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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.

Our Water Run Was Fantastic Fun!

The Hungry Caterpillars really enjoyed their sponsored water run. The children were raising money for our wonderful school . The Early Years children ran around the school field on a lovely Friday afternoon getting sprayed with water by Mrs Harrison and her fabulous...

Colour Run Fun for our Famous Fives…

Imam’s visit to our class

We were very lucky to have a special visit from Imam Abdul Aziz today. We learnt that Muslims worship in a mosque and the leader of the worship is called an imam. The imam helps Muslims learn more about Allah's teachings. [gallery type="rectangular"...

Researching and presenting knowledge about the lifecycle of mammals

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...

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.

Goodbye Service…

Carousel, Class 6, RE and Worship

This week we walked up to Tankersley Church for the Goodbye Service for the Butterfly Lions. It was lovely to hear about all the fun and good times they had at Tankersley School, memories they will surely treasure forever. We sang some our favourite hymns and the Y6...

THE SHINING STARS HAVE ENJOYED AN EXCITING DAY AT THE TROPICAL BUTTERFLY HOUSE, ANSTON!

Carousel, Reception

The children explored butterflies in the Tropical House, farm animals and a range of birds and small animals. They even joined an 'Animal Senses' guided workshop where they learnt lots of new information! It was so lovely to hear the children using vocabulary that...

A Super, Sunny Day Out at Sundown!

Carousel, Nursery

The Hungry Caterpillars enjoyed a super, sunny day out at Sundown Adventureland. The children had lots of fun exploring a variety of fantastic rides and brilliant play areas with their friends. A lovely time was had by everyone! [gallery type="rectangular"...

A FANTASTIC EARLY YEARS SPORTS MORNING!

Carousel, Nursery, Reception, Sports

Children in Nursery and Reception classes had a great time participating in a range of exciting physical activities. These included egg and spoon obstacle, javelin throwing, bean bag aiming, running and jumping races, long jump and the balancing water cup challenge....

Land of Blue

Class 3, English

We really enjoyed reading and analysing the poem called the Land of Blue. It made us think about our emotions, what we do when we are not very happy and how we can support each other in times of difficulty. We tried really hard with writing our own versions of the...

Class 2 visit Scarborough

Class 2, Geography

On Monday 14th July we went on our school visit to Scarborough. We went on the beach and used our buckets and spades to make sandcastles. We had a competition to see who could build the best one. After a while we had an ice-cream as a delicious treat because we’d all...

Headteacher’s Letter 11 July 2025

Whole School Letters

Animal poems

Carousel, Class 1, English

The Class 1 children have written some wonderful animal poems. If you could be an animal, what would you be? They had a wonderful time reciting the poems to their classmates. [gallery type="rectangular"...

How do Jewish people celebrate Shabbat?

Carousel, Class 2, RE and Worship

Challah bread is a Jewish bread eaten on the Sabbath – a holy day of rest and celebration for Jewish people. The Sabbath begins at nightfall on Friday and lasts until nightfall on Saturday. Today we tried to plait some Challah bread dough. [gallery...

Hand to Mouth

Carousel, Class 2, RE and Worship

Today we had a visit from Hand to Mouth. We developed our understanding of the Lord's Prayer.

Headteacher’s letter 4 July 2025

Whole School Letters

Butterfly Lions create Air Raid Shelters in DT…

Carousel, Class 6, History, History and Geography

What is Shabbat and why is it important to have a day of rest?

Carousel, Class 2, RE and Worship

Shabbat is on Saturday and is an exciting day of rest for Jewish people. It begins onFriday evening and ends on Saturday evening. We ordered the events of a Shabbat timetable. It shows how 3 children celebrate Shabbat. [gallery type="rectangular"...

HEDGEHOG HOMES!

Art & Design, Carousel, Nursery

Headteacher’s Letter 27 June 2025

Whole School Letters

What is in our blood? Our Butterfly Lions find out…

Carousel, Class 1, Class 6, Science

THE SHINING STARS HAVE ENJOYED BEING IN ROLE AS POLICE OFFICERS, INVESTIGATING THE GOLDILOCKS CRIME SCENE IN THE EARLY YEARS PLAYGROUND!

Carousel, English, Reception

The Shining Stars have been spotting clues at the Goldilocks crime scene, which they discovered earlier this week! The police officers saw 3 bowls, two still containing porridge and 1 small empty bowl. There was then a large chair, a medium sized chair and a broken...

How does having a mezuzah help Jewish people to focus on God?

Carousel, Class 2, RE and Worship

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. [gallery...

Clyppings service

Carousel, Class 3, RE and Worship

This morning we took part in the Clyppings service in Tankersley St Peter's Church. It was lovely to join members of the congregation and continue the tradition which as been taking place at this time of year for many decades and has its origins in Anglo-Saxon...