Mrs Buckley MGPA

@TeamManorGreen What a treat this morning! Manor Green welcomed the Olympic Torch to school on its tour of Tameside. What an exciting opportunity.

@TeamManorGreen @MissCobainMG Year 4 were lucky enough to meet PCSOs Louie and Christine this afternoon as part of Aspirations Week. We learned about what equipment they carry and what a typical day in their job might be like. #aspirationsweek24

@TeamManorGreen A very inspiring visit today from the Mayor of Workington for #aspirationsweek24. We found out that he used to be a pupil at Manor Green! I'm sure things have changed a bit since he was here!

@TeamManorGreen Some collaborative writing in Team Sapphire this morning. We worked together to write the ending to the story of 'Fox' by Margaret Wild. What did happen to Magpie after she was left in the desert??

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire have been exploring circuits so that they can invent their own game! Today we played them and came up with the rules. We also designed the cover of the box. Some fantastic ideas!

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire have been busy using electrical circuits to invent their own game inspired by 'Operation'. Some great teamwork this afternoon and fantastic ideas!

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire have started to learn to play the cornet in music. Or first lesson went well. We learned how to blow through the mouthpiece and how to play 3 notes.

@TeamManorGreen @MrsFKausar Team Sapphire have explored coding this week using Minecraft. It's been great to see everyone progressing through the levels.

@TeamManorGreen Eid Mubarak to all our friends who are celebrating. Team Sapphire made these 'fanous' lanterns as part of our learning today.

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire have been busy during #ArtsWeek. Our musical inspiration was 'Firebird' by Igor Stravinsky. We used different instruments, wrote poems, made collages and created colour wash backgrounds.

@TeamManorGreen @MrsFKausar Team Sapphire have been busy on #NationalNumeracyDay, exploring multiples and working out the answers to some tricky challenges!

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire have been exploring the school grounds, looking for all the plants, birds and animals that live on our grounds. We then grouped them and made sub-groups using our knowledge of their characteristics.

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire have been creating sculptures using tin foil in the style of the artist Alberto Giacometti.

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire have been exploring how to create and use classification in science to sort groups of living things. Lots of great questioning.

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire had a very informative chat with Mrs Kausar yesterday who explained to us how the birth of a baby is celebrated in Islam. We discussed the similarities and differences with Christian baptism.

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire have been busy using wire to create sculptures in the style of the artist Alberto Giacometti. Not quite finished yet but a great start!

@TeamManorGreen Good luck Miss Cobain in your World Cup Qualifier against Wales this weekend!

@TeamManorGreen Thanks to Ronnie's mum, Hazel for coming into school this afternoon to tell us all how to look after our teeth. We learned a lot including that a can of 'Monster' energy drink contains almost 3 times the recommended daily amount of sugar!

@TeamManorGreen Team Sapphire had such a lovely morning at Denton Library today. Lisa told us all about the different books and how to find one that we might like. We played a game and each came home with a book!

@TeamManorGreen What a nice end to our week. Team Sapphire have been making Fortune Tellers together in Thrive time. We helped each other with the tricky bits and learned a new skill.