Willow Tree Olympics 🥇🥈🥉 – Week 1 ✅
What a week it has been for HJS and the Willow Tree Olympics. Each day, all children across school have taken part in sporting events, showing determination and resilience throughout. […]
Category Archives: Our Learning
See what all our year groups are learning with everyones own Blog.
Y6 Awards
The awards ceremony marked the end of a wonderful journey at Herringthorpe Junior School and we wish the children all the best in their next adventure. Well done to the […]
Y3 NEMESIS Project
After lots of letter writing and preparation, today was finally the day where we got to present our amazing posters for all the school to see!
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. […]
Y5- Life Cycle of a Bird Animation 🎬 🦅
Today in Science, Y5 explored the different life cycles of living creatures. Some of us used animation to explain the life cycle of a bird. We then presented our findings […]
Y6 Body Measurements
Today in Y6 we looked at the relationship between different parts of our body and displayed them as ratios. We compared the circumference of our head to our height, the […]
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 […]
Y4 Tri Golf ⛳️
On Monday, some Y4’s took part in a tri golf tournament. They used team work and resilience to practise their putting skills ⛳️
Picture This 2021
Picture This! focuses on some artwork and schools are invited to use it as an inspiration for cross-curricular work. The challenge is to use the artwork imaginatively in classrooms as […]
Y4K Science – Tooth Decay
In science we have been trying to answer “Do different drinks affect tooth decay?” As eggs closely represent the enamel on teeth we have been carrying out an ‘eggsperiment’ to […]
Exploring wildlife in their habitats 🐸 🕷 🦋 🌾
This afternoon, as part of our science learning, y5 visited our wonderful conservation area to investigate and explore all of the wildlife there. We predicted what we might find there […]
6G Self Portraits
This week, the children have worked incredibly hard with their sketching skills to produce their self portraits. It took a lot of resilience and determination to ensure they were accurate […]
Special Mentions 11.6.21
Our amazing outcomes and…the winning house for house points is revealed!!!
Y3 Nemesis Letter Writing
Today in year 3 we have been working hard on progressing with our Nemesis project. We wrote letters to the local council and to Mrs Adams to ask if they […]
Y4K Science – Functions of Teeth
In Y4K today we investigated the names and functions of our teeth – using a banana, a cube, some scissors and a paper clip! These were used to replicate our […]
Maths Revision Orienteering 6M
Obstacle course fun
To raise money for the LEAF centre, our amazing children took part in a fun filled morning of exercise. Dressed in our sports gear, we timed our efforts as we […]
Attendance Breakfast
A huge well done to Y4K who were rewarded with an attendance breakfast this morning for their superb attendance this term. Could it be your class next?