“We aim to send all young people into an ever-changing world able and qualified to play their full part in it.”

Happy Diwali!

This week in Foundation and Key Stage 1 we have been learning all about Diwali and the story of Rama and Sita. We really enjoyed using clay to make our Diva lamps and today we had a special ‘Assembly of Light’ with Mrs Lee. We showed off our Diva lamps, sung a celebration song and told […]

Why do we stick to the ground?

This week in Science, we have been learning about the force gravity. At the start of the week, we collected what we already knew as a class and discussed this. We even thought about what might happen if there was no gravity.   On Thursday, we looked at the weight of objects and how this […]

Do you know what lies under the sea?

We have been learning about marine mammals that live under the sea. There are lots of different marine mammals that live under the  sea. We have  been doing comprehensions about them and we have also looked at pictures of them.

Build a Bear

Children in Foundation 2 visited Build a Bear to make our weekend bears. We named them Tilly and Ted. Who will they be going home with first?    

Locked up!!!

In class, we have been learning about Victorian Prisons. In Victorian prisons, you had to either turn the crank or pick thread from rope as a job or punishment however, this was better than sleeping on the streets. The main course of a meal would be meat without bone or a pint of oatmeal. There were metal beds […]

WAVING FLAG

All of keystage 2 learned a song called Waving Flag by W’NAAN. A teacher called Miss Mayfield from Rawmarsh Academy  helped us practice this song. We were in groups with different instruments such as the keyboards, ukulele and glockenspiel. Everyone enjoyed it. It was fantastic!!! 

Ring’o’ring’o’roses

This week in 6R/6K we have been practising the ring’o’ring’o’roses song as we will be creating a movie about our topic in the near future.We are looking forward to our visit to Eyam as our topic is about the Great Plague which spread to the village of Eyam. The reason we have been filming ring’o’ring’o’roses […]

Children of Winter

In 6K we are currently reading Children of Winter. This book is about the PLAGUE. The plague is a disease that was started by flees from rats which then were carried on to humans. Coughing and spluttering caused other people to catch this terrible disease. The Children of Winter, is based in the small village […]

School Rules!

Our new topic in Year 5 is Crime and Punishment in Victorian Times. So far, we are finding it very exciting! During the second week of this term, we attended a Victorian School and were able to experience what a Victorian school was like (minus the punishments). Mrs Richards and Miss Connell were very strict […]

What lies beneath?

There are many fascinating creatures that live under the sea. We have been learning all of their different features. We have had a  letter from Captain Jack Gannet and an email from the BBC. We were really exited when Miss Betts opened the letter.