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05/05/2023

Symmetrical aliens

Whilst most of year 4 and 5 are away at Robinwood the rest of key...

02/03/2023

Invasion Skills

This half term Shane from the Shelley Pyramid Sports Partnership will be delivering PE lessons...

02/03/2023

Exploring Shapes

KS2 have been exploring 2 and 3D shapes in outdoor maths.  We made shapes using...

02/03/2023

Young Voices 2023

Our Young Voices choir really enjoyed the concert at the Sheffield Arena earlier this month. ...

14/12/2022

Skelmanthorpe Heritage Centre - Class Caribbean

The children from Class Caribbean also visited Skelmanthorpe Heritage Centre last month and took part in...

14/12/2022

Skelmanthorpe Heritage Centre - Class Pacific

The children from Class Pacific visited Skelmanthorpe Heritage Centre last month. They took part in...

14/11/2022

Creative Curriculum - Design

Our new cycle of Creative Curriculum we are continuing our design theme. The children are decorating...

14/11/2022

Remembrance Day 2022

Our Year 5 pupils represented themselves and our school beautifully at Birds Edge on the...

17/10/2022

Library

Our year 5 librarians are very happy to be back helping the younger pupils in...

10/10/2022

Science - Year 5

In Science this week Year 5 conducted an experiment to investigate how shadows change as...

10/10/2022

Creative Curriculum - Autumn 2022

The first cycle of creative curriculum has been full of creativity and fun. We have...

10/10/2022

Harvest Workshops

The children went in their classes across to St Nicholas Church. They took part in...

28/09/2022

Cross Country

Well done to the KS2 children that attended Shelley College last week to take part...

24/06/2022

Class Bear - River Study

The children in Class Bear went on a visit to the River Dearne, Upper Cumberworth...

24/06/2022

Class Eagle - River Study

Class Eagle went on a visit to the River Dearne, Upper Cumberworth in May, as...

26/05/2022

Hand to Mouth workshop - Year 5

Year 5 enjoyed a transition event run by Hand to Mouth at Flockton Church. They...

26/05/2022

Bikeability - 2022

Earlier this month most of year 5 took part in the Bikeability course. They learnt how...

26/05/2022

Robinwood - May 2022

The Year 4 and 5 children spent 3 days at the Dobroyd Castle Robinwood Activity...

23/05/2022

Class Eagle - Rivers

Class Eagle had a fabulous time looking at the different features of their very own...

18/05/2022

Jam Sandwiches!

The Year 1 children have been learning about instructions and imperative verbs - ‘bossy verbs’....

16/05/2022

Easter crosses

Class Penguin have made some colourful Easter crosses. ...

13/05/2022

EY/KS1 Cross Country

Some of our EY/KS1 children attended Shelley College on Tuesday to take part in the...

13/05/2022

Class Bear - Rivers

Class Bear had a great time investigating the different courses of a river geography. They...

29/04/2022

Water wheels

In creative curriculum, KS2 have started a new cycle of art and design technology lessons,...

29/04/2022

Easter Service - KS2

Well done to the KS2 children, they all worked really hard to learn their lines...

29/04/2022

Easter Service - EY/KS1

Well done to all the children for their hard work in the Easter Service, they...

04/04/2022

Science - Year 3

In science, Year 3 have been studying plants. In today’s lesson, the class spent time...

01/04/2022

Good Friday Easter celebrations and surprises

Class Penguin spent an afternoon investigating some surprises within the provision, working together to make,...

30/03/2022

Bollywood dancing

As part of PE Class Bear have been learning some Bollywood dance moves.  It really...

30/03/2022

Rob Biddulph

This week, Key Stage 2 took part in an online event with the author and...

16/03/2022

'Turning Kirklees pink for Eden'

On Thursday 10th March we joined with other local organisations and ‘turned Kirklees pink for...

07/03/2022

EY/KS1 After School Dance

The EY/KS1 children have been having a fantastic time in After School Dance club....

07/03/2022

Exploring Egypt

As part of Key Stage 2s continuing topic of Ancient Egypt Mrs Hobson arranged a...

07/03/2022

Class Eagle - Easter Service practise

Class Eagle have been practising for our Easter Service. If you fancy a sneak preview...

16/02/2022

EY/KS1 Assembly

It was lovely to see Brian and Margaret back supporting us with collective worship after...

16/02/2022

Music - Class Puffin

Mr Bradford, one of our student teachers, taught Class Puffin's music lesson this week. Working...

16/02/2022

Boccia & Curling

Coaches from the Shelley Pyramid Sports Partnership were in school on Tuesday. The Year 3...

15/02/2022

Year 1 - Multiskills

Sports coaches from the Shelley Pyramid Sports Partnership were in school today delivering Multiskills to...

15/02/2022

Gymnastics - Reception

The Reception children had a brilliant time at lunchtime gymnastics club today....

14/02/2022

Bagshaw Museum - Class Bear

Last week Class Bear visited Bagshaw Museum. All the children really enjoyed themselves and took...

14/02/2022

Bagshaw Museum - Class Eagle

Last week Class Eagle visited Bagshaw Museum. The children enjoyed taking part in the activities...

11/02/2022

Year 2 - PE

The Year 2 children enjoyed a very busy PE lesson last week....

10/02/2022

Birdbox Update

The birdboxes that we painted have been placed in Upper and Lower Stephen Woods. If you would...

07/02/2022

St Nicholas

Some of the Year 5s led an assembley about St Nicholas last week....

31/01/2022

Class Eagle - Basketball skills

Mr McKay's class enjoyed the sunshine and outside space whilst learning and practising Basketball skills....

31/01/2022

Tennis

One of the coaches from Thongsbridge Tennis Club visited school last week to work with Reception...

26/01/2022

Reception - Outdoor Maths

Our Reception children enjoyed their outdoor Maths session earlier this month. Their task was to find and...

24/01/2022

African drumming

Class Bear are really enjoying learning to play the African drums and learning about rhythm,...

19/01/2022

Birdboxes

As part of our work with our local countryside officer, we have designed and painted...

17/01/2022

Class Bear - PE

Class Bear practised their throwing and catching skills during P.E. in the sunshine today ready...

12/01/2022

Gymnastics - Year 3 & 4

Ella, a coach from Utopia gymnastics, led our Year 3 & 4 PE lesson on...

11/01/2022

Gymnastics Club - Year 5

Some of our Year 5 children attended the lunchtime gymnastics club run by Ella from...

11/01/2022

Gymnastics club - Year 2

The Year 2s enjoyed taking part in the lunchtime gymnastics club run by Ella from...

17/12/2021

Christmas Dinner 2021

The children and staff enjoyed a lovely Christmas Dinner on Wednesday. ...

16/12/2021

Fossils

The Year 3 children in Class Eagle have been learning about fossils. The class explored...

16/12/2021

Separating mixtures

In Science year 5 have been investigating how we can separate mixtures.  They have a...

23/11/2021

Skylar's Missing Note workshop

In the workshop after the performance of Skylar's Missing Note the year 2 children all...

23/11/2021

Skylar's Missing Note

The children in classes Penguin and Puffin had a fablulous time watching the performance of...

23/11/2021

Remembrance Service - 2021

Our whole school remembered all those who lost their lives in conflict on Remembrance Day. ...

15/11/2021

T4U Shoebox Appeal - 2021

Thank you for supporting the T4U shoebox appeal. We collected 38 boxes....

15/11/2021

Sunshine club remember

In Sunshine club the children did some beautiful artwork based on poppies. We remembered and...

09/11/2021

Instructional text

In Year 2 we are starting to learn about instructional texts. We are working in...

05/11/2021

Year 5 assembly

A small group of Year 5 led our assembly about World Peace. Despite a minor...

19/10/2021

Class Bear - Daily Run

4 times a week Class Bear do a daily run around our track.  This helps...

14/10/2021

Class Eagle - PE

Class Eagle enjoyed a very energetic and non-stop PE lesson this week....

14/10/2021

Class Eagle - Literacy

Class Eagle have been writing setting descriptions in their literacy lessons. As part of this...

14/10/2021

Portraits - Step 2

Class Puffin’s second step to a successful self-portrait - drawing an outline of their face...

14/10/2021

Portraits - Step 1

Class Puffin’s first step to a successful self-portrait – applying a colour paint wash to...

14/10/2021

Money Maths!

Year 2 have been investigating the variety of ways a value of money can be...

14/10/2021

Computing

Year 1 and 2 have been enjoying their new computing lessons on a Wednesday afternoon. ...

14/10/2021

Class Puffin - Colour mixing

Class Puffin have been mixing secondary colours from primary coloured paint.  They have learnt how to...

11/10/2021

Year 3 - French

This week in year 3 french we have been taste testing a variety of french...

11/10/2021

The digestive system

In Science we are learning about the digestive system. The children enjoyed replicating the journey...

11/10/2021

What makes us unique?

Year 5 have been exploring what makes them and other people unique.  They have some...

04/10/2021

Class Puffin - Science

In science Class Puffin have been classifying food into red, amber, green and investigating the...

04/10/2021

Reception - Tricky words

Reception had a fantastic time in their first tricky word session last week and they...

04/10/2021

Busy Fingers - Year 1

Mrs Easons Year 1s really enjoyed a diverse busy fingers session....

04/10/2021

Outdoor Maths - Addition

This week in outdoor maths (which was in indoor because of the weather) we have...

04/10/2021

Class Bear - Viking Cookery

Our first Creative Curriculum lesson of the year happened on Thursday. Mrs Vernoum’s group were...

24/09/2021

Reception Penguins

Reception Penguins are continuing to settle in and practise what they already know.  They are...

20/09/2021

Bear Reports

Class Bear have had a wonderful first week back and have already produced some amazing...

20/09/2021

Year 1 - Working hard

Year 1 have been working hard in their PE lesson....

20/09/2021

Morning break

Our EY and KS1 children enjoying their morning break....

23/07/2021

Sunshine Club

Look at us having a fantastic time in Sunshine club!...

21/07/2021

Trim Trail

The children have had a great time trying out our amazing new trim trail!...

21/07/2021

New Starters Visits

The children who will be joining us in Reception in September came to visit school...

21/07/2021

Class Koala - Fruit Smoothies

As part of class Koala's design technology they have been designing their own fruit smoothies....

19/07/2021

Year 3 - Outdoor Maths

In outdoor maths today year 3 have been learning about symmetry.  We looked at symmetry...

12/07/2021

Class Panda - Pirate Ships

The children in Class Panda were set a challenge to make pirate ships and steal...

05/07/2021

Year 5 - Scrabble

Year 5 practiced their spelling this week with a quick game of scrabble....

28/06/2021

Class China - Harvesting their salad

Class China’s Gardening Gang have done such a good job growing salad for us all...

28/06/2021

Class China - Treasure!

Class China have loved practicing their coordinate and compass skills in outdoor maths by drawing...

28/06/2021

Young Voices Biggest Sing

We all enjoyed taking part in the Young Voices Biggest Sing.  First we got our...

23/06/2021

Year 4 - 3D Shapes

We made 3D shapes from art straws to help us remember their properties....

23/06/2021

Year 2 - Spelling Frame

Year 2 have been trialing a new spelling practise platform. We think they like it!...

23/06/2021

Class Australia - Clay dragons

This week, in creative curriculum, Class Australia made their very own clay dragons! Following on...

23/06/2021

Cumberworth Chronical - 2

Our Year 5 children are back with the second instalment of the Cumberworth Chronical....

23/06/2021

Class China - Sports Day Practise

For P.E. this week Class China has been practising for Sports' Day.  They worked brilliantly...

23/06/2021

Class Koala - An interview with an Alien

Fab writing just look at our ? , and detailed descriptions....

24/05/2021

Gardening Gang

A group of children in Class China were very keen to get our allotment up...

24/05/2021

Year 4 - Science

In our Year 4 science lesson we continued learning about electricity by making circuits that...

24/05/2021

Year 1 - Hockey Skills

Year 1 enjoyed learning some hockey skills during a recent PE lesson....

24/05/2021

Dancing Pandas

Class Panda were dancing and keeping active whilst they learned a few Spanish words. ...

24/05/2021

Dodgeball

Class China had a very active and enthusiastic game of dodgeball when the heavy rain...

24/05/2021

Year 1 - PE

Our Year 1 children have been practising their batting skills in PE....

19/05/2021

Friendly Monsters

In Class Australia, we are well on our way to completing our friendly monsters. Following...

19/05/2021

Science Year 3 - Function of a Skeleton

In Year 3, we have been all wiggles and giggles as we learnt about the...

18/05/2021

Class Panda - Giraffes

Class Panda painted Giraffes and enjoyed dancing to Giraffes can’t dance. ...

13/05/2021

Giraffes Can't Dance

Class Panda painted giraffes and enjoyed dancing to Giraffes Can’t Dance. ...

26/03/2021

Class China - Happy Easter

Class China wishes everyone a Happy Easter in French. They have learnt about Easter traditions...

26/03/2021

Class Australia - Easter

Class Australia have been busy getting ready for Easter! We've learnt about the 14 Stations...

26/03/2021

Class China - Investigating friction

Year 5 have been investigating friction in science.  They worked as teams to discover the...

19/03/2021

Cumberworth Chronical - 1

A few Year 5’s decided that they would like to write a newspaper style blog...

19/03/2021

Class Australia - Hogwarts

Class Australia have been continuing their exploration of all things 'Potter' and within a recent...

17/03/2021

Class China - Spiders

Inspired by the book Charlotte's Web the children in Class China drew spiders, created webs...

15/03/2021

Busy Fingers - Reception

Our Reception children have been busy this week in their Busy Finger session. The children...

15/03/2021

Practical Maths

Year 5 had their first taste of ratio this week using coloured bottle tops and...

16/12/2020

Christmas Performance

We enjoyed performing Follow the Star....

16/12/2020

Christmas Dinner - 2020

Today the children and staff enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner....

15/12/2020

Making Calendars

We have been making calendars to take home....

14/12/2020

The Kirkwood Reindeer Run

On Friday the children all took part in The Kirkwood Reindeer Run. All the children had...

10/12/2020

Class Australia - Winter Poems

Class Australia have been using their writing skills to produce some wonderful winter poems....

09/12/2020

Teams4U Shoebox Appeal

Thank you to everyone who was able to donate a shoebox to the Shoebox Appeal....

07/12/2020

Christmas Tree

Our school councillors from Class China did a fantastic job decorating our Christmas Tree in...

07/12/2020

Class Australia - Snowy Playtime

Class Australia had fun playing in the snow on Friday....

02/12/2020

Helping Hands Christmas Collections

Thank you to Helping Hands for organising their ‘reverse advent calendar’ to support local families,...

25/11/2020

Class Australia - Coding

Class Australia have been developing their computer coding skills by using ‘Block Coding’ commands within...

16/11/2020

Chess

This morning Year 5 have been learning how to play Chess. Some pupils already knew...

16/11/2020

We Will Remember Them

Year 5 were unable to attend a Remembrance service this year but we still took...

11/11/2020

Remembrance Day

Today at 11am we observed the 2 minutes silence, and remembered those who made the...

10/11/2020

Daily Run!

We continue to take part in our daily run as a way to increase our...

23/10/2020

Dragon Eyes

WOW! Look at the work Class China have done to design and make their very...

21/10/2020

Yr 2 Tennis

Yr 2 had their PE lesson outside today.  They learnt how to serve, volley and...

19/10/2020

Year 1 - 2D Shapes

Year One made their own 2d shapes with straight sides in maths, we made rockets,...

19/10/2020

Year 3 - Science

In Year 3, children have been investigating friction and experimenting with which surfaces have the...

19/10/2020

Pete Cromer Art

Class Australia made their own Pete Cromer inspired artwork.  They look great on display around...

19/10/2020

Extended writing

Would you like a dragon as a pet? If so, read the reports that Class...

19/10/2020

Creative Curriculum

In creative curriculum, children from Class Australia have been learning about Ndebele art and the...

14/10/2020

New Baby

As part of our RE, we were very excited to welcome baby Elijah to our...

14/10/2020

Indoor Silent Rounders

We had great game of Indoor Silent Rounders in PE....

14/10/2020

Year 1 - PE

Year One had to work hard in PE last week. They started by balancing a...

14/10/2020

Creative Koalas

Class Koala have enjoyed being creative this term.  The displays in our classroom look brilliant. ...

13/10/2020

Dragon of Discovery

We are Class China and this is our Dragon of Discovery – he’s amazing isn’t...

13/10/2020

Willow Pattern Plates

Class China have been creating their own Willow Pattern plates....

13/10/2020

Germs

We’ve been talking about germs and the Yr 1 children in Class Panda decorated some...

13/10/2020

Being Creative

Class Panda have enjoyed a very creative start to the term.  We created our own...

13/10/2020

Year 5 Investigates........

This week Year 5 conducted experiments into properties and changes of materials.  They mixed vitamin...

13/10/2020

Barnyard Boogie

Our Reception children had fun this week doing the 'Barnyard Boogie'. Once they had all...

07/10/2020

Class Koala - Playtime

Class Koala having fun at playtime....

07/10/2020

Class China - Ndebele Art

In our art lessons over the last few weeks Class China have been introduced to...

07/10/2020

Class China - Guided Reading

Guided Reading in the gym with Mrs Vernoum and Mrs Gibbins....

07/10/2020

Class Australia - PE

Class Austrailia had a very busy PE lesson....

06/10/2020

Class China - Playtime

Some of Class China have been doing a fantastic job at gardening in the Sensory...

06/10/2020

Year 4 - French

Our Year 4 children have been working hard in French this week with Mrs Vernoum...

06/10/2020

Year 3 - Comprehension

Our year 3 children have been working hard in their Comprehension lessons with Mr McKay...

06/10/2020

Class Koala - Playtime

Class Koala having fun at playtime!...

05/10/2020

Year 1 - Maths

The Year 1 children have been working really hard in their Maths lessons with Mrs...

05/10/2020

Reception - Learning about patterns

Our Reception children have been having fun in Maths this week learning about patterns....

22/04/2020

Free Online Books

If you wish to use some additional resources to support reading Oxford Owl have lots...

25/03/2020

Coronavirus Resources

Resources for children and young people with worries or concerns about cornovirus.  See document in...

10/03/2020

What goes up ........

What goes up…...... must come down!  Year 5 were challenged to discover how to drop an...

18/02/2020

Air Resistance

Thankfully the sun shone today so that Year 5 could investigate air resistance whilst taking...

17/02/2020

Class Hedgehog Science Investigation

We had fun predicting and testing in our Science this week. We worked in teams...

05/02/2020

Young Voices - 2020

We had a brilliant time at the Young Voices concert at Sheffiled arena. Well done...

05/02/2020

Christmas Dinner - 2019

Thank you to our wonderful catering team: Simone, Lisa and Jane for our lovely Christmas...

05/02/2020

Lights, Camel, Action 2!

This year's Christmas Performance was Lights, Camel, Action 2! The children gave three fantastic performances...

05/02/2020

Christmas Fayre - 2019

Thank you to all who attended our Christmas Fayre which was a great success....

05/02/2020

Dewa Visit - 2019

Our KS2 children went on a visit to the Dewa Roman experience in Chester.  It...

03/02/2020

Shoebox Appeal - 2019

Thank you to everyone who was able to donate a shoebox to the Shoebox Appeal....

31/01/2020

Class Pacific's Assembly

On Wednesday afternoon class Pacific hosted an assembly in front of family and friends. We...

27/01/2020

Light and Dark

This week we have been scientists investigating Light and Dark as well as Materials (what...

27/01/2020

Equivalent Fractions

During outdoor maths over the last couple of weeks Key Stage 2 have been learning...

17/01/2020

Investigating Friction

In Science this week Year 5 have been investigating the relationship between different surfaces, inclines...

27/11/2019

KS2 Indoor Athletics

Our KS2 Indoor Athletics team took part in the recent Shelley Pyramid First Schools competition. ...

20/11/2019

Children in Need 2019

Some of us had crazy hair for Children in Need.  All the classes were given...

18/11/2019

Wall-E Setting Descriptions

We have recently completed our setting descriptions based on the animation Wall-E. Here are some...

18/11/2019

We Will Remember Them

As part of Remembrance Day, we created artwork to help us to reflect upon those...

18/11/2019

Perfectly Painted Portraits

It has taken us weeks to paint our sensational self-portraits to make sure that the...

12/11/2019

Outdoor Maths - Square Numbers

In Outdoor maths this week Year 5 are learning about square numbers. We tried different...

12/11/2019

Remembrance Service 2019

Our Year 5 children represented the school at the Birdsedge Remembrance Service on the 11th...

12/11/2019

Harvest Service 2019

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us in St Nicholas' Church for...

12/11/2019

Family Group Day - Keeping Safe

Working in their Family Groups the children rotated around five activities based on the theme...

12/11/2019

NSPCC visit

Volunteers from the NSPCC visited us and delivered their special 'Speak out. Stay safe' programme. ...

24/10/2019

Our trip to the future!

Today, in our literacy lesson, we took a trip to the future! When we came...

17/10/2019

Irreversible Reactions

The conclusion of year 5’s science topic on reactions was quite dramatic.  We discovered what...

11/10/2019

Hand to Mouth - Class Atlantic

This week we had a visit from Hand to Mouth.  We started our lesson by...

11/10/2019

Opening Ceremony - Running Track and Sensory Garden

Thank you to Rev Steph who officially opened our running track and Sensory Garden last...

11/10/2019

Yr 3 PE with Project Sport

This half term Year 3 have been enjoying PE sessions with Andy from Project Sport. ...

11/10/2019

KS1 Indoor Athletics

Our KS1 Indoor Athletics team took part in an inter-schools competition at Shelley College.  They...

09/10/2019

PE with a difference!

P.E. with a difference!  We enjoyed making dens and shelters in P.E. with Andy from...

07/10/2019

Year 2 Coleslaw

Friday was the annual Year 2 coleslaw make as part of their English reading and...

03/10/2019

Year 5 Science - Oct 2019

We have been investigating which material is best for soaking up spills. We practised our...

30/09/2019

Reception Visit to Cannon Hall Farm 2019

Reception had a very interesting day at Cannon Hall Farm.  They learnt lots about the...

30/09/2019

Jump & Shout 2019

Our After School Dance clubs performed at the Lawrence Batley Theatre towards the end of...

27/09/2019

Creative Curriculum

It's good to be back and it's week one of Creative Curriculum.  Look how busy...

27/09/2019

Colour Mixing

Class Owl have been mixing primary paints to create the secondary colours, orange, purple, green,...

25/09/2019

Cliffe House Visit 2019

The KS1 children walked to Cliffe House in Shepley for a day of outdoor learning....

25/09/2019

Urban Strides Workshop

Following a request from some of our KS2 children we invited Urban Strides in to school to...

25/09/2019

Happy Puzzle Day

Thanks to a grant from Denby Dale Parish Council all the children were able to...

25/09/2019

Sports' Day 2019

Sports' Day was great fun and everyone had a lovely time.  We all enjoyed taking...

25/09/2019

Tropical Butterfly House 2019

KS1 children enjoyed and exciting and informative visit to Tropical Butterfly House.  ...

18/09/2019

Robinwood 2019

Year 4 and 5 children spent 3 days and 2 nights at the Dobroyd Castle...

24/06/2019

Class Puffin - Butterfly release.

We released our lovely butterflies into the wild on Friday. We were a little upset...

08/03/2019

Class Penguin - Traditional Tales - Little Red Riding Hood.

Once upon a time there was a class called Penguin and this class lived near...

01/03/2019

Winding Mechanisms.

The children worked in pairs to build a winding mechanism to rescue the crashed space...

01/03/2019

Year 2 - Tally Charts

Year 2 Mathematical surveys. The Year 2 children put their knowledge of tallying to the test...

01/02/2019

Class Eagle - The Teacher Pleaser continued....

Here are some of our pieces of writing on the ‘Teacher Pleaser’. We had fun...

01/02/2019

Class Eagle - The Teacher Pleaser Machine.

In our first Literacy lesson to start the spring term, we began to explore explanation...

01/02/2019

Penguins learning about - Kwanzaa

We have been finding out about the American festival of Kwanzaa which celebrates those of...

01/02/2019

Class Penguin - Learning about Winter.

As the winter begins, we have been thinking about how humans and animals adapt to...

18/01/2019

Class Penguins - New Year 2019

Happy New Year from Class Penguin We return to the classroom to find a few changes...

18/01/2019

Class Puffin - Planets

We had a creatively sticky time creating paper plate planets for the aliens we had...

18/01/2019

Christmas Story 7th December 2018

This week we have been busy learning the Christmas Story and thinking about what gifts...

14/12/2018

Remembrance Day Poems.

In our literacy lessons, we have been completing and typing up our Remembrance Day poems....

14/12/2018

Our Prayers

Our Prayers In R.E. we wrote our own prayers about events we had watched on the...

14/12/2018

The Rocket

The Rocket In our topic lesson this week we were learning about the Industrial Revolution.  As...

07/12/2018

We are Rock Stars.

We are rockstars! Class Bear have been working really hard to try and get a rock...

07/12/2018

Class Eagle - Editing our diary entries.

In literacy lesson, Class Eagle have been working super hard to edit and improve our...

07/12/2018

Continuous Provision. Year 1.

Year 1 enjoy experiencing different activities during continuous provision first thing in the morning.  It...

30/11/2018

Science experiments - Year 2

The children in Class Puffin have been thinking and working like scientists this week.  They...

25/11/2018

Class Penguin - Peer Massage.

After the fun we had with Massage Stories on Family Day, we decided to continue...

25/11/2018

Class Penguin - Year 1 - Scared Bears.

As part of our rhyming learning this week, the Year Ones made a shape teddy...

25/11/2018

Class Penguin - Learning about how different people around the world celebrate.

We have been finding out about how people around the world, from different cultures and...

23/11/2018

Year 2 Rugby Skills

Year 2 have been enjoying some top class rugby training thanks to the coaching team...

21/11/2018

Healthy Family Groups October 2018

Our Healthy Family Group Day in October helped raise money for Kunzugu Primary School in...

16/11/2018

Year 1 and 2 Visit to the Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue and Abbey House Museum

Year 1 and 2 had a fantastic day in Leeds on Tuesday visiting two places...

09/11/2018

Play-dough Year 1 Maths

This week Y1 have been learning to subtract objects and read mathematical symbols. We used...

09/11/2018

Titanium

Titanium Mrs Barrett showed us the music video for the song Titanium. Our class retold the...

08/11/2018

Tudor Portraits

This week Class Bear have done a great job of completing their Tudor portraits which...

19/10/2018

Year 2 PE - Physical Skills

Year 2 have been building up a number of key physical skills in P.E. this...

19/10/2018

Year 2 Times Table

Year 2 are busy learning and practising the 10x, 2x and soon the 5x tables. They...

17/10/2018

Defibrillator Training

CPR and defibrillator training held in school following the installation of the new defibrillator....

15/10/2018

KS1 Indoor Athletics Champions

Our KS1 Indoor Athletics team took first place at the recent Shelley Pyramid event.  Well...

12/10/2018

Year 5 learn the 17 times table!

In maths this week year 5 learnt rules and patterns that would help us with...

05/10/2018

The Tunnel

This week, after crawling through a smelly, leaf filled tunnel in our classroom, we have...

05/10/2018

Setting Descriptions

In literacy lesson, Class Eagle has been exploring setting descriptions. We have based our writing...

03/10/2018

KS2 Girls' Football Tournament

Our KS2 Girls' Football team took part in the Shelley Pyramid tournament and came a...

28/09/2018

Peace at Last

In Class Penguin we enjoy using all our senses to explore the world around us....

28/09/2018

Busy Fingers Challenge

Class Penguin had its first Busy Finger Challenge Session this week. With the Year Ones...

27/09/2018

Science Food Chains - Year 4

In science lessons, Year 4 have been learning about food chains. We began the lesson...

27/09/2018

Using Atlases

The children in Class Puffin have been finding out how to use an Atlas to...

27/09/2018

Colour Mixing

Class Puffin have started the year by exploring colour mixing with paints.  First we mixed secondary...

27/09/2018

The Foolish Man

In R.E last week, we learned about the parable of the wise and foolish man. Like...

27/09/2018

Class Eagle - Outdoor Maths

In outdoor maths, Class Eagle have been working on place value. Through splitting the gym...

20/09/2018

Our Prayers - Class Bear

In R.E. we wrote our own prayers about events we had watched on the news....

20/09/2018

Reception - Week 2

Our second week in school has been fun as we get used to moving around...

20/09/2018

Times Tables Rockstars

This week we all signed up to Times Tables Rockstars to help us practise our...

21/08/2018

Bikeability - April 2018

This week most of year 5 took part in the Bikeability course. They learnt how...

21/08/2018

RSPCA Assembly - Yr 5

They year 5s lead an assembly based on the RSPCA's advice about thinking of the...

21/08/2018

Yr 5 Cricket Coaching

During PE on a Tuesday this half term Year 5 have been coached by Callum...

29/03/2018

The Easter Story

This week we have had visitors in to school to tell us about the Easter...

29/03/2018

French Fashion Show

We had fantastic fun dressing up for our French fashion show. This allowed us to...

29/03/2018

The Rift in the Wall

A rift appeared in our classroom creating a portal to a beach on a sunny...

28/03/2018

All About Easter

The last few weeks have been all about Easter. Miss Middleton worked with the class on...

28/03/2018

Class Australia - Shapes March 2018

In Outdoor Maths Class Australia have been learning all about 2D shapes.  They have been...

28/03/2018

All Star Cricket - All Star Koalas!

All the children in Class Koala really enjoyed their taster cricket session with the cricket...

16/03/2018

Class Koala - Houses & Homes

We have started a new topic! Over the past couple of weeks, we have been looking...

16/03/2018

Irene Retires

After nearly 11 years working at Cumberworth First School our Catering Supervisor, Irene Howard, retired...

14/03/2018

Reception & Yr 1 Football

Tuesday 13th March 2018 was quite simply the 'Best Day of My Life' according to...

07/03/2018

The Little Pigs' House

Once again we put on our lab coats and transformed into Super Scientists to help...

07/03/2018

Class Koala Assembly for Parents

Class Koala’s assembly to the school and their parents, presenting their fabulous work from the...

07/03/2018

We need light to see!

We never stop investigating in Class Panda. This week we listened to a story about...

07/03/2018

Reflective Materials

Once again we have been scientists discovering the properties of different materials. Using our knowledge...

05/02/2018

Friday is Library Day

A message from our Year 5 librarians – We really love helping in our school library...

02/02/2018

Skeletons - Year 3

This week in Science, Year 3 children from class Australia have been furthering their study...

26/01/2018

Kwanzaa

Class Koala have started 2018 by looking into the seven day celebration of African Culture...

24/01/2018

Phiro Robots

This week, in ICT, we have been using our Phiros to help develop our programming...

23/01/2018

Young Voices 2018

We had an absolutely fantastic time performing at Young Voices in Sheffield Arena.  We joined...

23/01/2018

Light and Dark - Class Panda

We have had a fantastic week settling into our daily phonics and maths lessons but...

23/01/2018

The Lion and the Unicorn

We have been reading "The Lion and the Unicorn" by Shirley Hughes and writing a diary...

23/01/2018

Christmas Dinner

We had a lovely Christmas Dinner in the final week of term.  Thank you to...

23/01/2018

Lights, Camel, Action

Our Christmas production this year was entitled Lights, Camel, Action.  This was a jam-packed cast of...

23/01/2018

Class Koala Portraits

Look at us! Our portraits are finally finished and don’t we look fabulous.  It has been...

23/01/2018

Town Mouse and Country Mouse

We used the story of The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse to help us...

23/01/2018

Year One Outdoor Maths

The Year Ones have been giving each other instructions to find the pirates' belongings.  We...

23/01/2018

World Arts and Crafts - Class Australia

Over the last few weeks, in our Creative Curriculum lessons, we have been exploring art,...

23/01/2018

Poets and Poems - Class Australia

Class Australia have been exploring poets and poems in their English lessons. In one of the...

23/01/2018

Class Koala's Salads

Class Koala enjoyed designing and making a well-balanced salad including essential meat or fish (protein)...

23/01/2018

Class Panda are Scientists

Class Scientist should be our new class name as we have been predicting, giving our...

28/11/2017

Shoebox Appeal

We were delighted to hand over 89 shoeboxes to the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child...

28/11/2017

Healthy Family Group Day

For our Healthy Family Group Day the children came to school in sports kit ready to tackle activities...

28/11/2017

Remembrance Respect

This week we have been thinking about remembrance and respect. We enjoyed the visit from...

28/11/2017

Hunting for Dragons

Class China have been imagining that they are photographers for a BBC wildlife programme. They...

28/11/2017

Washing Hands

Class Koala had greasy, grubby fun finding out why wa need to always wash our...

28/11/2017

Class Koala Reward Afternoon

Class Koala really enjoyed their first reward afternoon.  We all came dressed in our 'out...

31/10/2017

Autumn Storms - Class Panda

In Class Panda we have been reading about Scarecrows. Our focus story is about Tattybogle,...

19/10/2017

Creative, Crafty, Clever Koalas

Class Koala are always busy first thing in the morning.  Year 2 develop and practice...

12/10/2017

Harvest Soup

Class China harvested the last of their allotment vegetables this morning.  The spring onions had...

12/10/2017

Character Descriptions

This week, in Literacy, Class Australia finished their character descriptions.  These were based on their class...

10/10/2017

Maths Skills - Class Koala

We enjoy learning and practising maths skills in lots of ways, inside and outside the...

10/10/2017

Senses - Class Panda

This week our main theme has been our senses.  We have learned to name our...

04/10/2017

Ourselves - Class Koala

In Class Koala our topic is 'Ourselves'!  We've been having lots of fun singing songs,...

04/10/2017

Girls' Football Tournament

Our KS2 Girls' Football team took part in a tournament at Shelley College on 3rd...

02/10/2017

Class Panda - w/c 25th September 2017

This week we have read stories around growing up.  We have talked about how we...

28/09/2017

How to Care for a Pet Dragon

In class Australia, we have recently drafted our instructions for how to care for a pet dragon....

26/09/2017

Descriptive Writing

We are working hard on our descriptive writing this week based on a scene from...

26/09/2017

Running

We are improving our running skills to help us become rounders champions and indoor athletics...

26/09/2017

USA Number Plates

This week in topic lesson we continued exploring the continent of North America, specifically, the...

26/09/2017

Class China Grammar

We have been revising and developing our grammar skills using prepositions....

26/09/2017

Roman Numerals

One of our first maths skills we practised this year was deciphering Roman Numerals....

26/09/2017

Skeletons

Class Panda have been learning about the different parts of our bodies and about our...

18/09/2017

KS2 Creative Curriculum

On Thursday KS2 began the first Creative Curriculum rotation of the year.  We all had...

15/09/2017

Class Australia - Good Writing

In Class Australia, as part of their literacy lessons, the children have been using mind...

15/09/2017

Our Library

All of our children have now visited the library at least twice. The Year 5...

15/09/2017

Class Panda - Thinking about Feelings

This week we have been thinking about our feelings. We have been learning to understand...

15/09/2017

Class Australia - Learning about Friction

Class Australia have been learning all about friction. They discussed and predicted what types of surfaces would...

24/07/2017

Allotment Harvesting - Class Pacific

Class Pacific had a fantastic time harvesting the plants they grew earlier this term....

24/07/2017

Year 5 Leavers

Year 5 entertained us all with their wonderful Leavers' Service at St Nicolas' Church. They...

24/07/2017

KS1 Visit to Cliffe House

Year 1 and Year 2 had a brilliant time at Cliffe House - even though...

24/07/2017

Sports' Day

We all had a great time at Sports' Day....

24/07/2017

KS2 Maths Co-ordinates

KS2 had great fun doing co-ordinates outside....

24/07/2017

Year 4 Get Active Day

Our Year 4 children had a great time at Shelley College when they took part...

24/07/2017

Year 3 Healthy and Happy Day

Year 3 took part in a Healthy and Happy Day at Shelley College along with...

07/07/2017

Busy Writers

Wow - what busy writers Class Owl have been this week!  Year 2 have written...

03/07/2017

Experimenting with Mirrors

In science this week, we explored how mirrors reflect light by conducting a range of...

28/06/2017

Mini Beasts

This week we have been searching for mini beasts in our outdoor area. We found...

28/06/2017

Creative Writing Challenge

Class Pacific has enjoyed the creative writing challenge designed by Josh....

28/06/2017

Year 2 Cricket

Year 2 have really enjoyed their cricket with Callum and Jack from Denby Dale Cricket...

27/06/2017

Investigating Light

This week, in science, we have been furthering our knowledge on  the topic of light...

27/06/2017

Tropical Butterfly House

Class Owl and Class Hedgehog had a lovely day out at Tropical Butterfly House....

16/06/2017

Call Push Rescue

This week Year 5 have been practising Call Push Rescue (CPR) with inflated manikins.  We...

16/06/2017

Our Garden - Radish Harvesting

Class Atlantic - Harvesting our crop…  This week we have tasted the radishes we planted...

16/06/2017

Year 4 Science

In Year 4 science we have been learning how to build a complete circuit.  We...

16/06/2017

Class Pacific Maths Revision

This week Class Pacific have been working on revising everything we have learnt this year...

12/06/2017

Medusa Masks

This week, we have been continuing our Creative Curriculum work on the theme of Greece...

12/06/2017

Pirates!

We have started our last half term together as Class Hedgehog and plan to have...

12/06/2017

Underwater World

Class Owl are diving deep down into the depths of an exciting underwater world this...

11/06/2017

Class Owl w/e 26th May

What a fabulous week Class Owl have had.  On Monday afternoon, in small groups, the...

11/06/2017

Year 5 Church Schools Transition

The Yr 5 children enjoyed taking part in a church school transition workshop at St...

11/06/2017

Cannon Hall Farm Visit

Reception had a really great day at Cannon Hall Farm.  They enjoyed seeing all the...

10/06/2017

Class Atlantic - Camp Half Blood

This week in literacy, we have completed our setting descriptions on Camp Half Blood, based...

10/06/2017

Science experiment using diet cola

It was exciting finding out what reaction there is when adding tictacs or mentos to...

10/06/2017

Tag Rugby

Class Pacific had a great time playing tag rugby. ...

10/06/2017

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Class Pacific have produced some fantastic writing based on Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief....

10/06/2017

Making Coleslaw

Year 2 had a very hands on afternoon this week following instructions to make coleslaw....

19/05/2017

Class Owl take over Mrs Barrett's classroom!

Shhh - don't tell Mrs Barrett!  Whilst Years 4 and 5 were away at Robinwood,...

11/05/2017

Class Hedgehog - w/c 8th May

We have been extra busy this week - it's amazing how much we can learn...

08/05/2017

Class Pacific Maths Games

As part of maths rotations we use maths games to practise our skills.  Richard, Cameron...

08/05/2017

Sleepover 2017

What a fantastic night we had at the KS2 Sleepover.  53 children enjoyed a fun...

06/05/2017

Greek Columns

This week, we have been continuing our work on the theme of Greek quests to...

06/05/2017

Jungle and Rainforest Fun

This week has been jungle and rainforest fun. We have learned a great boogie song...

06/05/2017

Gardening - May 2017

Class Pacific have done a fantastic job of weeding the allotment and planting out their...

06/05/2017

Quarter Turns - Class Owl

In maths we have been moving ourselves and shapes through a quarter, half and three...

02/05/2017

Bikeability April 2017

In April Yr 5 were given the opportunity to take part in two days of...

01/05/2017

Class Hedgehog w/c 24th April 2017

We have been finding out about the animals on the farm.  We have sorted animals...

01/05/2017

Science Afternoon

Class Owl had a lovely afternoon being scientists, making predictions and carrying out different experiments....

01/05/2017

Optical Illusions

Class Atlantic have created some effective artwork as a result of drawing and colouring Optical...

01/05/2017

Big Freeze Maths

We have been practising our ability to work out sequences in our big freeze maths...

11/04/2017

Atlas skills - Class Atlantic

In topic, we have been developing our coordinate and grid reference skills to help us when...

11/04/2017

Class Owl - week commencing 3rd April

Wow!  What a fantastic week Class Owl have had! On Tuesday we went on our educational...

11/04/2017

KS1 visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park

KS1 visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on 4th April.  They enjoyed a fantastic and creative...

05/04/2017

Reading Challenge - EYFS & KS1

Unfortunately the Reception and KS1 reading challenge has come to an end. All of you...

05/04/2017

Great Fire of London - Class Hedgehog

We have had an exciting few weeks with our topic work on the Great Fire...

05/04/2017

Faberge Eggs by Class Pacific

We have beenb busy completing our Faberge inspired eggs.  Enjoy your Easter holidays....

31/03/2017

Musical Instruments in French

Class Pacific have been learning the names of musical instruments in French.  We have been...

29/03/2017

Alpine Plants - Artwork

In Topic Class Atlantic have been studying Alpine plant life and have used this as...

24/03/2017

Christian Creation - Class Owl

Class Owl really enjoyed their RE activities with Hand to Mouth. They listened carefully to...

24/03/2017

Comic Relief

For Comic Relief / Red Nose Day we dressed up in clothes with red, white,...

24/03/2017

Wrapping Paper - Class Atlantic

This week we have been designing our own wrapping paper to wrap gifts for Mothers...

20/03/2017

Class Owl - Fire of London

Class Owl were able to speak and write with great understanding about what it would...

20/03/2017

Fire

We painted our own fire. Can you tell the difference between this and our Great...

20/03/2017

Alpine Plants

This week, Class Atlantic have been exploring how alpine plants have adapted to live in...

20/03/2017

Busy Fingers

Busy Fingers - we tried some very sticky and tricky challenges this week. Click here to...

20/03/2017

KS2 Hot Cross Cookies

KS2 have been looking at Easter foods in Creative Curriculum.  As part of this we...

16/03/2017

Great Fire of London

We recreated our own Great Fire of London under the watchful eyes of fire fighters...

14/03/2017

KS1 Football Team - March 2017

Our KS1 Football team played really well in the recent Shelley Pyramid Tournament and came...

13/03/2017

Old Houses - Class Hedgehog

We have started our work on the Great Fire of London and have looked at...

12/03/2017

Big Freeze Maths Adventure

Class Pacific have been working really hard practising different mathematical strategies to solve challenges in...

12/03/2017

Investigating Flowers - Class Atlantic

In science this week, we learnt all about how water is transported through flowers. We...

12/03/2017

Work to 'bee' proud of - 10th March 2017

Class Atlantic have lots of work to 'bee' proud of this week.  From amazing extended...

12/03/2017

Stay and Play - 10th March 2017

Reception children really enjoy Stay and Play sessions when the grown ups come and join...

11/03/2017

Pushes and Pulls

Class Owl have been investigating how pushes and pulls work as opposites to make things...

10/03/2017

Stay and Play - 10th March 2017

Reception children really enjoy Stay and Play sessions when grown-ups come to visit the class...

10/03/2017

Old Houses - Class Hedgehog

We've started our Great Fire of London work and looked at the differences between new...

07/03/2017

KS2 Football Tournament - 7th March 2017

Despite the muddy conditions our KS2 Football Team came 5th out of 13 teams in...

03/03/2017

Class Owl Assembly

Class Owl’s Assembly for Parents was on Wednesday 1st March.  We enjoyed sharing our maths...

02/03/2017

Year 5 Science

    Today year 5 used their knowledge of reversible changes to help others. First they rescued a...

02/03/2017

World Book Day - 2nd March 2017

We had a lovely time sharing the joy of reading with each other, created book...

01/03/2017

Class Owl's Assembly

Class Owl shared some of the work they have been doing with their parents and...

27/02/2017

Safer Internet Day

It was Safer Internet Day on 7th February and the children were reminded about how...

27/02/2017

PC Pete Visit

PC Pete visited for a ‘Safety Day’.  We were delighted to welcome PC Pete Whitehouse...

25/02/2017

Animation Film Show

We have worked together in groups to create some animations. On 16th February KS2 had...

25/02/2017

The Golden Rule

In RE we’ve been learning about the Golden Rule not only in respect of Christianity...

25/02/2017

Class Assembley

It was our Class Assembly on 15th February and we loved sharing some of our...

25/02/2017

Outdoor Maths - 3D Shapes

Outdoor maths is always fun and we have created 3D shapes using sticks and twigs....

25/02/2017

Persuasive Writing

Using persuasive writing techniques we’ve been writing adverts to help Mr McKay sell his car. ...

25/02/2017

Hibernation

We had fun planning and building a home for hedgehogs.  We were a bit worried...

25/02/2017

Blasting off to space

We are always busy in Class Hedgehog doing lots of exciting things.  We have especially...

25/02/2017

Planets & Spaceships

We have invented our own planets, giving them names and describing what type of planet...

03/12/2016

Christmas Fayre

Helping Hands organised a Christmas Fayre on 3rd December. We were delighted that Father Christmas...

17/11/2016

Shoebox Appeal - November 2016

Thank you to everyone who donated a shoebox filled with gifts for the Operation Christmas...

15/07/2016

Chance to Shine Cricket Festival - July 2016

Further to the cricket coaching that the children had been given in school we were...

06/07/2016

Drama Club - Treasure Island - July 2016

Our Drama Club gave a performance of Treasure Island on our new stage. The performance...

06/07/2016

Cliffe House Visit - July 2016

Children in Year 1 and Year 2 visited Cliffe House in Shepley on Thursday 14th...

21/06/2016

Yr 3 Healthy and Happy Day - June 2016

Year 3 took part in a Pyramid Sport Day at Shelley College joining with other...

01/06/2016

New Starters Visit - June 2016

Our ‘new starters’ visited for three afternoons in June prior to them starting full time...

10/05/2016

Robinwood Visit - May 2016

Yr 4 and 5 visited Robinwood Activity Centre. They had a fantastic time - look...