like experience!  We have also been developing the following skills: Social skills, listening skills, gaining an understanding of different settings within a film, understanding […]

In this club the children have been working fantastically well.  By doing this they have been able to solve puzzles, have fun and work as a team.  Have a look at some of the pictures below.  What have you enjoyed about the club? If you could have a game what would it be?  

During week 2 & week 3, we were investigating with paper helicopters or ‘spinners’. We wanted to find out whether the size of the blades made a difference to speed. We also found differences between card and paper spinners. Have a look at what we got up to… What did we conclude? Which spinners were […]

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