Famous Fives explore the characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream…
Headteachers Letter 9 January 2026
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!
The Hungry Caterpillars returned to Nursery happily at the beginning of the new year, 2026, and we also welcomed several new starters. The children learnt about how people celebrate the new year by enjoying firework displays and making new year resolutions. We...
THE SHINING STARS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY PAINTING WINTER TREES!
The children have followed a sequence of pictures, to create their own Winter tree paintings. They have used the materials: paint, glue and glitter to create different effects. A variety of paintbrush sizes and lollypop sticks were used to apply the paint, glue and...
Remembering and sharing knowledge about events from the past…
Famous Fives explaining how to multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number…
Florence Nightingale…
When was Florence Nightingale alive? We ordered the historical events on the timeline which we have been previously taught and then added the Florence Nightingale card. How do we know about people from the past? We looked at images of Florence Nightingale and tried to...
Famous Fives discuss the key concepts of Christianity…
What is the creation story?
In our RE learning today we used drama to bring alive and deepen our knowledge and understanding of the 7 parts of the story of creation.
Festive Fun in Foundation One!
The Hungry Caterpillars have loved learning about why and how we celebrate Christmas. The children have been finding out about Advent and Jesus being born on the first Christmas day by using books, the Smartboard, our Nativity figures and performing in our own...
Headteacher’s Letter 18th December 2025
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Brilliant Brass concert from our Famous Fives…
Hand Puppets
In our design technology lessons we have been learning how to sew using a running stitch. We have designed and made star hand puppets.
THE SHINING STARS HAVE PERFORMED THEIR NATIVITY: ‘THE TWINKLY NATIVITY’ TO BOTH SCHOOL AND FAMILY AUDIENCES!
The children were super confident as they retold the Nativity story through words, actions and songs! All of their hard work practising, culminated in two fabulous performances! Thank you to supporting staff and to our lovely families who were such an encouraging...
The Shining Stars present their Diwali Indian dancing!
NURSERY NATIVITY
The Hungry Caterpillars enjoyed performing in our Nursery Nativity and Christmas Sing-along. The children loved...
Winter Celebration
We were delighted to be invited to perform as the lead primary school for music at the Winter Celebration held at the Barnsley Civic. The event, organised by Barnsley Music Hub, showcased the fantastic music-making taking place across the borough. Our choir performed...
Our wonderful new school song
We had a fantastic time working with Jason Dasent, a Sheffield-based professional music producer, who helped us record our brand-new school song. Created especially for our 150th anniversary, the song celebrates our vision of growing in God’s light and trying to make...
Elf run
We had lots of fun completing the special elf run to raise funds for Barnsley Hospice. Although it was a cold day we soon warmed up running on the track and our special elf hats kept our heads warm. Our school vision inspires us to make the world a better place and we...
Famous Fives remember prime numbers…
Gulliver’s Valley…
The children explored indoor play areas, went on lots of exciting rides and even had a magical adventure to the North Pole where they spoke with Father Christmas and received some fabulous presents! The children also finished off their trip, coming together to watch a...
Famous Fives love their Top Dog activity…
We really enjoy deepening our understanding of a text by talking and asking and answering questions orally. Our Canine Pals help us to select the different question types.
What is the significance and symbolism of poppies?
In small groups we arranged the statements in order of importance, with the most important statement being at the top of the diamond shape.
The Circus arrived in Class 4 this week!
The Billionaires stepped into the magical world of Leon and the Place Between by turning our classroom into a circus! With colourful decorations and circus music, we imagined ourselves as acrobats, magicians, and performers just like in the story. Exploring the...
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