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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.

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…

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

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...

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.

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...

Why did Jesus choose to die?

Carousel, Class 2, RE and Worship

We used the drama technique of conscience alley to explore the decision that Jesus made in the garden of Gethsemane. We thought about his reasons for and against choosing to die.

How do we know about the Great Fire of London?

Carousel, Class 2, History

Sources of Information Today we were history detectives and decided which sources of evidence would help us understand what happened during the Fire of London.

Headteacher’s Newsletter 13 March 2026

Whole School Letters

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Famous Fives use their amazing charcoal skills to depict coal mining…

Art & Design, Carousel, Class 6, History

Why are the bread and wine in the Last Supper important?

Carousel, Class 2, RE and Worship

The Last Supper was the final meal Jesus shared with his disciples. Today we re-enacted this meal by sharing the bread (which represented his body) and wine (which represented his blood).

Headteacher’s letter 6 March 2026

Whole School Letters

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World Book Day 2026

Carousel, Class 4, English

Our school read 'What We'll Build' by Oliver Jeffers and decided to think of ways we can build a better world together. Our class theme was 'Friendships and Relationships', so most children chose to come dressed as their parent, sibling or coach!

World Book Day

Carousel, Class 3, English

We had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day and dressing up. Our class theme was “Activists,” and the children came in a fantastic range of creative costumes. We had eco-warriors, peacekeepers, several endangered animals including pandas, a sea turtle, a...

World Book Day in Nursery!

Carousel, English, Nursery, Science

World Book Day is always fun in Nursery! The Hungry Caterpillars dressed up as people who help us. We had doctors, nurses, vets, superheroes, police officers, firefighters and the tooth fairy sitting on our carpet! The children listened carefully to a wonderful book...

THE SHINING STARS ENJOYED BEING INVENTORS AND SCIENTISTS ON WORLD BOOK DAY!

Carousel, English

Reception children had fun focusing on the 'Building' theme, based upon the story: 'What We'll Build' by Oliver Jeffers. They took part in the...

World book Day in Y5

Carousel, Class 5, English

Building our dreams for the future... For World Book Day, our theme was building dreams for the future. Here's how we might look in 20 years!

World Book Day in Y2- Building a better world together

Carousel, Class 2, English

Today we celebrated World Book Day. The theme this year for our school was ‘building a better world together’. This relates closely to our school vision. We worked on ideas that resulted in our own piece of work that created a plan for building a future and making the...