Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Harry Potter Owls!

  Fri 19 Apr 2024

  As part of the Year 6 unit on Harry Potter, Hawkeye Falconry came into school to work with the children. After  a short display, all the children had the opportunity to fly the owls.

  

• Cross Country County Champions

  Fri 19 Apr 2024

  Forty pupils took part in the County Cross Country finals on Weds 17 April against fifteen other schools

  On a blustery day, all of our pupils gave 100% effort in their races.

  Overall Year 3 boys and girls finished in third place with Year 5&6 girls coming first.

  Congratulations to all!

  

• Tennis Coaching

  Fri 19 Apr 2024

  A coach from the Lawn tennis Association came into school to work with children across the school, He is due to continue coaching children over the next two weeks.

  

• Easter Holidays

  Tue 26 Mar 2024

  School closes for the Easter holidays at the end of the day on Thursday 28 March and reopens in Monday 15 April.

  Safeguarding during the school holidays.

  We would like to share key telephone numbers with you should you ever feel a child is unsafe when school is closed.

  Please use our website CEOP button on the front page of our website to report any online abuse: https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

  You may also find these numbers useful:

  Starting Point (For all Safeguarding Concerns) Telephone - 01629 533190 NSPCC - National Helpline - 0808 800 5000 Childline - 0800 1111

• Music Showcase

  Tue 26 Mar 2024

  Our choir and individual instrumentalists enjoyed sharing their musical journey with parent and grandparents in a Music Showcase event. Children who are learning to play the guitar, violin and piano played individually, with small group performances from children learning the guitar and violin. 

  The event was warmly received by the audience and we hope to hold more in the future. 

   

  

• Visit to assembly by Mr Stewart from Triumph Motor Cycle Racing

  Tue 26 Mar 2024

  On Friday 22 March, Mr Stewart, parent and lead engineer for Triumph Motor Cycle racing led an assembly on his job and how this links to maths, design and science. Afterwards, Year 4 worked him on a DT challenge.

  

• Science Week

  Mon 11 Mar 2024

  The theme for Science week this year is Time.

  In a busy week, there is a range of activities for children including the Vehicle STEM programme in Year 3 and 5, visits from STEM ambassadors, First Response and CPR workshops.

  We have a number of parents who work in STEM visiting the children to talk about their work: an airline pilot and the lead engineer for racing at Triumph Motorcycles.

• Magna

  Mon 11 Mar 2024

  On Friday 8 March, the whole school visited the Magna Science Discovery Centre just outside Sheffield as the launch to Science Week.

  Children took part in science workshops and toured each of the pavilions, exploring exhibits and finding out more about the production of steel.

  The centre is based in an old steel works.

  

• The Big Read

  Tue 05 Mar 2024

  The Big Read started after the half term holiday.

  Poet, Paul Cookson, led workshops for all children. Pupils were inspired by these and may have written their own poems based on his work.

  We were overwhelmed with support for reading with parents and grandparents.

  Every space in school seemed for be full of children reading to an adult.

  Photographs of 'Extreme Reading' are displayed in the library.

  During our Reading Relay, children in the school read for a total of 6 hours and 40 minutes.

  Our Book Swap enabled all children to take home a book.

  

• Class Dojo

  Tue 05 Mar 2024

  As Class Dojo has been launched to all classes, you can log on for updates on class and school events.