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...
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...
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