Christmas crafts
5A have been busy preparing for the Christmas Fayre next Friday. They have been sewing some amazing decorations and shown great resilience.
Category Archives: British Values
We aim to teach children the core British Values across the curriculum in order for enable all pupils to thrive in our academy. [Focus 4 2018/19]
We have developed our curriculum to make our teaching of the British Values high priority through our daily teaching and learning. Through this learning blog you will see that the key British Values are taught and celebrated through all subject areas as well as through visits, residentials, assemblies and special visitors.
The key British Values taught through our curriculum include:
Democracy
Individual liberty
Rule of law
Mutual respect
Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
Student Council Visit
The Student Council were very lucky today to be a visited by a parliamentary candidate. Sarah Champion told us all about her role as an MP, about democracy and about […]
Sewing for Remembrance
This afternoon we have been working very hard to sew our own poppies to include on our Remembrance Day wreath
Harvest Food Collection Delivery
Our Student Council representatives delivered the amazing harvest collection to the Rotherham Foodbank. We collected enough food to provide 74 meals for families in Rotherham. Well done, Team HJS.
Montague’s v Capulet’s
Will the wedding be off after our discussion? This morning the Capulet family and Montague family called meetings to discuss the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. They are not happy. […]
Year 5 and 6 football
A huge well done to all our football teams taking part in their tournament #teamwork #participation
The RNLI visit Y6
Today we had the privilege of meeting a member of the RNLI who spoke to us about the importance of their role and how we can help ourselves stay safe […]
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue visit Y3
This morning we have been very lucky to have a visit from our local fire officers. This has helped support our learning about the rainforest, as we asked questions about […]
Visit to St Cuthbert’s Church
Year 6 had a very informative afternoon at St Cuthbert’s church. Reverend Skidmore explained all about St Cuthbert and showed us all the important features of the church. We particularly […]
Y6 End of Year Awards
The final few days of year 6’s time at Herringthorpe have been emotional ones. So many wonderful memories, so much leaning and so much has been achieve during their varied […]
End of Year Awards
Well done to all pupils for their hard work over the past year. You have definitely made it a challenge for all staff to choose the winners for our end […]
Prom 2018/19
Year 6 had a wonderful evening celebrating at their end of year prom on 3rd July. The children all looked absolutely fabulous dressed up in their prom wear. They enjoyed […]
Sports day 2019
What an amazing morning – the sun was out, team spirit was high and so many supporters!A fantastic sports day was had by all. Thank you to Mr Jenkinson for […]
And the winners are …
Well done BROWNING on being this year’s House winners. As a well done for all their hard work they were treated to a day out at Rufford Abbey Country Park […]
Willow Tree school council
All four school councils met on Hangouts today to discuss what the end of year house treat should be. There was much discussion and debating during the meeting and eventually […]
Why do we have emotions?
6E had an excellent P4C session discussing their chosen question inspired by Lucy’s Blue Day.Some points discussion points made included ‘If we didn’t have emotions we wouldn’t know how to […]
Easter Jubilations
A wonderful Easter celebration at the end of last term.
Reading Champions celebration
We had a wonderful Willow Tree Academy gathering celebrating the wonderful work of our reading champions. All staff have gone out of their way to ensure the best for their […]
Visit by South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue to Y3
What an exciting morning! Special visitors from SYFR came into school and discussed with the Y3 children all about the importance of keeping safe in the case of a fire […]
