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Year 5 Family Learning at Markham Main (Armthorpe)

4th June 2025Mr Schofield

Year 5 showed great determination on this afternoon’s hike from school to the historic Markham Main (Armthorpe) colliery pit top. We ventured through the woods and were pleased to find the now defunct spoil tips had been made into a beautiful nature reserve for the public of Doncaster to enjoy. We explored onward to the new housing estate where we discovered the monument and stones marking the two mine shafts, also being surprised to learn that the nearby street names were named after those who had lost their lives underground.

We spent some time to reflect on the miners’ of Doncaster hard work through the years, working on our sketching skills by drawing the monuments.

Next, we ventured up high to the very top of the area, resting around the cairn to complete some beautiful sketching of the panoramic views of the city.

It was a long walk and we were very impressed at the resilience and engagement shown from everyone.

A huge thank you, also, to the family members who attended to help make this a really special learning opportunity out in the field.

Well done everybody!

Year 5 Crew

Our Mining Expert

4th June 2025Mr Schofield

Today, Years 5 and 6 were visited by Rob, a local expert in mining with over forty years’ experience in the industry. We felt truly immersed in the life of a miner in Doncaster as he answered all the children’s brilliant questions and showed us through the range of artefacts he had gathered over his exciting career. It was great how he and the children made connections between our recent visit to Caphouse colliery and the vast number of coal mines in our home city of Doncaster.

This experience really helped to tee up our afternoon of family learning, keep an eye out for the next blog!

Year 5/6 community crew

2nd June 2025Miss Lotysz

Year 5 and 6 had a great morning taking part in different activities to build crew and to wake them up on a Monday morning.

Coal Mining Museum

2nd June 2025Mr Schofield

Year 5 had a fabulous time at the National Coal Mining Museum, touring the site of a real coal mine (Caphouse), learning about all the processes and history of the site from TC – our tour guide with over 40 years’ experience working in the industry.

It was great to hear that our groups were the best behaved their guide had ever led through the tour – you represented the school brilliantly!

Reading plus winners

19th May 2025Miss Lotysz

Well done to this weeks reading plus winners, you have worked really hard this week.

Times table rockstar superstars

19th May 2025Miss Lotysz

Well done to this weeks TTR winners and a big shout out to Crew Myers’s for being the winning crew this week.

Pride of Plover winners

19th May 2025Miss Lotysz

Well done to this weeks Pride of Plover winners in year 5 and 6. Keep up the amazing work, we are all so proud of you.

Year 5 Family Learning

16th May 2025Mr Schofield

Good afternoon parents and carers, please be advised that Year 5 children will return home with a letter today (16.5) advising of details on our upcoming family learning event.

Please could all replies be made by Thursday 22nd May so we are able to plan the logistics of this exciting event.

Mr Schofield and Miss Myers

Playing with Y5

15th May 2025Joshua Meade

It was nice for our F2 children to spend time with the Y5 children this week. Thank you to the Y5 children who helped our children play different games and sports activities! #LovePlover