Another very happy and successful residential has taken place at the fantastic Oakes Centre. On Day Two lots more active experiences were had, culminating in a campfire sing-a-long to end the evening. As always, the care shown for our children by the team at the Oakes has been exemplary, enabling every child to have a […]
This week our Dore Democrats were lucky to be invited to see the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Sheffield in the mayor’s office. Whilst there we had tea and got to ask them some questions about their role.
We’ve had a great day today. Sunny skies and smiley faces all round! Children have taken part in every game, challenge and activity with full enthusiasm and determination. They have rafted, climbed, races cars, crafted, tunnelled, been on the high ropes and of course been on the legendary tough mudder course. As part of our […]
To support our learning about the Romans in Britain, Y4 found out about Roman Road making by creating a mini version of the layers used by the Romans to create their famour roads. In June we will be putting this learning to the test to decide whether a local road could have been made by […]
30 of our Y4s were lucky to be part of a test competition using the Ninja Warrior site for school groups. We had a great time bouncing, climbing, swinging and jumping. It was a great afternoon for our mental and physical wellbeing. Attending this event now means that every Y4 child has had the opportunity […]
As part of our Learning Journey, we used Bear Grylls jumping out of a ‘flying car’ as inspiration to find out more about flight. We started off by thinking about the forces involved: thrust, drag, lift and gravity, and how these are affected by the mass of the object trying to fly. We then investigated […]
We were very fortunate to be invited to bring 15 children to this taster event – one of only 20 primary schools in the whole of South Yorkshire. As you will be able to see from the photos below, we had a go at 10 different sports, so it was a pretty full-on day of […]
Y4 entered into the school Panathlon event, taking two teams to Concord Sports Centre to compete against other Sheffield Schools in a range of mutli-skill zones. We not only had a great time, but came second overall and brought home a lovely trophy. This result then meant we were invited to bring along 8 players […]
Y4 had a great World Book Day. Lots of children dressed up using a great deal of creativity. We wrote some beautiful friendship poems inspired by Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho, which you can some examples of below. In the afternoon we had great fun sharing stories with our Y1 friends.
To support our understanding of the Ancient Greek world, we learned about why loose-fitting garments like ‘chitons’ would be comfortable in the Greek climate. To create our own chiton (for a teddy), we used some scraps of material to practice running stitch, which we had learned in Y3. We then learned how to do backstitch, […]
