Learning About Islam
We were delighted to welcome Imam Abdul Aziz from Barnsley Mosque to our school to help us learn more about Islam. It was fascinating to hear about his experiences of Hajj and how he follows the Five Pillars of Islam in his daily life. He showed us different prayer...
Our Fantastic Ancient Greece Day
This week, we enjoyed a wonderful Ancient Greece Day where everyone dressed up as Ancient Greeks and took part in lots of exciting activities. We learnt all about life in Ancient Greece and discovered that the Olympic Games were held to honour the gods and were...
The 10 Commandments
We carried out a diamond 9 (10) activity where as a group we had to rank each of the 10 commandments depending on its importance.
Our Water Run Was Fantastic Fun!
The Hungry Caterpillars really enjoyed their sponsored water run. The children were raising money for our wonderful school . The Early Years children ran around the school field on a lovely Friday afternoon getting sprayed with water by Mrs Harrison and her fabulous...
Colour Run Fun for our Famous Fives…
Headteacher’s Newsletter 16 May 2026
Imam’s visit to our class
We were very lucky to have a special visit from Imam Abdul Aziz today. We learnt that Muslims worship in a mosque and the leader of the worship is called an imam. The imam helps Muslims learn more about Allah's teachings. [gallery type="rectangular"...
Researching and presenting knowledge about the lifecycle of mammals
Headteacher’s Letter 8 May 2026
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ZOOLAB VISIT…
The Hungry Caterpillars and Shining Stars had great fun using their senses to explore a range of animals, insects and mini-beasts. They handled different creatures who would naturally live in the various layers of the rainforest! The children had the opportunity to...
Headteacher’s Letter 1 May 2026
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Famous Fives enjoy their Bible Study by exploring Superbook…
Inside a Synagogue
Today we began to identify different features of the inside of a Jewish Synagogue. We then tried to create some of these features using playdough.
Different types of sentence…
Today we pretended to be the characters from the story 'Goldilocks and the three bears'. Each character had to say a statement, question, command and an exclamation.
Headteacher’s Letter 24 April 2026
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THE SHINING STARS ENJOYED THEIR LOCALITY WALK AROUND TANKERSLEY!
After studying an ordnance survey map and Google Earth showing Tankersley St Peters CE Primary school and locality, the Shining Stars set off on a lovely locality walk. The children spotted road signs, different styles of housing and they explored the wild garlic,...
Easter church service
We celebrated Easter with a very special church service at Tankersley St Peter’s church. It was wonderful to come together as a school community and remember all the main events from the Holy Week. Each class sang a song and there were Bible readings about the Palm...
Our amazing Easter play
The Year 3 and 4 pupils worked really hard in their music lessons and rehearsed an Easter play about important events in the life of Jesus which they presented to the rest of the school and their families. The songs, music and drama really brought to life the events...
Making a model of a Jewish Synagogue
In RE today we learnt about where Jewish people worship. In groups we started to model make the outside of a synagogue. We made pillars, windows, doors and included the Star of David.
A fabulous day at the Coal Mining Museum…
Headteacher’s Letter 17 April 2026
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Measuring in cm
In Maths we learnt how to measure the lengths of objects using a ruler. We started at zero and measured using cm.
HUNGRY CATERPILLARS BECOME BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES!
The Nursery children have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. They have observed the process of metamorphosis by watching how a tiny caterpillar grows bigger, creates a chrysalis and then becomes a butterfly. It is an exciting and awesome experience...
Headteacher’s Letter 27th March 2026
HEAD TEACHER LETTER 27 MARCH 2026
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