Students in Year 6 have been designing their settings for their fictional narrative. Working in groups, they annotated various settings and generated details descriptions including verbs, nouns and adjectives. The classes then collated some ideas and added them to their 'pick n' mix' wall which will support them through the remainder of the unit. What a lovely start to the week, Y6!

Dear Parents/Carers

This half term, Y6 have been studying electricity in science.  To support their learning, we will be going on an educational visit to Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham.  This is sure to be a fantastic opportunity for all!

The visits will take place on:

• Tuesday 4^th November 2025 – Y6 Sapphire and ½ Y6 Amethyst
• Thursday 6^th November 2025 – Y6 Rhodonite and ½ Y6 Amethyst

We aim to leave school at 9:30am, so please bring your child to school at normal school time. We aim to be back in school for 3:15pm. If there are any delays, the school’s office team will contact you by 3:00pm. To ensure you can receive any updates on delays, please check your contact details are correct at the school’s main office.

We are asking for £10.00 per child which covers the cost of the coach, full access to the Science Centre and a workshop.  Please return payment in full via the Arbor app.

For this trip, children must wear full school uniform. You will need to provide your child with a packed lunch.  If your child is eligible for free school meals, a packed lunch will be provided for them.

If you have any questions about this trip, please talk to your child’s class teacher.

Thank you for your continued support.

Y6 Team

Students in Y6 have been learning all about the Anglo Saxons in History and had a session on identifying key parts of their longboats. They then spent some time sketching them and we could not be more impressed with their pieces!

Dear FS2 Parents

You are all invited to a welcome to FS2 workshop on Tuesday 14th October 9-9.30am.

The meeting will give you an insight into the day your child has at school, and how you can support your child's learning.

Good morning families

We will hold our annual lantern parade on Wednesday 5th November! Bring your lanterns and enjoy the fun. Please arrive at school with your lanterns for 3.30pm, the parade will start at 4pm.

There will be entertainment from our school choir, Bollywood dancers, fire throwers stilt walkers and much more!

Please note photography will be taken at the event and used on social media.

If you wish to book a stall, please contact Rachel Metcalfe on 0114 2442189

Come along and join the fun, we can't wait to see you there!

After reading owl babies in nursery, we talked about the three baby owls from the story — Sarah, Percy, and Bill — and then had a go at ordering different owls by size. The children did a wonderful job using words like “biggest,” “smaller,” and “tiny!”

Y3T had so much fun today visiting Darnall Library. How lucky are we to have such a great library so close to our school!

We are having our first "Play, Chat and Learn" session for nursery parents! Join us on Monday 10th November 8.30am for AM nursery and 12.15pm for PM nursery, all nursery parents are welcome. Let’s get together to support our little ones’ early development through fun and engaging activities!

Dear families.

As a school, we feel it is important for us to recognise and support everyone's mental health.

To acknowledge World Mental Health Day, we are inviting all children to attend school in something yellow on Friday 10th October 2025.

We kindly ask that children donate £1 and all monies raised will go to Young minds charity.

Thank you #WorldMentalHealthDay2025

Good morning, families!

We’re excited to share that our children are having a blast during playtime, and the OPAL project is really taking off! This week, we’re on the lookout for any old pots, pans, and kitchen utensils you no longer use. If you've got any spare items lying around, we’d be absolutely thrilled to give them a new life in our play sessions!

Also, don’t forget to check out some fun snapshots of the kids enjoying their lunchtime activities from last week!

Thank you so much for your ongoing support! You truly make our community awesome!

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