Primary Engineer!

1st July 2025Mr Schofield

A few weeks ago, children in Year 5 engaged with Primary Engineer and Siemens to work on a project to build a working locomotive, using new tools and skills to develop and create a ‘train’ locomotive that progressed their knowledge of Design, Technology and Science.

The children can all be very proud to say they worked in small teams to build working locomotives that were able to travel in straight lines (as on a track) and carry a small load. Myself and the other teachers were extremely impressed with how brilliantly everyone engaged with the work and took care to ensure their products fitted the brief.

Then – today – three children were selected to attend the celebration event where they were interviewed about the development of the design, their involvement in improving the quality of the working parts, and tested its usefulness in carrying a load on a straight line – just like a real train! They were a credit to the school and presented us beautifully with their ‘Flying Scotsman’ inspired design, making links to our coal mining expedition and Doncaster.

Well done year 5!

Viking Sculptures

8th June 2025Mr Pickering

2P have been learning about the Vikings as part of our Expedition and we used our artistic skills to create a paper sculpture of a Viking Longboat. It was extremely challenging and we had to use great teamwork, communication, resilience and perseverance. In the end, we got there and did a fabulous job! Well done 2P!

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Peter Thorpe art

8th June 2025Mr Pickering

2P has been learning all about the Space artwork produced by the artist Peter Thorpe. We used this inspiration to create our own pieces of artwork where we painted with everything EXCEPT a paintbrush! We used sponges, card and combs to produce the overall effect of a rocket in space. We think they look amazing!

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We are Artists

2nd May 2025Mrs Lewis

In 2L we have been busy getting our Final Product ready. We have been drawing our self portraits and critiquing and improving them after every draft. The children have been developing and practising their sketching and shading skills and have done a wonderful job!

Mrs Lewis

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Self portraits

1st May 2025Mr Pickering

Using the skills we had practised, 2P created a first draft of their self-portraits. They then reflected and critiqued their work and then did one more final draft. What a huge improvement! Well done to 2P for demonstrating their perseverance and observational skills. We can’t wait to see our creations added to our final product!

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5S are artists!

16th April 2025Mr Schofield

As part of our hook week for our new expedition ‘At the Coalface’, we have used a linked medium (charcoal) to develop our skills in art. We used techniques of blending, smudging, cross-hatching and stippling to affect areas of light, shade and texture. I was so impressed with your focus and resilience when it came to improving your abilities – well done!

Beautiful Butterflies

28th March 2025Amy Woods

For our Mother’s Day cards we drew butterflies, to link to our expedition. We worked hard to ensure our butterfly was symmetrical and learnt how to use shapes to build up our picture. Mrs Williams was so proud of how beautiful they turned out and how hard we all worked.
We hope all the special mother figures in our lives, have a lovely day celebrating on Sunday!

Mrs Williams

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