Our Famous Fives use maps to find the location of South America…
We Will Remember Them
The Hungry Caterpillars have been learning about Remembrance Day. The children found out about wearing poppies to remember soldiers who have been injured and killed fighting in wars. They were silent at 11am on 11th November to remember them. The children enjoyed...
Harvest Festival
It was lovely to celebrate the Harvest Festival with a special service at Tankersley St Peter’s Church. Each class performed a song and a the choir and worship band shared a very special performance of “My Father’s World” accompanied by the keyboard, flutes and...
Our wonderful performance about the Tudors
The year 4 pupils have been learning about the Tudors this half term and in their music lesson they rehearsed a short performance about Henry VIII which they performed to the rest of the school and their families. The children dressed up as Tudors and sang a number of...
Our Stone Age bracelets
We are really enjoying learning about the Stone Age and we created bracelets inspired by Stone Age jewellery using clay. We looked at archaeological finds from the Stone Age from different parts of the world and had a discussion about how our ancestors might have...
We love playing the djembes
Our topic in music lessons this half term is West African music and really enjoy listening to different musical performances and finding out about various musical instruments. We have also been learning to play the djembes as a whole class and composed our own rhythms...
Bishop Pete’s Visit
Bishop Pete visited our school for a wonderful morning of worship, music and Bible study. He met pupils and staff, chatted with members of the Worship Council, enjoyed a tour of the school and joined Key Stage 2 children for a special collective worship focusing on...
The Gunpowder Plot
Today in our history lesson we learnt about the reasons why Guy Fawkes conspired to kill King James 1. In groups we sequenced the main events of the Gunpowder Plot. We then used the drama strategy of communal voice. We recreated an image of the plotters. We then...
Headteacher’s Letter
THE HUNGRY CATERPILLARS AND SHINING STARS HAVE ENJOYED LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MEANING OF REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY!
One of our school grandparents kindly came to share her knowledge and her own family members medals from when he served in one of the World Wars. The children asked questions and looked carefully at photographs and medals from the past, to find out more information....
Butterfly Lions share their knowledge of Judaism…
What is a timeline?
We learnt about events in ‘living memory’. We then learnt that after the 100 years the timeline shows events that happened beyond living memory as there is no-one alive (100 years) to remember these events. Next we carried out an activity where we built upon our...
Famous Fives share their knowledge of Christianity…
What is the story of Hanukkah about?
In groups we re-enacted the main events of the story of Hanukkah.
Headteacher’s Letter 23 October 2026
Mexican Food Tasting
Today in our geography lesson we learnt what traditional Mexican food looks like and how it compares to the food we eat at home. In Tocuaro, the people cook many Mexican foods using the flour that they make from the...
Fabulous Elizabeth I collages from our Famous Fives…
Famous Fives increasing their accuracy and speed on TTRS!
Class 2 visit the zoo
We visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park today. First, we went to the classroom for an educational lesson. We learnt about desert, polar, savannah and rainforest habitats. We learnt about some of the animals in the YWP’s collection that live in these various habitats and...
Headteacher’s Letter 9 October 2026
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AUTUMN LEAVES ARE FALLING!
The Hungry Caterpillars have loved learning about the wonderful season of autumn. The children have enjoyed looking at autumn objects, such as leaves, conkers, acorns and pine cones on the investigation table using magnifying glasses. They have also enjoyed matching...
Butterfly Lions visit the library…
Y4 Trip to Grimm and Co
We had a fantastic trip to Grimm and Co on Thursday where we worked together to create a story with unique endings and watched a professional illustrator bring their ideas to life. We wrote our own individual endings, which have been published in our own books! We...
Headteacher’s Letter 2 October 2026
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