Jubilee Celebrations
We would like you to share in our Jubilee Celebration from the last week of term. It was amazing to see so many of you turn up to take part […]
Category Archives: British Values
We aim to teach children the core British Values across the curriculum in order to enable all pupils to thrive in our academy.
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
Banter or bullying?
Today 10 children from upper school took part in the Banter to Bullying Workshop at New York Stadium with the RUFC Community Team. They learnt that a laugh and a […]
Y6M: The Women of Bletchley Park on International Women’s Day
Y6M spent this morning learning more about Bletchley Park. We built on our learning yesterday about Alan Turing and focused on the women who worked there, cracking codes to help […]
Y6 Holocaust Memorial Day
Y6 came together to learn about Holocaust Memorial Day. As well as learning about the horrors of the Holocaust, we reflected on the diary of Anne Frank. Despite her short […]
Christmas has definitely arrived
School is looking very Christmassy now with our new Christmas doors. Which is your favourite?
Thank You!
The Social Supermarket at Rotherham Minster were astounded at the generosity of the Herringthorpe Junior School community when we delivered our Harvest Collection. Thank you so much for supporting this […]
Shaking things up in Y3K
We have been finding out about where our food comes from. This led to a discussion about how butter is made. Today, Y3K were given the challenge of making their […]
In year 6 we have been discussing charity. We talked about what charity is, why we have charity and why people give to charities and everyone shared their thoughts on […]
Taking 10
With it being Mental Health Awareness Day today year 6 have been highlighting how important it is to take 10. With life being so busy and with lots of learning […]
Y6 Poetry in Black History Month
During our Guided Reading this week, we have enjoyed learning about Benjamin Zephaniah and listen to him recite his poetry. We created our own fact files about him, based on […]
New beginnings
Are new beginnings important? ‘you get a new start every day so it could be a better day than the day before’ ‘a new beginning to a better life’ ‘they […]
Y6 Give to the Community
To thank Rotherham Minster for a wonderful tour last week, we organised a collection for their Social Supermarket, providing subsidised food to those in need in Rotherham. Here we are, […]
Year 6 Willow Tree Olympics
What a wonderful morning of sport! Year 6 showed excellent sporting skill, as well as amazing sportsmanship during our Willow Tree Olympics, before joining the Academy in a virtual celebration. […]
Y6 Visit Rotherham Minster
What a wonderful walk to Rotherham Minster to support our geography and history work, as well learning more about a Religious building. The children asked very interesting questions, all of […]
Red Nose Day 2021
Well done to everyone for your efforts on Red Nose Day! Here is a round up from our dress as a super hero and dance-a-thon from the day. We hope […]
Pancake Day
Well done to all those children that took part in our pancake day competition and thank you for sharing your wonderful pictures with us. Winners will be announced next week!
Celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week
We had a wonderful week taking part in activities to support our well-being. Here is a round up of some of the things we got up to.
Y6M Hands Up for Friendship Week
Y6M thought about the key messages for our PSHE learning this week and designed our own ‘Handy’ to celebrate our friends.
Remembrance Day
Armistice Day is on 11 November and is also known as Remembrance Day. It marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th […]