Hansel and Gretel workshop

17th November 2025Amy Woods

Wow, what an amazing morning we have had today! We were so lucky to have Kerry and Tash come in from CAST Theatre, to teach us the story of Hansel and Gretel, through drama. The children enjoyed getting into the roles of the different characters and exploring props. Once we had finished we went back to the create doughnuts, for the gingerbread house flooring, which we will see in CAST theatre when we go to visit. We are so excited to go and work with Kerry and Tash again at CAST theatre in a couple of weeks, and watch the performance of Hansel and Gretel.
Mrs Williams was so proud of how well everyone participated in this workshop, and the great respect and integrity all children showed towards our visitors. Well done nursery!

Mrs Williams

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5S are dramatic!

17th October 2025Mr Schofield

As a hook into our writing about the Amazon Rainforest, children today imagined, then enacted, their senses and emotions as they took a hike through the dense jungle.

Many children were nervous, apprehensive and scared, while others showed excitement for their adventure. It was great to hear you be so descriptive about your range of feelings, I can’t wait to read about them in your diary entries!

Pompeii and Pebbles

5th June 2025Mrs Graves

This week we have been learning about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD that buried the city of Pompeii.

We read the book ‘Escape from Pompeii’ and acted out some role plays as the main characters.

We have also been learning about rocks and the rock cycle this week, which culminated in our very own ‘Rock Museum’. We made posters to describe the rocks on display and the toured round looking at the different types of rocks and their properties. Who would have thought the rubble under our feet could be so interesting!

Mrs Graves

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First on the scene

25th April 2025Mr Schofield

In English, we looked at the descriptive language used in a Pathe news report of the horrific 1966 Aberfan mining disaster. After, children were challenged to act as journalists and report from the scene. It was great to hear your news reports come to life! Well done.

Miners Dress Up in 5S

16th April 2025Mr Schofield

As part of our hook week into ‘At the Coalface’, Year 5 today came to school dressed as coal miners. We participated in some immersive P.E. which encouraged us to imagine the life of children – many of whom were our age – expressing their feelings, emotions and actions through the medium of dance.

It’s Pantomime Time!

6th December 2024Joshua Meade

F2 loved this mornings Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime! What a lovely way to end a celebratory week. #LovePlover

1C Recount A Trip… Through Drama!

19th June 2024Kathleen Cunningham

Yesterday, 1C recounted their trip to The Deaf School using actions and signs! This helped us remember what we did in chronological order, in order to help us prepare to write up our own recounts of the day!