What a busy week! Our week started with the first JAM club of the term where we learnt about the story of Jonah and made some impressive whales from unusual things! We have then been learning about Black History Month through our Art week where we have thought about the experiences of children who came to the UK on the Empire Windrush and studied the work of Black artists Sir Frank Bowling and Denzil Forrester. We have enjoyed developing our art skills and creating wonderfu

It has been another busy week at school, with lots of wonderful learning taking place. On Thursday we went to Grewelthorpe to join our friend there for our first ever Be Safe day. We did lots of different activities to learn about all sorts of different ways to keep ourselves safe. In the afternoon we especially enjoyed having a visit from Mr Exelby to talk about farm safety and a PCSO who answered lots of our questions, helped us to understand how to stay safe on the roa

We've had another fabulous week, with lots of wonderful learning taking place. Yesterday we had our first focus on our World Religion for this year and came up with lots of questions about Islam that we would like to investigate. Key Stage 2 have been considering what the world must have been like for God to feel that the Ten Commandments were needed and how today's world would differ if everyone followed them. Key Stage 1 have been thinking about signs and symbols of belo

This week, we explored completing an art task using digital and non-digital devices. We were pleased with the results of both approaches! Can you spot the difference?

In our history topic, Key Stage 1 have been exploring how our homes have changed over the last century. We enjoyed sharing this learning with our families and completing a questionnaire about what their homes were like when they were growing up. It was fascinating to compare similarities and differences between then and now. In Key Stage 2, we have been studying the Stone Age to the Iron Age. We were able to show the younger children what homes were like even further back in

Studfold Farm and Fairy Gardens

What a lovely week it has been! The brighter days have lifted everyone’s spirits, and the children have returned full of excitement and enthusiasm. They have started lots of new learning this half term, including Everyday Materials and Seasonal Change in Science, persuasive writing in English, and the question “Why does Easter matter to Christians?” in RE. They are also enjoying their Healthy Me PSHE unit, learning about superheroes in French, and getting active with Net/Wall

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We’ve had a wonderfully busy and engaging week in Class 1, with the children immersing themselves in rich learning experiences across many subjects. KS1 World Religions – Hinduism As part of our whole‑school focus on World Religions, the children continued exploring Hinduism. We revisited how the religion began, the importance of The Veda, and key beliefs about Brahman and the forms God can take. We also learned about worship in a Mandir and at home, helping the children unde

It has been a wonderfully busy and engaging week for our Class One children. In Maths , the children have been developing their confidence with addition and subtraction within 100. They have shown great determination as they practised new strategies and applied them to increasingly challenging problems. In English , the class completed their final versions of their narrative stories inspired by Stories from Different Cultures . The children worked thoughtfully to bring their

Mrs Sanderson has really enjoyed getting to know the class over the past two weeks. It has been a pleasure learning all about their personalities, interests and strengths, and she has been so impressed by how welcoming, enthusiastic and hardworking they have been. The children have shown great curiosity in their learning and have approached each activity with positivity and confidence. It has been wonderful to see them support one another, share ideas and take pride in their

What a busy week we have had in Class One this week! We have been practising really hard for our nativity performances next week, the donkeys practised his ee-ore, Mary has practised being a mum, Joseph has practised leading a donkey and going on a very long journey, the innkeeper(s) have practised how to answer the door and the star has practised flying through the sky! With singing and acting and fun in between it has been a wonderful time- we can't wait to share with you a

Wow what a super week we have had celebrating all things Christmas now it is officially December! The week started with the arrival of our class elf bringing lots of decorations (and mischief)! The Christmas tree's and classrooms were gleefully decorated by all, who then went on to colour and make their own globe baubles to hang on the tree! In RE we have been talking about why nativities are performed by Christians and why the Christmas story is important, with the children

Art Week What an exciting week we have had doing all things printing! The week started off looking at what Pop Art is, and who Andy Warhol was. From here we then did our own research about Andy Warhol to get a real understanding of how his life lead him to be a world famous Pop Art Artist using printing! We then looking at some different kinds of prints and how they were printed- relief printing, screen printing and intaglio printing! This then lead into exploring and discuss

Anther busy week here in Class One with lots of fun and learning! In Maths KS1 have completed their Addition and Subtraction within 20 topic, ready to start Place Value within 100 next! We have continued our Science learning about animals and humans looking at how the bodies are designed to aid them in their habitats- the children thoroughly enjoyed our activity drawing round each other and labelling the body parts! In Spelling Year Two have started to look at spelling rules

It has been so busy this week, to have squeezed so much learning and work in between has been aspirational! In between wearing odd socks, having 2 minutes silence, parents evening, ice-cream and laps of running... we have: Continuing working within Addition and Subtraction with KS1, this week we have been working on adding three 1-digit numbers, finding a part (missing numbers) and 8-fact fact families, while reception have been focusing on the numbers 4 and 5! In phonics Yea

See what Class One have been doing this week!

What an amazing enrichment trip Class One had to Bolton Castle! We went with children from Grewelthorpe and Fountains too. From exploring...

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