Happy half-term everyone!

Well done to all Rhino children for working very hard this first half of the Autumn term. We have really enjoyed getting to know everyone and finding out what their skills and talents are. Mrs Harris and I are very proud of how Rhino children have settled in to their new routines and classroom environment. Thank you to you all for the support you have shown and for making us feel welcome as part of the Rhino family! We hope you all have a wonderful rest this half-term and we look forward to seeing you all back on Tuesday November 4th 2025.

Hillforts

We spent time researching ‘hillforts’ during our History session. We used the internet, fact files and passages of writing to find out about why hillforts were built and what remains of them today. We had the task of creating an interactive fact book to tell others about hillforts.

Stonehenge

As part of our journey from the Stone Age through to the Iron Age, we spent time finding out about the history of Stonehenge. We watched videos, explored images and read about the meaning behind the stones and how it is still used today by many people. We then had the task of create our very own models of Stonehenge using a variety of biscuits! We had to make sure we represented the different stone formations. Well done Rhinos!

A journey through art

Rhino children have been showing off their artistic skills over the last few weeks. We started by exploring feathers and their lines and patterns. We made sketches and discovered how to use a pencil in may different ways. We sketched wild birds and carefully added tone and colour. We then went on to learn about block printing. We followed a process carefully to ensure the results were the best they can be. I think you will agree – the prints are fantastic! Well done everyone!

Y5&6 Flag Football

Some children from Y5&6 travelled to Thomas Adams school this morning to take part in a ‘Flag Football’ experiemce morning.

A wonderful start to the new academic year in Rhino class.

 

The children of Rhino class have settled very well into their new routines and daily life in school!

The last few weeks have been full of hard work, teamwork, perseverance and a lot of fun along the way. The week is busy and all the children have been helping each other to do their best.

In English, the story of ‘The Baker by the Sea’ has been a hit and the children have enjoyed exploring the features of the text. They planned out their very own tourist leaflet for a village by the sea, working hard to use a range of descriptive devices and sentence types. Their final leaflets were produced after editing their own work.

In Maths, the children have recently moved on to exploring Addition and Subtraction. All of their place value skills and knowledge will come in very handy over the next few weeks. They will be expanding their skills in column addition with and without exchanging, using inverse operations, estimating, multi-step calculations and problem solving.

We have progressed onto learning about the Bronze Age and more recently we have been discovering what life was like during the Iron Age! We are about to explore the history behind Stonehenge and will be using bourbon biscuits to support our learning.

In Science, we have explored various materials and carried out experiments to compare and group various materials based on their properties of thermal insulation. Our recent experiment was to test which material would be best to insulate a warm drink.

Our Art unit of work has really brought out the best in the Artists in Rhino class. The children have produced careful sketches of wild birds, feathers and most recently they have carried out block printing. More to follow!

Well done for having a great first few weeks, Rhinos! Keep up the great work!

KS2 Netball competition

Well done to the 14 children in KS2 who represented the school this morning in a netball competition at Corbet School.
Myddle team A played 6 matches, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 2, finishing in 5th place overall out of the 13 teams who entered. Myddle team B played 6 matches, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 3, finishing in 6th place.
A great effort from all of the players. Thank you to Mrs Emerton Maka and Mrs Hulme for escorting the children to this event.
Here are some photographs of the morning.

Hello Yellow – World Mental Health Day

Dear parents and carers,
Our school will be taking part in Hello Yellow on Friday 10th October (World
Mental Health Day) to raise awareness and funds for YoungMinds, the UK’s
leading charity for young people’s mental health.
No young person should feel alone with their mental health and that’s why
Hello Yellow matters. We’re taking this opportunity as a school community to
come together and show our students that we’re with them and they’re never
alone with their mental health.

We’ll be taking part by wearing YELLOW on Friday 10th October.

You can also donate to support our school’s fundraising YoungMinds – Myddle CE Primary School

Most importantly, we want to share the resources which YoungMinds offer to
support parents and carers if you ever need help and advice to support your
children. This includes:
• online resources (www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/)
• a phone line, open 9.30am-4pm (0808 802 5544)
• an online chat for parents and carers to speak to trained
professionals if you’re concerned about your children’s mental
health (www.youngminds.org.uk/parents-helpline/)