Class 8's focus during Arts week has been the rainforest. We have used a range of artistic techniques to create a variety of animals, trees and plants that you might find in the rainforest. Some cute and adorable, and others ginormous and scary! Throughout the week, we have used clay, paint, pastels, chalk, collage and different materials [...]
Over the past two weeks in nursery we have been very busy taking part in arts week. The children have explored an arctic themed week with plenty of arts crafts based around the story 'Snow Bear'. From making collage polar bears, igloos from clay and making characters from the story using decoupage, the children have [...]
In Class 9, our focus for Arts Week has been Under the Sea! We have learnt many interesting facts about the animals which live under the sea and how they survive! On Monday, we created colourful shell pictures. We sketched out an outline for our shell before going over it with a black fine tip [...]
Class 7 has focussed on the environment 'At the Beach' for Arts Week. We have looked at the different animals that you might find when you're on the beach and we have also identified different structures and objects you might spot there too! We also learned a range of sketching skills such as stippling, circulism, hatching and cross-hatching. This prepared [...]
The Year 2 children had an amazing time on their residential at Whirlow Hall Farm on Thursday 16th June – Friday 17th June. They all enjoyed the farm tour and farm jobs which included feeding the animals, petting the animals and learning about what they like to eat and how they live. The children also enjoyed [...]
The Year 2 children had an amazing time on their residential at Whirlow Hall Farm on Wednesday 15th June - Thursday 16th June. They all enjoyed the farm tour and farm jobs which included feeding the animals, petting the animals and learning about what they like to eat and how they live. The children also [...]
Reading brings many benefits to children including developing vocabulary and enhancing imagination, creativity and language skills. To create opportunities to develop reading further, the children have enjoyed a trip to Stocksbridge Library. During the visit, the children enjoyed looking at different books, having a story with the library staff and they also got to take [...]
Reading brings many benefits to children including developing vocabulary and enhancing imagination, creativity and language skills. To create opportunities to develop reading further, the children have enjoyed a trip to Stocksbridge Library. During the visit, the children enjoyed looking at different books, having a story with the library staff and they also got to take [...]
The children in Year 1 and Year 2 have worked really hard this year and staff thought the children deserved a treat. As part of save or spend, the children focused on doing good listening, lining up and demonstrating good learning behaviours throughout school. The children decided they would like a trip to the park [...]
The children in Year 1 and Year 2 have worked really hard this year and staff thought the children deserved a treat. As part of save or spend, the children focused on doing good listening, lining up and demonstrating good learning behaviours throughout school. The children decided they would like a trip to the park [...]
