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
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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
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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....
Noun Phrases
Today we used adjectives to create noun phrases about a setting.
Writing in the first person
In our English lesson today, we began to infer and write in role. We wrote our hopes and dreams in clouds from the perspective of one animal character from the story.
Headteacher’s Letter 26 September 2025
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Marvellous mirrors…
Our science topic this half term is all about light and this week we learnt about mirrors. We found out that mirrors reflect light well because their surface is smooth, shiny and flat. We wrote reverse messages to each other using mirrors and had lots of fun. ...
Plural Nouns
In groups we sorted the animals according to whether you add -s or -es for a plural.
Commands
We wrote commands starting with verbs.
Headteacher’s Newsletter 19th September 2025
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Different types of sentences
Today we identified the difference between questions, statements, commands and exclamations. Writing Questions We also wrote questions to find out more information about a mystery bird. We then thought about which questions would obtain the most information? We...
The Shining Stars have enjoyed their NCETM maths meeting sessions and the linked activities in the provision over the last couple of weeks. The children have been finding sub groups within larger quantities as part of their learning about conceptual subitising. They...
We are learning about Islam in RE
We have made a good start to our learning about in RE and came up with actions to help us remember the 5 Pillars of Islam. There is only 1 God. You have to pray 5 times a day. You have to give money to charity. You have to fast during the months of Ramadan. You have...
Stone Age art
We are really enjoying our topic about the Stone Age and created our very own cave paintings depicting various animals. We used earth colours as these are the ones our ancestors used in prehistoric times by crushing different rocks and mixing them with animal fat. We...
We love playing the djembes
This week we have learned about djembe, a traditional drum from West Africa and created our very own piece of music in a call and response style. Everyone really enjoyed playing the djembes as a class and we also learned to sing some traditional songs from Ghana. ...
Different types of sentences
We have been identifying the difference between questions, statements, commands and exclamations.
Look At Me!
The Hungry Caterpillars used their sense of sight to see their face in a mirror and paint a self portrait. The children looked at the shape of their face and the colour of their eyes, hair and skin and created wonderful observational artwork. [gallery...
Working With Thousands
The Billionaires have been working hard in maths as we learn all about place value. We are learning about 4-digit numbers and how we can partition them in different ways. We've also learned what happens when we add or subtract thousands, hundreds, tens or ones. ...
Conscience Alley
What decision did Jonah have to make? We used Conscience Alley to help us to explore the question: Should Jonah go to Nineveh?
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