Year 5&6 football
Great sportsmanship on show this evening from our year 5 and 6’s. Wonderful matches in our second week of Willow Tree Cup Competition.
Y3/Y4 Football Tournament
We were very proud to take our Year 3 and 4 football teams to the Willow Tree Academy Football tournament on Thursday. It has been a while since we have […]
Positive playtimes in 4B 🌈❤️
Our children have been scaling well this week, with lots of positive interaction at playtimes.
Sports Day 2022 🏀🏃🏾♂️🎾🏃🏼♀️⚾️⛹🏼
Wow! What a fantastic morning Herringthorpe had participating in their Sports Day! Despite the rain, our spirits were not dampened and we all showed a tremendous amount of teamwork and […]
Y5 Viking immersive day at Locke Park 🛡🗡
Wow! What a fabulous day Y5 have had visiting the Viking Festival at Locke Park. The children fully immersed themselves into learning all about the Vikings. We explored Viking weapons, […]
Observational Art in Y3F
This afternoon, Y3F went outside to seek inspiration for the patterns we are going to create based on the work of William Morris. We took our inspiration back to the […]
Evaluating existing products in Y4
Today in Y4J we evaluated different ‘don’t buzz the wire’ games as we are going to create our own! We looked at what materials were used and discussed how the […]
Victorian bread tasting
Year 3 enjoying tasting home made Victorian bread and butter this morning.
Muscles!
This term Y3 are learning about Animals and Humans in science. Last week, we created models of our arm to show how muscles usually work in pairs to move our […]
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 […]
Willow Tree Warriors: Safer Internet Day
Our Willow Tree Warriors create a video linked to staying safe while gaming online.
Y5 P4C 🌍 ♥️
Today in P4C, Y5 read the book, ‘Here We Are.’ Our chosen P4C question was, ‘is it good to be different?’ We spoke about our own similarities and differences and […]
Y4K Drama
Today we have been interviewing each other. We took on various roles such as the interviewer, Robin Hood, Maid Marion and the person filming. We thought about appropriate questions to […]
Sports Day 2018
Wow! What a fabulous morning we have had completing for our house teams in a range of sporting activities. All the pupils used their teamwork skills and resilience and have […]
Headteacher’s Welcome Letter
As Executive Head Teacher and Head of School, it gives us great pleasure to welcome you to our website; we are very proud of your children’s achievements at Herringthorpe Junior […]
Electrical Conductors and Insulators
This week in Y5D, we have been carrying out experiments related to conductors and insulators of electricity. The children chose an object to test. For example, a lemon. They then […]
Willow Tree Film Festival
Last week, children, parents and teachers, from all four schools in our academy, came together for one very special event … Our first ever, Willow Tree Film Festival! And what […]
Music Concert 2017
On Thursday 22nd of June 2017 we held our final music concert of the year. The children have come on in leaps and bounds over the school year with their […]
Year 6 Leavers 2017
This afternoon, we came together for a wonderful assembly, to celebrate the achievements of this year’s Year 6 children. They opened with an amazing ‘Through the Decades’ Talent Show, with […]
Willow Tree Olympics 2017
On Friday 16th June 2017, we held our own Willow Tree Olympics. This was a wonderful, collaborative sports event that brought four schools together! The children enjoyed making new friendships […]
Bloodhound Project 2017
Today we have designed and built our cars. Tomorrow… we paint and race them!
Easter Assembly 2017
On Friday the 7th of April 2017 we finished the end of term with our wonderful Easter celebration assembly. All year groups took part in singing and celebrating the meaning […]
Y3 Visit Grimm & Co
Wow! What an absolutely amazing day Y3T have had! To link with our Spring Term topic, Magical Kingdoms, Year 3 have been on an education visit to our very […]
Staff Band Aid 2016
Here is the long awaited release of our HJS staff Band Aid 2016!! Our children absolutely loved watching this premier during our Christmas X factor Show!! Many a giggle could […]
X Factor 2016
Today we held our annual X Factor show! As always we were blown away by the wonderful acts that took to the stage and showed courage and such professionalism!! Watch […]
Bakersfield Court
Today some of our children visited a local residential home, Bakersfield Court. The children went to sing traditional Christmas carols to the awaiting residents. They sang so beautifully and everybody […]
Year 6 SATS Information 2017
Download: Year 6 SATS Information Thank you to everyone who attended the SATS information evening. We know that it is not always possible to make it into school but we would […]
Sleeping Beauty Production 2016
Monday 12th December 2016 Today our amazing cast of little actors took to the stage, twice, to perform in our school play, Sleeping Beauty. The professionalism and resilience of each […]
Year 6 on the BIG screen!
What an incredible day Year 6 have had today! Thanks to the AMAZING staff at the Odeon Cinema in Sheffield, we were able to showcase our fabulous film and animation learning […]
Christingle Service 2016
On Thursday the 8th of December 2016 we held our annual Christingle Service. All the school participated and had some different parts to play. Year 3’s with their beautiful Christingle […]
Christmas Fayre 2016
Thursday 8th December 2016 Our Christmas Fayre was a wonderful success with lots of handmade goodies and treats to buy! As you can tell from our pictures below the children […]
Carols in the Round 2016
On Tuesday 6th December 2016 we held our hugely popular Carols in the Round evening. Parents, children and staff gathered together to sing some traditional carols in the centre circle. […]
Christmas Dinner/Jumper Day 2016
On Wednesday the 7th December 2016, it was our Christmas school dinner day and, wow, we certainly had our dinner in style! The children looked so festive and colourful in all […]
Remembrance Service 11.11.16
On Friday November the 11th 2016 Herringthorpe Juniors and Herringthorpe Infants gathered together to remember the fallen. The Remembrance service was held in the centre circle with children contributing to […]
Harvest Festival 2016
On Friday 14th October 2016 we held our Harvest Festival Assembly to celebrate and give thanks for this special time of year. We are so very grateful and amazed at […]
Eid Celebration 2016
On Friday 16th September we celebrated Eid in fashion! Throughout the day the children completed various activities and crafts linked to Eid. There was also indian food tasting, Henna art […]
Year 6 Leavers Assembly
On Friday 17th June 2016 we held our Year 6 Leavers assembly. Needless to say it was a very sad moment to be saying goodbye to our Year 6 children […]
Herringthorpe’s Got Talent 2016!
Friday 17th June 2016 WOW!! What an amazing morning we have had at Herringthorpe Juniors today! It has been filled with so many talented children making us all laugh, cry, […]
Music Concert 2016
Today the children put on a wonderful musical performance for the whole school and for parents and carers. Many musical instruments were on show with such talented musicians behind them! […]
Collaborative Olympics!
On Thursday 9th June 2016. Herringthorpe Juniors hosted a mini Olympics event with Greasbrough Primary School and Roughwood Primary School. All Year 5’s and 6’s from all three schools came […]
Parent/Carer Views
At our latest parents evening, parents and carers were given the opportunity to fill out a questionnaire form that related to what their views and opinions were about our school. […]
Year 3 Harry Potter Filming
Today Mrs Pye’s class and half of Mrs Brewin’s class visited Rawmarsh CLC to film their very own rendition of Harry Potter! They had the most wonderful time, learning many […]
Easter Assembly 2016
On Thursday 17th of March 2016 the whole school celebrated Easter in their own individual way! From beautiful singing, poetry, amazing instrument performances and their very own Easter […]
China Blog 2016
On Sunday the 13th March 2016 Mrs Greenwood and Miss Snowden fly out to experience an adventure of a lifetime! Follow their amazing blog here! China Blog
X Factor 2015
X factor 2015! Today our children were in for a treat watching all the amazing acts that were shortlisted for our yearly X Factor! The acts have been working so […]
Abba Concert
On the 9th of December we would like to invite you into school at 5pm to enjoy the Y5 Abba concert. As part of our music curriculum and the children’s […]
Northumberland
Many of our Year 6 children are in Northumberland this week! Make sure you follow us on our blog. Click Here
Christmas Around the World
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Herringthorpe’s Got Talent 2015
On Friday the 3rd July 2015 we held our annual Herringthorpe’s Got Talent show! As always it was a huge success with children enjoying all the amazing acts. The children […]
Summer Fair 2015
Wow what a wonderful turn out we had at our annual summer fair! The weather served us well with the sun shining brightly! We had many stalls offering some wonderful […]
Y3B French greetings in a Mexican Wave? 🇫🇷
We have been enjoying some games to help us learn basic greetings vocabulary in French…
Y3B go back to Victorian times 🕰️
Photos of our immersive Victorian Day visit in Y3
Class Challenge
Class Challenge is back in full swing. Today saw Y5R battle it out against Y5P, and what an epic benchball battle it was. Both teams demonstrated amazing resilience and great […]
Y4 Cresswell Crags
This week Y4 visited Cresswell Crags to find out about life in the stone age. We visited a stone age cage where early humans would have sought shelter, became palaeontologists […]
Y5ES Gravity Leaflets
This week in Y5 we have been creating fact sheets about Isaac Newton and the effects of gravity. We explained the effect of gravity and that unsupported objects fall towards […]
Y5 P4C – The Darkest Dark
This week in Y5 we have explored the text ‘The Darkest Dark’. We worked as a class to have a P4C discussion about the text and Chris’ fears. We generated […]
Y6 dive into the fascinating world of finch evolution 🐦
📸 Y6 students delved into the captivating world of finch evolution. 🐦 By comparing how large and small beaks (aka pegs, tweezers) picked up various foods, they discovered the survival […]
Y6 Evolution artwork
After reading a story about evolution linked to the Industrial Revolution, we created some art work that replicated the theory of natural selection- survival of the fittest. We used the […]
Y3 Balanced Discussion
This morning Y3SK have been working on their balanced discussion skills – we discussed do you think animals should be killed for food?
Rotherham Minster Summer Concert
It was a pleasure to watch our amazing choir perform last Thursday in the Rotherham Minster. The choir sang don’t stop believing and never ending story. All Rotherham schools joined […]
More Batteries? 4B investigate… 🔍
Investigating circuits – will they work? How do we know?
Y3 – Drawing with Accuracy
This morning our Y3 children have continued their shape topic and have been learning to draw accurately. We used table pens to support our measurements. We even used the bee […]
Sheffield the Musical
Here are some clips of Y3’s Sheffield the musical we performed last Thursday. A huge thank you to Elliott for all his support and writing the incredible songs. Well done […]
Y4 Big Blast Big String 🎶
Y4 enjoyed participating in a live event at Magna, where lots of Rotherham schools performed together in front of an audience
Prom 2023
We had a wonderful evening celebrating our amazing year 6’s.
Water Safety in Y4 🛟
Year 4 children have been learning about how to stay safe around water and what to do in the event of an emergency 💦
Y4 Outdoor Maths 🦋
We took our learning outside to identify angles around the school premises
🏆 Winning house treat 🏆
Well done team Wordsworth with 18,778 house points you are this year’s house winners! The children had a wonderful time celebrating their success today. Lots of laughter, fun and wonderful […]
Solving Time Problems 3SK
This morning 3SK have used excellent teamwork skills to solve tricky time problems. We collaborated as a class to complete a class game of dominoes with time problems involved. Well […]