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F2 Writing
It was lovely to see this F2 phonics learning this morning - she thought of and wrote this sentence all by herself. Her teachers were really proud of her spelling and handwriting ☺️

Rachael Goucher
Mar 111 min read


World Book Day - Toilet Roll Characters Competition
Congratulations to our KS1 winner of the World Book day toilet roll character activity! Well done to everyone who joined in with this activity, the characters look amazing!

Rachael Goucher
Mar 61 min read


World Book Day - Toilet Roll Characters Competition
Congratulations to our EYFS winners of the World Book day toilet roll character activity. They both worked so hard; we couldn't choose between them! Well done to everyone who joined in with this activity, the characters look amazing!

Rachael Goucher
Mar 61 min read


World Book Day
Well done to everyone who worked hard to create a toilet roll character for our World Book Day celebrations. It was very hard to choose winners, but myself and Miss Fretwell looked at them this afternoon and chose 1 from EYFS and 1 from KS1 📚 All the characters made are on display in school for everyone to view

Rachael Goucher
Mar 51 min read


SoundsWrite Accreditation
Dear Parents and Carers, We are delighted to share some fantastic news with you! Last year we applied to the the Sounds-Write Schools accreditation programme, and have recently found out that we have been accredited with the Sounds-Write Silver Award. This is a significant achievement that demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that all students receive the highest quality phonics education, which is essential to their development as proficient readers and writers. The Sound

Rachael Goucher
Mar 31 min read


Drama Techniques
Kingfisher class enjoyed learning drama techniques to develop understanding of traditional tales. They had so much fun acting out the story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk'🫘🌱

Mrs Bonsall
Nov 26, 20251 min read


Virtual Author Session
The children in KS1 had a virtual author session this afternoon, listening to Katy Ashworth and Colleen Larmour read their book ‘This, That, What’. They then were taught how to draw a character from the book. Miss Newton was really pleased with these Y2s, and they all earned a superstar sticker

Rachael Goucher
Oct 21, 20251 min read


Y1 Phonics
Well done to the children in Kingfisher Class, who are working on reviewing the initial code before starting to learn the extended code....

Rachael Goucher
Sep 19, 20251 min read


F2 Writing
This F2 was really proud of the writing she did on Friday ☺️ She wrote a story, and illustrated it, during her ‘playing to learn’ time

Rachael Goucher
Jul 14, 20251 min read


Y1 Writing
This Y1 has been working hard on his writing, and is using his phonics to help him spell new words. Well done 🖊️

Rachael Goucher
Jul 14, 20251 min read


KS1 Writing
The children in KS1 have been learning about significant individuals in history, and have been writing biographies in English. These Y2s...

Rachael Goucher
Jul 4, 20251 min read


Library Summer Reading Challenge
On Tuesday, we had a visitor from Rotherham Libraries in school, talking to the children about their annual Summer Reading Challenge. All...

Rachael Goucher
Jun 30, 20251 min read


Library Visit
Starlings had a fantastic first time visiting the library recently. Thank you to the library staff for making us so welcome and thank you...

Mrs Bonsall
Apr 29, 20251 min read


Virtual Author Visit
It was lovely to see the KS1 children enjoying a virtual author session with Bethan Woollvin today 😊

Rachael Goucher
Apr 28, 20251 min read


F2 Phonics
Robin class are working hard to write words with 4 sounds. Last week they wrote dictated sentences containing words they have been...

Rachael Goucher
Apr 25, 20251 min read


Library Visit
Goldfinch Class had a great time at the library today! They listened to a story and did lots of fun activities about Earth Day 🌎

Mrs Bonsall
Apr 22, 20251 min read


Library Visit
Robin class really enjoyed their first trip to the library! They each chose a book to borrow and read at school. Thank you to the library...

Mrs Bonsall
Mar 25, 20251 min read


Y2 Phonics
It was lovely to see the Y2s working so hard in their phonics this morning. They were reading words with the sound /g/ and sorting them...

Rachael Goucher
Nov 27, 20241 min read


Drawing Club
Amazing creativity and ideas in Drawing Club from these super learners in Goldfinch class, they earned an extra Dojo credit for their...

Mrs Bonsall
Jul 10, 20241 min read
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