This week has been a really busy week as we have saved one of our best topics until last - levers and linkages in D and T. The children had to create an Easter card that had different moving parts to it, and they had to design all of the mechanisms and movements by themselves. They worked very well on the project and came up with some very creative ideas. It was brilliant to see their creativity in full flow as they produced some excellent designs. The final results were bril

This week the children have made and decorated an Easter tree. They had a super fun forest school lesson with Mrs Longstaff and celebrated Easter at our end of term service in church. I hope you all have a lovely break and look forward to seeing the children next term .

This week in maths the children have moved onto learning about measures of length and height. They have used centimetres and metres as standard units of measurment. The younger children have focused on the language of comparison of length. The KS1 children had a great time at forest school with Mrs Longstaff. We have had a design technolgy week , where the children have planned , constructed and evaluated some fabulous Easter cards . Well done class 1 - have a lovely weekend.

At forest school for the last few weeks we have discussed fire etiquette in order to light a fire safely. We have practised using a flint and steel to create a spark and reminded ourselves of the fire triangle. We have toasted smores and also cooked bread on the fire on a peeled green stick. We have also learnt a lot about how to keep ourselves safe when using tools. Children have practised whittling using peelers and hand knives, peeling bark, practising a stop cut and a thu

This week the sun finally started shining and we made the most of the good weather by going outside and looking for mini-beasts. In science we have been studying different types of animals and creating classification keys, so we went outside to see which types of creatures we could find and then think about how we could sort them into different groups. We are really lucky to have such a great outside space to use and the children loved exploring all of the little nooks and cr

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This week, we've been doing some very important skills around how to deliver first aid and what to do in an emergency. Here we are carrying out a practical and putting our first-aid knowledge to the test. We were also very fortunate to have Bethel church come back to deliver a different workshop on the life of Jesus. They went through Jesus' life in order and brought it to life by having people play roles from the stories. We got to do a bit of drama by acting out the scenes

This week in maths the EYFS children have been exploring doubles . They have made a display of doubles butterflies . KS1 children have been counting in 2s , 5s and 10s and looking at the relationships between them . As part of our world religion we have learnt about the Hindu spring festival of Holi and produced some fantastic art work which is up in the classroom . The EYFS children enjoyed the story Dear Zoo and each produced their own page which we have proudly displayed .

What a great day we had celebrating books new and old in school. This year's was one to remember with all the activities going on in school. We had an author visit, chocolate bars being sold, North Stainley came to visit and all sorts of fun activities throughout the day. Well done Class 3 on their excellent costumes

We have had such a busy week ! The children looked amazing in their costumes yesterday . Our visiting author ran a super workshop based on the book Where The Wild Things Are. In RE the EYFS children have been acting out the story of Palm Sunday using palm leaves that they cut out themselves. The KS1 children have been sequencing the Easter story and talking about the significance of each part . Thank you for all your support . Have a lovely weekend everyone.

We have had a really exciting week this week, and not only have we been out on a school trip, but we've also had World Book Day too! On Wednesday we went to Askham Bryan Wildlife park near York to take part in some workshops to help us with our science topic. We have been learning about how to classify different types of animals and we thought it would be a good idea to go and see some of the animals for ourselves. The children loved observing and drawing the animals, and the

This week class 3 had the opportunity to go to a dance showcase. They've been eagerly mastering a dance routine all halfterm and demonstrated their dance to a crowded hall, full of primary-school children. They carried it out with such enthusiasm, there were cartwheels a plenty and shaking hips. Here they are in full swing. Some were noted for their contribution and received an award for their efforts. In other areas of the curriculum, we've been studying the solar system and

Spring 2 Week 1 Class 1 news . This week the Year 1 and 2 children had the opportunity to have a forest school session with Mrs Longstaff. They had lots of fun and are looking forward to next weeks' lesson ! In maths, KS1 have been dividing numbers into groups of an equal number. Reception have been ordering numbers and looking at which numbers are 5 and a few more and how they can tell how many objects are in a set just by looking . In RE we are looking at why Easter is a s

On Tuesday we went to take part in a dance festival at Outwood school to show off our dancing skills. The children had been working with Mr Whitford in pe to create a dance routine from scratch that they could perform at the festival. The children loved the project and got to pick everything from the music they danced to, to the moves themselves. It was wonderful to see how confident the children were on stage and they worked together brilliantly to put on a real show. They a

We always look forward to art week and this time it was painting's turn to be our choice of medium. As with all art projects, Mrs Lyall (our art specialist) is on speed dial and is always keen to offer a helping hand. She came into to model how perspective can be created in a landscape by looking at the vanishing point Mrs Lyall also demonstated pointillism, which we then had a go at. We were now ready to consider drawing some outlines of our landscape, with perspective in mi

This week has been one of our favourite weeks so far - art week! For our project we created mountain scenes inspired by the winter Olympics. The children used a range of different types of paints and tools to create some wonderful pictures. They have also enjoyed learning all about the events in the winter Olympics too, and even had a go at indoor biathlon and curling thanks to Mrs Staveley. The children have worked incredibly hard this half term and we are all really proud o

This week the children have explored watercolours. They experimemted with different techniques and used brushes and pipettes. The children looked at abstract art by Paul Klee , Kadinski and Emma Burleigh . They explored colour mixing and chose a technique for a final piece of art . In maths the KS1 children have been counting equal groups of 2s, 3s and 5s. EYFS have looked at the principle of one more and how numbers 6 to 10 are 5 and a certain number more . Children have pla

What a band we'd make with this lot - very cool looking and we're not just pretty faces either, we also won the time-tables rockstar competition with ease 🤘 We've been looking at soluble and insoluble materials this week and have carried out an investigation to discover the outcome. The class were quite surprised by the results, like how the oil would float on the surface and not mix in. We first planned the investigation and ensured we were doing it all in a scientific and

This week class one have been learning about multiplication in maths . EYFS have been comparing quantities and using the language more , fewer and equal to. In PSHE the EYFS children have been talking about the different jobs people do and the skills they would need to learn to do a particular job. Years1 and 2 have been using geographical language to talk about aspects of life in Africa and Grewelthorpe . The children looked fantastic today for Numbers Day and it was great t

Over the last few weeks the children have been working hard on their language skills with Mr Breckon, and every Tuesday he comes to teach our class French. It is great that the children have the opportunity to learn a new language and they really enjoy role-playing different scenarios and playing language based games. We have also been working hard on our dancing skills with Mr Whitford and the dance is very nearly finished. We had a whole class run through on Tuesday and it

We've started looking at balanced arguments in English and weighing up where we stand on a range of subjects. Should children get homework? Should children own mobile phones? We quickly realised we needed to go over what being unbiased meant and had to consider both sides of the debate... Needless to say, their minds were made up but here we are deciding where we stand on the use of mobile phones We also highligted the features of a balanced argument And then held a full deba

This week the KS1 children have been looking at fact families in numbers and even made up some of their own ! EYFS have been learning about number 6 and the numbers within it . They have also enjoyed learning about life in polar regions . All the children have been reading adventure stories and thinking about what makes a good story. In RE KS1 children made posters about the good news Jesus brings and EYFS read the bible story about Adam naming the animals and thought about

The children have been carrying on with their Forest School sessions again this week with Mrs L, and they have been learning some great life skills. They have been learning how to create shelters from things around them, and also how to cook some very tasty looking food (their cooking is much better than mine, the food would look very burnt if I had tried this!). It is fantastic that the children get to explore the amazing environment around them and to experience the country

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