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Y3 French

In our French lessons this term we have been learning lots of new vocabulary about animals and colours. Now we have put these together to make sentences describing animals using adjectives. We have learnt that in French the adjectives go after the noun! See if you can translate our sentences…

Y6 – English – WW2 Air Raid Writing

In English this half-term, Year 6 have been learning about World War 2 and have focussed in their writing on the experiences of British families during The Blitz. Children have focussed on writing to entertain using a mixture of action and suspense as well as choosing vocabulary specifically for effect. Hopefully, the reader will also […]

Y5/6 Bouldering – Sheffield Championship Finals

Our Bouldering Team has had a great result at the Sheffield Bouldering Championships, held at the Mini-Climbing Works. The Children had already qualified amongst the top ten schools out of over 700 children who had attempted to reach the finals of the competition. The team took second overall in the team event and we had […]

Pre-School Spring 2 Week 6 Easter

This week we have been talking about new life as the meaning of Easter and thinking about some of the symbols of Easter. We heard the Christian story of Easter and made Easter gardens and crosses with flowers on. We’ve been using rollers to make patterns on our Easter eggs and enjoying drawing our families.

Musical Soiree at Dore Primary School

Our talented musicians and singers had their moment in the spotlight this week at the Dore Primary Musical Soiree. The performers contributed to a wonderful evening of music and song – it was a truly memorable and inspirational experience! We hope this is the start of a new yearly tradition and that even more of […]

Y4 Flying Cars

As part of our “Y4 Go Wild!” learning journey, Y4 were inspired by the idea of creating ‘flying cars’, like in this picture. In science, we found out how to create electrical circuits, and how to represent these circuits on paper using the correct symbols. We did this using battery packs, crocodile clips and lightbulbs, […]

Year 4 Basketball – South Yorkshire Finals

The champion Year 4 Basketball team went on to the South Yorkshire Finals at Ponds Forge to pit their skills against the best teams from Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley. We didn’t get a medal place but played some super competative games agisnt some challenging teams. As always, the team were a credit to the […]

Cross-Country Relays

We had 3 teams from Dore run at this event, along with one Y6 girl who competed in team made up of competitiors from more than one school and finished third overall. Every child ran their heart out and gave their best performance of the season. The weather was awful too! Wet and windy. The […]

Schools Climate Emergency South Yorkshire Conference

Children from Dore Primary School took part in the 3rd South Yorkshire schools’ climate action conference in March. This important conference was very popular so only six places were available to us. Children were asked to send in their pitch, (either written or by video message) for why they should get a place. Mrs Simpson […]