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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.

Whole School Letters

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Our fantastic Anglo-Saxon Day

Carousel, Class 3, History

This week we had a special Anglo-Saxon day in our class and the children took part in a variety of activities. We all dressed up as Anglo Saxons, learnt about life in an Anglo-Saxon village, baked bread, read the famous Anglo-Saxon story about Beowulf and sang a song...

Our worship about Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Carousel, Class 3, RE and Worship

The Global Guardians presented a wonderful worship about Archbishop Desmond Tutu this week. We found our interesting facts about his life and also learnt about the important role he played in the reconciliation process following the end of apartheid in South Africa....

THE SHINING STARS HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN OUTDOOR FIRE FIGHTER ROLE-PLAY!

Carousel, PHSE, Reception

It all began when a few children were practising climbing up the climbing wall. Then they suddenly heard the calls: "Fire, Fire!" It was time to call the fire brigade who swiftly arrived at the scene and proceeded to climb the building, to rescue the people at the...

Famous Fives investigate air resistance…

Carousel, Class 5, Science

Our first ‘Proud Portal’ moment!

Carousel, Class 4, English

In the Year 4 classroom, we now have a cosy reading cottage that can be used as a quiet space for our pupils to share how they love their learning. This is our first entry: https://vimeo.com/1158830254

If all the world were…

Carousel, Class 2, English

This week the children in class 2 have been drawing upon ideas in the text to think about special objects, creating noun phrases for each. They have then applied this idea into a non-narrative poem with a focus on drawing upon the author’s language. Finally, after...

TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC!

Carousel, Design Technology, English, Nursery

The Hungry Caterpillars took part in an indoor teddy bears’ picnic. The children followed instructions to make a sandwich for picnic time. Everyone enjoyed eating their sandwich and crisps with their friends. They also listened to the traditional Teddy Bears’ Picnic...

Whole School Letters

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Sequencing the main events of Florence Nightingale’s life

Carousel, Class 2, History

In our history lesson we learnt about some of the main events in Florence Nightingale’s life. We used a timeline to order these events.

Famous Fives deepen their understanding of The Fall using drama…

Carousel, Class 5, English

Headteacher’s Letter 16 January 2026

Whole School Letters

Famous Fives explore the characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream…

Carousel, Class 5, English

Headteachers Letter 9 January 2026

Whole School Letters

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!

Carousel, Nursery

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!

Art & Design, Carousel, Reception

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…

Carousel, Class 5, History, History and Geography

Famous Fives explaining how to multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number…

Carousel, Class 5, Maths

Florence Nightingale…

Carousel, Class 2, History, History and Geography

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…

British Values, Carousel, Class 5, RE and Worship

What is the creation story?

Carousel, Class 2, RE and Worship

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!

British Values, Carousel, Nursery, RE and Worship

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...