Y6 Clay Rock Pool Workshop – Session 3
What a fantastic final session we have had with Mrs Lee today completing our ceramic rock pools. We were thrilled to see how our rock pools returned after being in […]
What a fantastic final session we have had with Mrs Lee today completing our ceramic rock pools. We were thrilled to see how our rock pools returned after being in […]
Congratulations to Class 7 this week! Due to their kindness and respect shining through during lunch times, Class 7 won the most golden tokens and therefore are the golden table […]
Children in Y6 have put their problem solving skills to the test when completing the spiralling decimals challenge from NRICH. We had to think logically of where we would place […]
Year 6’s enjoyed meeting with Reverend Skidmore with Herringthorpe Junior School last week to learn all about the life of St Cuthbert. This will be valuable when visiting Northumberland next […]
Another fantastic afternoon working on our clay rock pools with ceramics artist, Mrs Lee. Today, we have sculpted creatures that live in rock pools and used techniques such as scoring […]
This afternoon, our Y6 children have had the privilege of meeting and working together with ceramic artist Caroline Lee from CLEE Ceramics! Over the course of 3 sessions, Mrs Lee […]
This afternoon, Y6 have learnt about the famous artist known as Hokusai and completed an artist study by analysing some of his famous artwork. We evaluated the work of Hokusai […]
A HUGE well done to Class 7 for having the highest attendance during our 2 week transition. We celebrated this morning with a breakfast, some singing and some dancing.
We have been using Tinkercad, a 3D modelling programme, to create our own 3D lighthouses. Children used their knowledge learnt in previous ICT sessions to navigate around their programme and […]
Today, Y6 children have used shading and techniques such as cross hatching, stippling, finger blending and scribbling to create tone and texture when sketching their own seashell. We began by […]
Year 6 have made a fantastic start to their new unit of writing today with some brilliant drama to enhance character thoughts and feelings. We used freeze frames to portray […]
Children have had the honour of working with skilled artist, Mandy Keating, who ran a multiple workshops to explore new visual art techniques! We created artwork linked to Rotherham and […]
What a fantastic ‘I’m a Y6, get me out of here!’ performance from our Year 6 children! It was emotional from start to finish, with an opportunity for children to […]
This afternoon, our Y6’s put their business ideas to the test at our enterprise fayre to celebrate the end of the Make £5 Grow project. Children have worked extremely hard […]
Take a look at our outstanding Picture This exhibition at Gullivers Valley in Sheffield. This year, our particular focus was on the theme ‘Light.’ Across our school, we have thought […]
This afternoon, our Y6 have welcomed back their mentors from Pontefract College as we explore oracy in our final module of ‘The Oracy and Reading’ project. We have worked alongside […]
Our music learning continues this half term with the clarinet in preparation for our Big Blast concert at the end of June. Today, we have shown our skills off to […]
What a fantastic session we have had today in our Outdoor Art Club. The children have created their own silhouettes of leaves we have found on our school grounds and […]
During our PSHE lessons, Year 6 have learnt how to deal with a minor head injury and have produced short videos to inform other children of what to do if […]
This afternoon, the children in Year 6 have learnt about famous watercolour artist J.M.W Turner and completed an ‘artist study’ by analysing some of his most famous artwork. By studying […]
With Me In Mind ran a practical and insightful session for our Y6’s this afternoon, focussing on upcoming exam stress and anxieties and gave us tips on how this can […]
What a fantastic experience the children at Roughwood have encountered this afternoon! We have been lucky enough to virtually meet artist Bob Barker, learn about his life and even watch […]
During the Second World War, British residents had to cover their windows and doors at night with heavy blackout material in order to cover any glimmer of light coming from […]
We have began our journey to Kelham Island this morning. We are excited to fully immerse ourselves in the fantastic WW2 workshops Kelham Island Museum have to offer. Let’s have […]
Our Year 6 children have made a wonderful start to their sewings, applying their prior knowledge of running stitches to their beautiful evacuee sketches. Our next step is to apply […]
Our fantastic children in Year 5 and 6 have used their collaboration skills to create a fantastic piece of artwork based on this years theme, ‘Let’s Get Connected.’ Our art […]
The children in Year 6 have designed and created their own bookmarks this afternoon to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week in school. We discussed the importance of our own mental […]
Year 6 have been putting their knowledge of extended metaphors into practise in Literacy today. We analysed a video of a railway train, similar to the ones evacuees would travel […]
This afternoon, the children in Class 8 participated in a P4C discussion about WW2. First, we explored some pictures of evacuees and recorded our first thoughts down on a post-it […]
Take a look at some of the excellent artwork we have produced in Class 8! We completed our artwork to present in the Harvest Festival assembly this week. Y6 thought […]
Today we applied our mathematical skills of multiplication, addition and subtraction to plan a dream party sticking to a budget. Our Y6’s used their teamwork and reasoning skills exceptionally well!
During our R.E session, Year 6 learnt about the core values of Christianity and fully immersed themselves into the story of the Widow’s Mite. The Widow’s Mite is a traditional […]
Today, our Year 6 pupils visited the picturesque Robin Hoods Bay. We had a fantastic day learning about the history of the town, sketching the headland, exploring rock pools and […]
Today, the Year 6 children have had the pleasure of visiting the Lifewise Centre to take part in a variety of different scenarios relating to personal safety. Throughout the day, […]
Our fantastic Year 6 children have had an impressive first day of term. They have thought carefully about who will be appointed as our class’ School Council Representatives and have […]
At the beginning of transition, the children in Y6 were introduced to the short novel ‘A Giant’s Necklace’ by Michael Morpurgo, which follows a girl named Cherry who’s ambition is […]
During our transition in Y6, we have begun to learn about plastic pollution and how this can damage our environment, especially our oceans. We were introduced to the “Place for […]
In our Literacy session today, Class 8 made a great start to their new unit of balanced arguments by engaging in the debate: “Is social media a good thing?” We […]
Today, our Year 5/6 experienced a day in the life of a Viking at Locko Park. We met King Cnut and explored his empire and learnt various different skills, such […]
Take a look at our outstanding Picture This exhibition at Gullivers Valley in Sheffield. This year, our particular focus was on the theme ‘Movement’. Across our school, we have thought […]
This week, children in Year 5/6 have continued their learning of using different techniques to create pattern and texture and have applied this within their own sketchbooks when drawing a […]
Very proud of Class 8 today who have demonstrated their outstanding artistic skills by using ink to create texture. We considered the several ways a dragon eye could be interpreted […]
Do you have a longing desire to go back in time to experience the wonders of a Tudor banquet? Luckily, the fantastic children in a Class 8 have the opportunity […]
Today, Class 8 used their ICT slot to access the Maths platform ‘MyMaths’ in order to apply their prior learning of fractions into some fun challenges! We also introduced decimals […]
This morning, we also had the exciting opportunity to try out a ‘Tudor banquet’ and taste foods that were popular of the time. The children experienced foods they liked and […]
What a tremendous day we have had in Class 7 and 8! We have truly brought the Tudor era ‘to life’ in our hall today, with children fully immersing themselves […]
Year 5/6 have made a great start in their Literacy unit by using freeze frames within drama to explore our characters thoughts and feelings from our class book, Treason. We […]
This week, children in Y5/6 have focused upon the topic of recycling and the effects of this on our school, at home, the wider community and the planet. During our […]
Upon our return to school this week, the children in Class 7 and 8 have been exploring narrative writing in our Literacy sessions. We will be writing our very own […]
As this week is ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’, the children in Y5/6 have been focusing on this years theme of ‘Growing Together’ by considering how they have grown and how […]
In our Literacy session, Y5/6 have continued researching all about Tudor life and then had the opportunity to share our findings! We have used our questioning and researching skills to […]
Children in Y5/6 have been putting their knowledge of punctuation to the test today during our Kahoot! quiz. During our lesson, we added punctuation (such as commas, full stops and […]
During our Literacy session today, we used ‘hot-seating’ as a drama technique to explore thoughts and feelings of characters in our new class book ‘Treason’. At the beginning of the […]
Class 7 and 8 have been working on building their teamwork and communication skills in today’s Maths session. We have been applying our knowledge and understanding of prime numbers and […]
Class 7 and 8 have had an amazing morning designing and creating our very own model rockets! Our challenge was to design a rocket and module that will keep Mr […]
This afternoon, Class 8 have used their sketch books to build up a bank of art skills to help them in sketching and shading a moon with craters. We practised […]
In preparation for Remembrance Day on Thursday 11th November, Y5/6 children have been reflecting on the day that acknowledges the courage and sacrifice of those soldiers who served our country. […]
Class 8 have worked extremely hard on their magnificent ‘Harvest Wreaths’ artwork. We learnt the importance of celebrating the Harvest Festival as it gives us an opportunity to give to […]
Over the last week, the children in Y5/6 have been reflecting upon their experiences during the pandemic. We watched a video as stimulus to provoke our thinking skills and, from […]
Ready… set… BLAST OFF! Our brave ‘astronauts’ in Y5/6 have had a fantastic, fun-filled day during our Astronaut Training Day. There were certain skills and characteristics we needed to become […]
This afternoon, Class 8 and 9 had the pleasure of meeting with Mrs Foxley-Johnson via Zoom to learn about the different types of discrimination and the importance of equality. We […]
Class 8 have been developing their French speaking skills as we focus on ‘Les metiers’ (jobs) this half term. This week, we used the dramatical approach ‘freeze-frames’ to demonstrate the […]
In our literacy session today, we have engaged in multiple discussions to practise using key words and phrases in preparation for our balanced argument writing next week. We have explored […]
In P4C this afternoon, Class 8 have had a lot of fun stimulating our thinking skills and developing our communication skills! We watched the stimuli ‘The Window’ by Jeannie Baker […]
Today, Class 8 have used their sequencing skills to arrange each step of the cycle of the heart. We have then used our ‘Talk 4 Writing’ skills to form actions […]
What a great start to our morning on the last day of term! The children in Class 8 have enjoyed our attendance winner breakfast this morning. A huge well done […]
What a brilliant first day back! The children in Class 8 have been exploring and observing the effects of static charges and learning about atoms and how they are formed. […]
What a brilliant first day back it has been today in Class 8. In our Literacy live session this morning, we have used the drama technique ‘hot-seating’ as an explorative […]
To celebrate our achievements at the end of this challenging half term of remote learning, Miss Dungworth and Mr Calvert arranged a Kahoot Quiz with Class 8 testing their general […]
In Maths, Class 8 have begun to look at how to display decimals as fractions and had a go at converting these on our very own designed ‘Decimals to Fractions’ […]
This week, Class 8 were asked to create an internet safety poster including some of the SMART rules we have learnt about in ICT. We have focused on the importance […]
Today, Class 8 have been learning about how to divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. We used visuals on our live session to demonstrate that when dividing, the numbers […]
Class 8 have been finding out about the life of explorer Captain James Cook and have conducted research into each of his famous expeditions in order to be able to […]
Our current Maths unit in Class 8 is decimals. One of the first things to learn about decimals is the place value which is the position of a digit in […]
In our Guided Reading session this morning, we had the opportunity to ‘explore the explorer’ Captain James Cook from our book Stowaway. We combined our prior knowledge and new learning […]