Year 6 loved their visit to Eden Camp to celebrate finishing their Twentieth Century Conflict History topic. They experienced the Blitz huts, experimented with some very tight air raid shelters and saw many real artefacts from World War I and…
In this week’s assembly we learnt about how to keep ourselves safe in the sun. The sun has many benefits such as: providing warmth to the planet, helping us to see, providing us with essential vitamin D and releasing our…
To support our learning in history and science, Year 1 had a fantastic visit to Eureka, a science museum in Halifax. We explored the little world at Eureka, which had its own post office, bank and M&S. We really enjoyed…
Today, 7 children from year 6 competed in the West Yorkshire Police annual football competition. The children had 6 matches across the day and worked brilliantly as a team. They showed real sportsmanship, cheering on other players and celebrating their…
In this week’s assembly, we learnt about the Sikh celebration of Vaisahki. It takes place in April, and this is when New Year and Harvest is celebrated. We watched a video about how Sikhs prepare for and celebrate Vaisakhi, such…
As part of Y6’s Intergenerational Linking Project, they were visited by residents from Willow Bank Care Home. Following International Day of Happiness, they aimed to spread happiness to the residents by playing games, sharing stories and doing crafts together. The…
At the start of the spring term, Miss Hopps asked the class teachers to run some pupil voice sessions across school, which were linked to our PE and enrichment sessions. This was focused on what the children enjoyed taking part…
We are delighted and humbled that two of our schools (one special, one mainstream) have been recognised with T&A awards. In this academic year, we have celebrated 10 years since the formation of our trust and it therefore seems highly…
This week, we learned about the Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr. We now know that this translates into English as ‘the festival of the breaking of the fast’ because it is the celebration that follows Ramadan, the month of fasting. …
This week we are taking part in Neurodiversity Celebration Week. We have learnt about how some people’s brains think differently and that some of these different ways of thinking have been given names. We have looked at ADHD, autism, dyslexia,…