THE SHINING STARS HAVE HAD GREAT FUN DEMONSTRATING THEIR LEARNING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE COMMUNITY DIWALI WORKSHOP!
THE SHINING STARS HAVE HAD GREAT FUN DEMONSTRATING THEIR LEARNING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE COMMUNITY DIWALI WORKSHOP! The Shining Stars enjoyed creating Rangoli patterns and Mehndi hand patterns, as well as decorating their clay diva lamps. The children tasted a...
Happy Christening Day!
The Hungry Caterpillars have been learning about christenings and baptism. Rev. Chris Herbert led the (pretend) christening service in Nursery of 'baby' Aurora. Class 2 were invited too because the children are learning about baptism in greater depth. Afterwards, the...
What is the significance of the Christingle?
Christingles are used in some Christian churches during the time of Advent. Each part of a Christingle represents something special for this time of year. Today we made our own Christingle.
Performance Poetry
Today in our English lesson we orally rehearsed our version of the poem 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear. We read and performed to an audience. https://vimeo.com/1140147048...
The importance of Remembrance Day
Today we learnt that the Year 1918 is a very important year. It is the year that World War 1 ended. We sequenced this event on our timeline, along with all the other historical events that we have learnt about so far in our history lessons. [gallery...
We Will Remember Them
The Hungry Caterpillars have learnt about Remembrance Day. The children found out about wearing poppies to remember soldiers who have been injured and killed fighting in wars. They were silent at 11am on 11th November to remember them. The children enjoyed creating...
The Gunpowder Plot
Today in our History lesson we learnt about the reasons why Guy Fawkes conspired to kill King James 1. In groups we sequenced the main events of the Gunpowder Plot. We then used the drama strategy of Communal...
THE SHINING STARS HAVE BEEN LEARNING ALL ABOUT REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY!
The children have been creating Remembrance medals and exploring new and ambitious vocabulary such as sacrifice, wreath, veteran and cenotaph. The Shining Stars have also enjoyed painting their own poppy fields and collaborating to produce a Remembrance poem. Well...
What is the story of Hanukkah about?
In groups we re-enacted the main events of the story of Hanukkah...
Who was Guy Fawkes and why do we remember him?
We carried out an activity where we built upon our previous learning. We learnt that apart from Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, Laika sent into space, Queen Elizabeth’s death and King Charles becoming king all the other events happened beyond living memory. We...
Our wonderful performance about Henry VIII
The year 4 pupils have been learning all about the Tudor times in history and in their music lesson they rehearsed a special performance with Mrs Cooper about this very interesting period. Everyone dressed up - there were courtiers, sailors, the queens and of course...
Headteacher’s Newsletter 23 October 2025
2025 2026 Head Teacher Letter - 23 October 2025
Mexican Food Tasting
Today in our geography lesson we learnt what traditional Mexican food looks like and how it compares to the food we eat at home. In Tocuaro, the people cook many Mexican foods using the flour that they make from the maize. We tried: tortilla wraps, tortilla chips,...
We used pastels to create abstract pit wheels and lamped coal miners based on our knowledge of local history.
Headteacher’s Letter 17 October 2025
2025 2026 Head Teacher Letter -17 october 2025
Class 2 visit the zoo
We visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park today. First, we went to the classroom for an educational lesson. We learnt about desert, polar, savannah and rainforest habitats. We learnt about some of the animals in the YWP’s collection that live in these various habitats and...
THE SHINING STARS ENJOYED RESPONDING TO AN EXCITING PROVOCATION, AS PART OF THEIR LEARNING BASED UPON THE STORY BOOK: ‘SO MUCH’ BY TRISHA COOKE!
The Shining Stars were made aware of a mystery package that arrived at school. They soon realised that the package should have been delivered to the Daddy from the story 'So Much.' The children set about writing messages to the Daddy to let him know about his birthday...
Autumn Leaves are Falling!
The Hungry Caterpillars have loved learning about the awesome season of autumn. The children have enjoyed looking at autumn objects, such as leaves, conkers, acorns and pine cones on the investigation table using magnifying glasses. They have developed their...
Our special worship about the Lord’s Prayer
On Friday we took part in a very special worship exploring the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. It was led by the members of the Worship Council who explained the significance of the prayer for Christians and guided everyone through its message line by line. A group of...
Headteacher’s Letter 10th October 2025
2025 2026 Head Teacher Letter -10 10 25
Harvest Festival
We celebrated Harvest with a wonderful service at Tankersley Church. Each class performed a song and the whole congregation joined in with some popular Harvest hymns and songs including Conkers, Cauliflowers Fluffy, We Plough the Fields and Scatter and All Things...
The Hungry Caterpillars Love Learning about their 5 Senses!
The Nursery children have been exploring their 5 senses over the past 5 weeks by taking part in activities and sensory games. They have enjoyed learning about the world around them by using their different senses. [gallery type="thumbnails" columns="2" size="full"...
Headteacher’s Newsletter 3 October 2025
2025 2026 Head Teacher Letter 3 Octobers 2025
THE SHINING STARS HAVE ENJOYED CREATING MINDFUL IMAGINATIVE MARKS IN RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS AND A PIECE OF MUSIC!
The children have let their imaginations flow as they have made pencil crayon marks in response to different instrument sounds. The children have then explored holding 2 felt pens together to express the spirit of the music: 'Soothing Relaxation Music' by Peder B....
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