Science in Y6S
Our science learning this term is all about our eyes and light. To start the topic off we looked at the different parts of our eyes and the function that […]
Monthly Archives: January 2018
An arty afternoon in Y4C
This afternoon, Y4C got out their paint brushes to create some artistic African masterpieces! First, we painted a sunset wash using water colours. We then made dresses for our dancing […]
Enterprise Club promote recycling
This week at Miss Sealey’s Enterprise club, the children have been creating their own posters to promote battery recycling in our school. The children are doing this in order to […]
Headteacher’s Welcome Letter
As Executive Head Teacher, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our website, we are very proud of your children’s achievements at Herringthorpe Junior School and we know […]
Y3 tangrams
Today in Y3, we linked our shape learning to our new topic and class book- journey We looked at the pictures that inspired us and used chinese tangrams to recreate […]
Programming algorithms in Y3T
This morning, we used Scratch programming to animate our names in ICT. We were able to write and design our names and then animate each of the letters to change […]
Pen and ink skills in Y6W
Today we have had to have a steady hand and lots of resilience to develop our pen and ink skills. We have really impressed with our understanding of art terminology.
Y3 Immersive Reading
Can you tell what we are now reading? Y3 have been generating questions to find out all about the new reading area. We wonder what magical journeys we will go […]
Estimating and calculating perimeter
In numeracy today, the children have estimated and calculated the perimeter of the school playground. They had to be resilient and use teamwork skills to work out the measurement accurately.
Newsletter 19 January 2018
This newsletter includes reports from Young Voices and the Music Recital, also menus and dates for your diary. The full newsletter can be found here: Newsletter 19 January 2018
Getting into character in Y6W
To prepare for our literacy learning on informal letter writing, we have been considering how it would feel to be evacuated during WW2.
Estimating and measuring time in Y4C
Today, the children in Y4C became estimation experts! They were given the task to estimate how long completing an activity would take them. From writing their name on a whiteboard […]
Introducing our Science Ambassadors
Our Science Ambassadors took over assembly today. They introduced themselves and what their role entails to lower school and did a wonderful science show for the children.
Music Concert 2018
Today, Thursday 18th January 2018, the children put on a wonderful musical performance for the whole school and for parents and carers to come and watch. Many musical instruments were […]
Venn Diagrams in Y3J
For past two weeks the Year 3’s have been looking at different graphs and learning how to collect and read data from them. Today we looked at Venn diagrams where […]
Where we are – Y3 Mapwork
Today in Y3, we have been looking at how our Geography learning links to our big question: Where will your journey take you? We have been looking at our place […]
Big Battery Hunt: An Update
After a very busy holiday, we are so impressed to see how many batteries the children have brought in our for our Big Battery Hunt. If you are not sure […]
Home learning board games
In Y3T, the children were asked to design a mathematical board game as part of their Christmas home learning project. This afternoon, we took the opportunity to showcase and play […]
Investigating historical evidence
Y6E have made a fantastic start to their new topic “How does War change lives?” Today they have been looking at historical sources to find out what they can tell […]