‘Learning for Life.’

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Happy Lunchtimes

We have been working on having happy lunchtimes, remembering to follow our Golden Rules outside as well as inside.  Today we had a great lunchtime.  The children listened, played games with the equipment and enjoyed each others' company. 

Mothers Day

Mothers Day

For Mothers' Day we invited our mums, grandmas, aunts and friends into school to celebrate with us.  We sang for them, had quizzes, baked buns, made cards and gave flowers.  Everyone had a really great time. 

Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel

Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel

We are taking part in Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel.  Last week the children 'blinged' their bikes and scooters and we had a lovely parade in the playground.

Golden Stars

Golden Stars

Just before the half term holiday we celebrated some more Golden Stars.  These are children who have worked really hard to keep our Golden Rules all half term.  We enjoyed two lovely assemblies with friends and families.

Healthy Me

Healthy Me

As part of our theme on Healthy Me, all the children learned some basic first aid skills.  They know how to put someone in the recovery position, how to put on a simple bandage, what to do if someone is choking and how to help a person if they are having an asthma...

Christmas Nativities

Christmas Nativities

Over the last couple of weeks the children have performed 5 wonderful nativities.  Each nativity has been different, special and wonderful.  Our Nursery children performed in their very first nativity with children reciting lines, acting out their parts and singing...

Park and stride

Park and stride

Miss Rogers and Mr Barker met some children at Stocksbridge Leisure Centre. We all walked to school and kept an eye out for road safety pictures.

Our Golden Rules

Our Golden Rules

Each half term all the grown-ups in school nominate someone who has kept our Golden Rules.  We celebrate this in special assemblies at the end of each half term.  Here are our nominees for the first autumn half term.

Golden Time

Golden Time

In school we celebrate the children's wonderful behaviour each week with Golden Time.  There are lots of activities on offer.  Here are some children enjoying paper aeroplane club.

Y2 Drumming

Y2 Drumming

Since September, Year 2 have been learning how to play the drums. They have had a fantastic time playing along to pop songs and have worked incredibly hard perfecting their musical skills. Year 2 have explored pulse, dynamics and staying in time with the music.

Den Building in Forest Schools

Den Building in Forest Schools

Class 3 had such a fun time during our first Forest Schools session! The children enjoyed exploring the school field and the meadow, looking for signs of spring. We found, daffodils, green leaves and some insects. After our spring hunt, the children worked together to...

A Celebration for King Charles III

A Celebration for King Charles III

What a brilliant time Year 2 had celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. Even though the rain poured, nothing could stop the children enjoying their picnic with friends. The children made crowns, sang the National Anthem and dressed in red, white and blue. A...

A visit to Eyam

A visit to Eyam

What a fantastic time we had visiting Eyam. 13000 steps and no complaints of being too tired to carry on! We were all 'Plague detectives' and found evidence to tell us that The Plague really did happen and wasn't just a story that we had made up. We visited the...

A Trip to the English Institute of Sport

A Trip to the English Institute of Sport

Our Year 1 and Year 2 children have had an amazingly busy time at the E.I.S. There are so many different P.E activities to do that the children only have time for one rest station! The buses were definitely quieter coming home than when we were travelling there in the...

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 'word' in 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 our...

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 grown-ups! [gallery...

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...

Nursery Seaside Day

Nursery Seaside Day

What absolutely wonderful fun we had on Wednesday. The screams of delight, the laughter, the smiles...now that’s what being 3 or 4 is all about.  Thank you to all the children for making our day such a happy one. Miss Rogers has chosen all the Nursery staff for this...

Bridlington – June 2022

Bridlington – June 2022

We can just tell by the children's faces what a brilliant time we had in Bridlington. The weather was kind, the beach was perfect and the grown-ups who joined us were amazing. We could not have done it without them. The children had a paddle but we weren't worried...

Family Picnic – June 2022

Family Picnic – June 2022

We were able to hold our favourite day of the year again this year! How fabulous it was to see so many family members join us on our Family Picnic. This year we had the fun, we had the weather AND we had many, many grown-ups join us. Thank you! [gallery...