Video Editing in Y6
During transition we have been reading Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. This book has inspired some learning about what it would be like to be stranded on a desert island, as […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Zambia day in Y3T
Last week, Miss Towell and Mrs Kirby returned from a wonderful visit to our partner school in Kalulushi, Zambia. Today in Year 3, we have been looking at different aspects […]
Y3R Art Antics!
This afternoon, Y3R turned the classroom into an art studio! We had lots of different media being used by the children. From watercolours to ink and pencil tone to felt […]
African Animal Pen and Ink in Y4C
Yet again, Y4C have produced some fantastic artwork! Linked with our Amazing Africa topic, Y4C used pen and ink to draw inked images of African animals. We had to really […]
Park Fun in Y3R
Today, as part of our Percy the Park Keeper topic, Y3R were looking at different park animals and how they adapt to their environment. We researched what each animal needs […]
Subtraction picnic
Based around our Percy the Park Keeper topic, the new Y3s got involved with the story stimulus and had their own subtraction picnic. The year 3 teachers were impressed with […]
Awards assembly 2015
On Monday, we celebrated our annual class awards assembly. This was a time to celebrate children’s achievements, not only in learning, but in friendship, respect and commitment to improving in […]
The Island with Y6G!
Forget Bear Grylls, this week Y6G have been the survival experts! What a fabulous first week we have had in Mrs Graham’s class! We’ve started a new topic, all about desert […]
One Voice 2015
Last night, lots of schools from Rotherham gathered in the New York stadium and had a fantastic time performing to their parents and families. Despite the cold and wet weather, […]
All About Me in Y4C
This week during transition, the new Year 4’s have been learning all about themselves! In literacy, they have started to write about their appearance, their hobbies and interests and their […]
Getting to know each other in Y3R
During transition today Y3R had a wonderful time finding out all about each other. Using a coloured dice with various questions on the children took it in turns to share […]
Friendship web in Y3T
On our first day of transition, the children were apprehensive about joining the juniors but were soon getting to know one another through lots of different speaking and listening activities. […]
Race for life
The children of Herringthorpe Junior school again have worked tirelessly to raise money and collect sponsors for our first ever race for life event, supporting cancer research. The grand total […]
Class Challenge 2015
On Thursday the 2nd of July Mrs Kirby’s class and Mrs Greenwood’s were in the class challenge final. The class challenge is a tournament run throughout the year where the […]
Mrs Greenwood’s Numeracy Group, Logic and Reasoning.
In our final numeracy lesson as a group, the children wanted to develop their understanding of logic and reasoning an area of Numeracy that can be challenging. The children used […]
Mrs Greenwood’s Mythical Stories
My literacy group have been working extremely hard on writing their own Greek Myths. Beginning with designing their own mythical creature, developing a plan and then writing their stories. I […]
Herringthorpe’s Got Talent 2015
On Friday the 3rd July 2015 we held our annual Herringthorpe’s Got Talent show! As always it was a huge success with children enjoying all the amazing acts. The children […]
Area and Perimeter
Year 5 have spent the last few days in the quiet area calculating the area and perimeter of regular and compound shapes. Instead of drawing our shapes we used tent […]