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
Happy Easter!
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!
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
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Spring is here!
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…
Our wonderful trip to Castleton
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?
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?
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.
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