World Book Day – Thursday 2nd March

World Book Day – Thursday 2nd March

On Thursday 2nd March we celebrated World Book Day. We invited all of the children to come to school dressed up as a ‘word.’ In school, we have a big focus on vocabulary and this is a way of celebrating some of our favourite words. If you can’t see the...
Making Vehicles – with moving wheels!

Making Vehicles – with moving wheels!

Mrs Hepp from Hepp DT came to work with us again this term and this time we’ve been making vehicles with moving wheels! We used G-clamps and junior hacksaws to cut our wood before adding the axle holders, axles and wheels. It was so exciting when we could move...
Amy Johnson workshop

Amy Johnson workshop

Did you know that Amy Johnson is a very famous lady because of her daring escapades in flying? She was the first woman to fly solo (all by herself) from England to Australia back in 1930! We had great fun pretending to be Amy Johnson on her brave journey and we also...
A Day at The Yorkshire Sculpture Park

A Day at The Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Our Year 1 & Year 2 children (and our grown-ups!) have had a fabulous day out at The Yorkshire Sculpture Park. We looked at lots of wonderful, colourful and inspirational sculptures. Then we drew some of them as we walked around the grounds. It was fantastic as we...
Reception Waterfight!

Reception Waterfight!

As their end of term treat our reception children made the most of the lovely warm weather by having a fabulous, fun-filled water fight. The squeals of joy could be heard inside school – and that was just from the...
KS1 LINKS Cricket Festival

KS1 LINKS Cricket Festival

All of our Year 1 and Year 2 children had a fabulous morning at Stocksbridge Cricket Club learning lots of different cricket skills as well as working as a part of a team. Our sports partners, LINKS had organised it so well  that all of the grown-ups that came with us...