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World Book Day
Class 8 have had a fabulous World Book Day! The children came in a variety of amazing costumes and were excited to show each other who they had come as! This year we focused on the book 'Monkey Puzzle' by Julia Donaldson. After reading the story, we were joined by...
World Book Day
Class 7 had a fabulous World Book Day! The children came in a variety of amazing costumes and were excited to show each other who they had come as! This year we focused on the book 'Monkey Puzzle' by Julia Donaldson. After reading the story, we were joined by children...
Where does the snow go?
In Spring 1 our topic was 'where does the snow go?' where the children in class 2 learnt all about winter, snowy places around the world and the animals that live in those snowy places. We enjoyed looking at maps of the world and the globe to find where we live and...
Where does the snow go?
Last half term our topic was called 'Where does the snow go?' and it sparked lots of conversations with our children, especially when a 'lost' polar bear turned up in our classroom. The children's mission was to get Percy the Polar Bear back to his mother. The...
“Rio Da Vida”
Last half-term our topic was 'Rio Da Vida'. In our Geography lessons we learnt about continents and countries. In this particular lesson we were learning about the United Kingdom. The children had a map of the UK, had to colour the countries in the correct colour and...
“Rio Di Vida”
Last half term, the children in class 8 were learning a Samba dance routine as part of our Rio Di Vida topic. They have really enjoyed learning and mastering key moves such as the shimmy, carnival clap and the samba roll. [gallery size="full"...
“Rio Da Vida”
The children thoroughly enjoyed making a mask in art in their Rio Da Vida topic. They first started by practising the skills of using modroc by scrunching up newspaper into either a ball shape or a horse shoe shape. The children then applied the modroc using water...
“Learn a new skill”
Bonjour! Key Stage 1 held a ‘learn a new skill’ afternoon and invited parents / carers in to share this experience. The children completed three 30 minute stations consisting of French, sign language and skipping. Key Stage 1 children enjoyed learning the colours in...
“Learn a new skill”
Bonjour! Key Stage 1 held a ‘learn a new skill’ afternoon and invited parents / carers in to share this experience. The children completed three 30 minute stations consisting of French, sign language and skipping. Key Stage 1 children enjoyed learning the colours in...
“Learn a new skill”
Bonjour! Key Stage 1 held a ‘learn a new skill’ afternoon and invited parents / carers in to share this experience. The children completed three 30 minute stations consisting of French, sign language and skipping. Key Stage 1 children enjoyed learning the colours in...
Key Stage 1 animation – Feb 2024
The children have had a brilliant and exciting time creating their own animation films! The children worked in small groups to create their own story for their animation using a variety of props. Once they had decided what their animation story was going to be, they...
Reception Stay & Play 2024
The children had a fantastic time at their 'stay and play' - thank you to all the grown-ups who were able to make it. We took part in lots of activities based around 'Chinese New Year'. We have learnt all about Chinese New Year in school and learnt some interesting...
Stay and Play Feb 2024
Nursery have had two stay and play afternoons this half term, linked to Chinese New Year. The children have absolutely loved learning about the dragon and lion dances which are performed to celebrate Chinese New Year. We had a range of exciting activities for the...
Stay & Play Jan 2024
The children in the Two Year Old Provision really enjoyed having their parents and family members to come and play at our stay and play session. We had lots of activities celebrating Chinese New Year such as decorating our own lanterns and coolie hats. Fun was had by...
Very high standards
Royd Nursery Infant School received a visit from Sheffield City Council Food Hygiene and we are pleased to announce that Mrs Priest and her team were able to achieve the highest rating available 5 Stars. 5 Stars represents “Very high standards of compliance with food...
Year 2 visit to Bolsterstone Church
Year 2 visited Bolsterstone Church as part of their RE topic based on religious symbols. The children have loved exploring the church, finding different features and artefacts. The children also found out about each feature and why they are important in a church. The...
Rio Da Vida Music Workshop
Key Stage 1 have really enjoyed their music workshop [gallery...
Rock Steady Concert Dec 2023
On Thursday 21st December, some children participated in a 'Rock Steady' concert. The children have been rehearsing weekly and performed as part of a band. Within the band the children had the opportunity to either play the drums, guitar, keyboard or they took on the...
Rio Da Vida Music Workshop
Key Stage 1 have really enjoyed their music workshop this morning as part of their Rio Da Vida topic! As part of the workshop, pupils carried out warm up activities that involved following using body percussion. After that, the children were split into two groups...
Switch off Fortnight
Royd Nursery Infant School have completed the annual ‘Switch off Fortnight’ campaign and children across school have loved learning about saving energy! As a Green Flag (with distinction) Eco School, we understand the importance of promoting wastage and reducing our...
Diwali
In Reception we like to celebrate other cultures and their celebrations. During the Autumn term we have learnt all about the festival of Diwali. This is a festival celebrated by many all around the world and is known as the festival of light. In class one we have...
Piet Mondrian
The children in class 2 have been learning about what an artist does. The children came up with some fantastic ideas and said that artists 'are really good at painting', 'artists love to draw' and 'artists are really good at making different things'. We talked about...
3D model
This half term, class 8 have designed and created their own 3D model. The Year 1 children have been focussing on...
Hockey
This half term, the children in class 7 are learning how to play hockey in outdoor PE. They are really enjoying learning and mastering key skills such as dribbling, push pass, slap pass and shooting all whilst trying to hold the hockey stick correctly using a V grip!...
Memory Box – History
Our Topic this half term is 'Memory Box'. In their History lessons, Class 9 have been exploring Victorian toys. They looked at how toys have changed from past to present and learnt the names of some key Victorian toys such as the Diabolo and the Cup and Ball. The...
What is a shadow?
This half term's topic is based around the theme 'What is a shadow?'. The children in the 2 year provision have enjoyed exploring the different areas of the room including drawing using charcoal to create a shadow picture distinguishing the different marks they make....
Nursery ‘What is a shadow?’
Over the past two weeks, the children in Nursery have been exploring our new theme 'What is a shadow?'. Children have been listening to the story 'Don't wake up the bear' and have been using our small world area to act out the story using figures and masks. The...
Arts Week Nov 2023
Our theme for arts week in the 2-year provision was based on the story ‘The Owl Babies’. The children have really enjoyed doing the various activities around this theme. They have enjoyed using a variety of resources such as felt, buttons, feathers, paper, material...
Nursery’s Arts week
In Nursery the children have been immersed in our arts week. The theme around our arts week has been around the story ‘Snow Bear’ by Tony Mitton. Children have been given the choice to take part in various art activities within the provision setting. We have tried our...
Arts week Nov 2023
The children in Reception have had a brilliant arts week where they based all of their art activities on the story 'The Foggy Foggy Forest'. Throughout the fortnight, the children have used different media and materials to create lots of fantastic artwork. The...