Attention to detail
This week in art, Year 3T have continued with their seasonal tree designs and have paid specific attention to detail looking at the texture on the trunk and branches. Some […]
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Year 4 Visit the Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Year 4 have had a fabulous day out and about at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Linked with our topic, ‘Amazing Africa’, we explored the wildlife park and learnt about different African […]
Chop, chop, chop…
We had a great time at cooking club this week making a stir fry. I hope it tasted as nice as it smelled!
Y3 Cress Growing
This week, in literacy, we have been learning all about instructional text. We have been looking at lots of different variations of instructions and finding the features, similarities and difference […]
Y5A investigate the properties of rocks.
Y5A have been busy testing for the properties of different rocks. Take a look at our beautifully presented learning.
P4C Y6W
In P4C today we used the above stimulus. We came up with the question; “Can tigers and humans be friends?” Today’s assembly was about friendship so we have decided to […]
Y6G Clay Gannets
We’ve had a fantastic afternoon of clay modelling in Art today! We have been creating Gannets, just like the ones we were spotting on our boat trip in Northumberland! We used […]
Y3R Ukulele Practice!
Thursday 24th September 2015 There was lots of focus and musical talent happening in Y3R today! I was very impressed with my class and how they were all in sync […]
Cross Country in Y3R
Over the past few weeks In Y3R we have been practicing our cross country skills. We have been thinking about how to pace ourselves during a timed, distance run. Learning […]
Science Club
Today, we had a very important task as Nestle, who produce Smarties, had lost their colour combination instructions so all the Smarties were white. Not for long, Mrs Angus’ science […]
Top of the league!!
Here is the updated league table for the U11 tag rugby team! We are so proud of all the children’s efforts and their commitment to the team. These children give […]
U11 tag rugby champions
This evening, our under 11 tag rugby team played a match against Northfield Lane! Both teams were determined and played well! The children used their team work (and of course, […]
Talk for Writing
This week we have been planning to write stories set in Northumberland. We have used story maps and now talk for Writing to practise a range of openers.
Y5G Rocks and Soils
In year 5 we are learning about rocks and soils, we completed an experiment to identify whether rocks were permeable or Impermeable and whether they would float or sink. The […]
Y3R Gruffalo Drama
In Literacy this week we have been thinking about the features of poetry. As a class, we have looked at all the different types of poetry from shape poems, nonsense […]
Northern Ballet Y5G
The year 5 Children have the wonderful opportunity of working with Northern Ballet this year in order to develop positive behaviours for learning through the use of an art form. […]
Cross Country at Herringthorpe playing fields
This Monday, our U11 and U9 boys and girls participated in the Cross Country competition against Badsley, Colridge, St. Anns, East Deane and Northfield. All the staff and children had […]
Year 4 Pedestrian Training
This morning, Year 4 took part in some Road Safety training. We learnt about the safe places to cross and any hazards that can be dangerous on the roads. In […]
Y5A collaborative literacy learning.
Last week we told you how we had been learning together to rehearse and plan stories. Now you can see some examples of our completed story maps.