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THE SHINING STARS HAVE BEEN IN-ROLE AS POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATING A GOLDILOCKS CRIME SCENE!

The children noticed a large, medium and small bowl and the small bowl had no porridge left in it! The children also noticed a large, medium and small chair and the small chair was broken. There was a lock of golden curly hair and a bow at the scene! The Shining...

THE HUNGRY CATERPILLARS AND SHINING STARS HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL SPORTS MORNING!

All of the children had super fun as they took part in many different sports such as standing long jump, the egg and spoon obstacle course, javelin throwing, bean bag aiming, a jungle gym water obstacle course and sprinting! The children showed fantastic...

KS1 Sports Day

This morning we all took part in the KS1 Sports Day. We carried out 6 different activities including egg & spoon, javelin and throwing. We had lots of fun in the sun and then cooled down with a lovely ice-pop. [gallery type="rectangular"...

Delicious Focaccia bread making…

How does having a mezuzah help Jewish people to focus on God?

We learnt that the mezuzah is a paper scroll with the Shema prayer written on it which is kept in a small case. This can be hung outside the front door. We had fun making our own.

Triathlon fun for our Famous Fives…

Happy Father’s Day!

The Hungry Caterpillars have been thinking and talking about their daddies. The children have used the computer to draw a picture of daddy for a special card. They have also been busy in the kitchen making a mud pie (complete with a worm) to give to daddy! ...

Famous Fives gold award graduation ceremony for Children’s University…

HEDGEHOG HOMES!

The Hungry Caterpillars have worked in collaborative pairs during our Design and Technology project. The children worked together to design and make a home for a hedgehog after learning about hedgehogs. They used a planning sheet for their joint design and then used...

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.

Headteacher’s Letter 1 May 2026

Whole School Letters

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Famous Fives enjoy their Bible Study by exploring Superbook…

Carousel, Class 5, RE and Worship

Inside a Synagogue

Carousel, Class 2, RE and Worship

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…

Carousel, Class 2, English

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

Whole School Letters

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THE SHINING STARS ENJOYED THEIR LOCALITY WALK AROUND TANKERSLEY!

Carousel, Geography, Reception

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

Carousel, Class 3, Music, RE and Worship

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

Carousel, Class 3, Class 4, RE and Worship

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

Art & Design, Class 2, RE and Worship

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…

Carousel, Class 5, History

Headteacher’s Letter 17 April 2026

Whole School Letters

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Measuring in cm

Carousel, Class 2, Maths

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!

Carousel, Nursery, Science

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

Whole School Letters

HEAD TEACHER LETTER 27 MARCH 2026

Happy Easter!

British Values, Carousel, Nursery, RE and Worship

The Hungry Caterpillars have been learning about why and how we celebrate Easter. The children listened to the Easter story from the Bible and watched it on our Smartboard. They enjoyed walking up to St. Peter’s church for an Easter service with Rev. Chris. They also ...

THE HUNGRY CATERPILLARS AND SHINING STARS HAVE ENJOYED A LOVELY TANKERSLEY ST PETER’S EASTER CHURCH SERVICE!

Carousel, Nursery, RE and Worship, Reception

The children had a sunny walk to church with parents, grandparents and carers, who noticed many signs of Spring on their journey. Everyone was welcomed by Reverend Chris in the church, who gave a super Easter sermon all about the significance of the Easter egg and...

Headteacher’s letter 20th March 2026

Whole School Letters

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Spring is here!

Art & Design, Carousel, English, Nursery, Science

Our enquiry question this half term in Nursery is, ‘What happens in spring?’ The Hungry Caterpillars have been learning about seasonal changes by using spring themed story books, non-fiction books, our Smartboard and going for a spring walk around our school. The...

Famous Fives explore robots…

Carousel, Class 5, Computing

Our wonderful trip to Castleton

Carousel, Class 3, Geography

We had a fantastic day on our trip to Castleton. The weather was beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed the stunning views, a walk around the village and seeing nature come to life in the spring sunshine. Our visit to Treak Cliff Cavern was a real highlight, giving us...