This week we are exploring the story of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff. We started off the week in the hall, making bridges and acting out the different characters. The children listened to the oral story, and made their own goats. Making trolls Water fun
Please see the attached information leaflet from the National College from their “Wake Up Wednesday” series where they provide information on popular sites and apps that parents may not have heard of. On this occasion it is looking at the app OMETV. Please have a look through the information provided.
Y1 used natural resources to make Father’s Day Cards.
Congratulations to everyone who entered our water themed art competition. The quality of the work was outstanding and it was wonderful to see such a wide variety of ideas and mediums used. The aim was to raise awareness about the work that Water Aid do too and to remind us that every child has the […]
This week we are learning the story about a boy who has some naughty goats, who escape into the vegetable garden. We learn about the different animals who tried to get the goats out but it is the bee who manages it in the end. We’ve had lots of fun making bees and horses and […]
This week children in FS2 had the opportunity to try orienteering. We had to put our map reading skills to the test and communicate effectively for this task. Children hunted for coloured flags around the school grounds, using numbers on a map to help them. We were really impressed with their determination to complete the […]
It was a pleasure to take two teams of 8 children to a new Sheffield event: Quad Kids Athletics. They competed in 4 events: 50m Sprint Standing jump Howler throw 400m run Times and distances were converted to points and added up to a team result. It was incredibly close: 1st 121 Ballifield […]
To support our learning in Geography of maps and settlements, and History about Roman roads and bridge-making, Y4 hiked from Ringinglow along the Houndkirk Road, then down through Burbage Valley across the packhorse bridge and up to Carl Wark and then Higger Tor. Whilst walking, we investigated why some people think that the Houndkirk Road […]
As part of ‘Love your burial ground week’ and the start of our ‘How does your garden grow’ learning journey, Year 3 visited Dore Church to make a botanical survey of the plants growing there. We found all sorts of species of grass, flowers and trees in this unique habitat. We also made some sketches and […]
In Y2 we have been learning about the parts of plants and what plants need to survive. We have planted beans in the classroom and seeds in our outdoor planters. Over the next few weeks we are going to observe and describe how they grow in different conditions.
