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Creature Ark
On Wednesday 3rd July, Nursery had a very special visitor! Mags from Creature Ark came in with her fabulous animals. We were lucky enough to have encounters with Monty the python, Timotina the tortoise, Matilda the giant african land snail, Blue the Lizard and...
“Which is the biggest Dinosaur?”
This half term in the 2-year provision our topic has been ‘Which is the biggest dinosaur?' The children have enjoyed accessing various activities around our provision such as, using different dinosaurs to put in order of size and matching the dinosaurs on our dinosaur...
Wonderdome Planetarium Visit!
As part of this half-term’s topic ‘Moon Zoom’, we invited Wonderdome Planetarium to visit and bring an exciting multimedia exploration of the solar system. The children loved learning about the planets and their surroundings. They especially enjoyed discovering about...
“Moon Zoom”
This half term, class 8 children have completed an investigation titled 'Which straw makes the rocket travel the furthest?'. As a class, we have discussed what an investigation is and used technical vocabulary such as 'variables'. It was important that we understood...
“Moon Zoom”
Our topic this half term is Moon Zoom and the children in class 7 collected data as part of their Geography learning. We sat outside school patiently waiting and observing cars that came passed to see which colour was the most popular. We recorded our findings in a...
“Moon Zoom”
This half-term's topic is 'Moon Zoom'. As part of Design and Technology this half-term, children in Class 9 have been learning how to sew using a simple running stitch. The children have learnt some key vocabulary along the way such as ‘thread’ and ‘stitch’. Their...
Science Day May 2024
On Friday 17th May, parents/carers of children in Year 1 and Year 2 were invited into school for a fun-filled Science afternoon! The children completed a range of activities such as building towers using spaghetti and marshmallows, making lava lamps and creating rain...
“The Enormous Turnip”!
The children in 2 year provision enjoyed a visit from a storyteller. The children really enjoyed the session where stories were told through music, actions and singing. We took part in various stories but our favourite was ‘The Enormous Turnip’! We invited our...
“Which is the biggest dinosaur?”
During our 'which is the biggest dinosaur?' topic, the children have been learning all about dinosaurs! We have been naming them and describing them using vocabulary such as gigantic, sharp and rough scales. We have enjoyed using duplo blocks to print scales onto...
Which is the biggest dinosaur?
We have had a 'roarsome' start to our new topic; 'Which is the biggest dinosaur?' The children have enjoyed finding out about all the different dinosaurs and having a go at pronouncing their names. They have also enjoyed making their own representations of the...
Stay & Play June 2024
The 2 year provision hosted two stay and play sessions last week for parents and carers to attend with their children. The children had a fabulous time and enjoyed a range of activities linked to our topic "Which is the biggest dinosaur?" There were engaging...
Stay & Play June 2024
Nursery hosted two stay and play sessions last week for parents and carers to attend with their children. The children had a fabulous time and enjoyed a range of activities linked to our topic "Which is the biggest dinosaur?" There were engaging activities linked to...
RSPB Old Moor Trip May 2024
The children thoroughly enjoyed their trip to RSPB Old Moor, Dearne Valley. This half-term’s topic is ‘why do spiders eat flies?’ where the children have been learning all about minibeasts! During their trip, the children had a brilliant time pond-dipping where they...
School trip to Old Moor
The children thoroughly enjoyed their trip to RSPB Old Moor, Dearne Valley. This half-term's topic is 'why do spiders eat flies?' where the children have been learning all about minibeasts! During their trip, the children had a brilliant time pond-dipping where they...
Forest schools
The children thoroughly enjoyed their forest school sessions. They took part in lots of different activities including: making magic potions using water from the stream and items found in the woodland, developing physical skills through climbing and manoeuvring...
Science Day May 2024
On Friday 17th May, parents/carers of children in Year 1 and Year 2 were invited into school for a fun-filled Science afternoon! The children completed a range of activities such as building towers using spaghetti and marshmallows, making lava lamps and creating rain...
Stocksbridge Library
We really enjoyed a trip to Stocksbridge Library. During our visit, we listened to the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' for our 'why do spiders eat flies?' topic. After the story, we thoroughly enjoyed looking around the library and we used our library cards to...
Story teller
The children in Reception enjoyed a visit from a storyteller. The children really enjoyed the session where stories were told through music, actions and singing. We took part in various stories but our favourite was 'The Enormous Turnip'! We invited our grown-ups into...
Science Workshop May 2024
On Friday 17th May, parents/carers of children in Year 1 and Year 2 were invited into school for a fun-filled Science afternoon! The children completed a range of activities such as building towers using spaghetti and marshmallows, making lava lamps and creating rain...
“Save or Spend” May 2024
Last half-term, children in Key Stage 1 took part in 'Save or Spend' whereby classes earnt money by working towards their targets. Year 1's target was to do good sitting and good listening. The children got a lot better at their targets throughout the course of the...
“Save or Spend” May 2024
The children in Year 2 have worked really hard so far 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...
Waste Week Campaign March 2024
Our Eco monitors were very busy checking waste and recycling bins in school during the annual 'Waste Week' campaign 18th - 24th March. As part of this campaign, children were challenged to use recycled materials at home to create a new Eco mascot. We loved seeing...
Practical Homework Y1 & Y2 May 2024
As part of Year 1 and Year 2's homework, children can choose whether they want to complete the formal (written) task or the practical task within their homework pack each week. This is a perfect way to support individual children's learning needs. There are many...
Engineer competition May 2024
If you were an engineer what would you do? KS1 children have taken part in an inspiring competition developed by a Primary Engineer STEM programme. Children were encouraged to imagine if they were an engineer, what problem would they most like to solve? Before this,...
“Why do spiders eat flies?”
This half term in the 2-year provision our topic has been ‘Why do spiders eat flies?' The children have enjoyed accessing various activities around our provision such as, using tweezers to catch the spiders in the web, and then counting them. Then matching the...
“Why do spiders eat flies?”
This half term Nursery has been focusing on the topic 'Why do spiders eat flies?'. We have learnt all about minibeasts and their habitats and plants. We have all really enjoyed planting our own sunflowers, making sure we gave them enough water and putting them...
“Why do spiders eat flies?”
Well, what a busy start to our term! Our topic is called 'Why do spiders eat flies?' . So far in our topic we have spoken about all the different minibeasts we might find in our gardens, we then enjoyed going outdoors and exploring the Foundation Stage yard to see...
“Why do spiders eat flies?”
The children in class 2 have had a busy start to this half-term! Our topic is 'why do spiders eat flies?' and we have been learning all about different minibeasts. We have painted repeating pattern caterpillars, made symmetrical patterns on butterfly wings and...
Ladybirds – Class 8 May 2024
This half term, class 8 children have been learning about mono printing and using clay in Art. Year 1 children have created ladybirds. They had to think carefully about how they rolled out the legs and attached them to the body using water. The Year 2 children created...
“Enchanted Woodland”
This half term, children in Class 9 have been learning about plants in Science. The children know that in order to survive, plants need light, water and heat. For one of our lessons, we used magnifying glasses to identify the different parts of a dandelion plant such...