T4U Shoebox Appeal - 2021
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Thank you for supporting the T4U shoebox appeal. We collected 38 boxes....
In Sunshine club the children did some beautiful artwork based on poppies. We remembered and...
In Year 2 we are starting to learn about instructional texts. We are working in...
A small group of Year 5 led our assembly about World Peace. Despite a minor...
4 times a week Class Bear do a daily run around our track. This helps...
Class Eagle enjoyed a very energetic and non-stop PE lesson this week....
Class Eagle have been writing setting descriptions in their literacy lessons. As part of this...
Class Puffin’s second step to a successful self-portrait - drawing an outline of their face...
Class Puffin’s first step to a successful self-portrait – applying a colour paint wash to...
Year 2 have been investigating the variety of ways a value of money can be...
Year 1 and 2 have been enjoying their new computing lessons on a Wednesday afternoon. ...
Class Puffin have been mixing secondary colours from primary coloured paint. They have learnt how to...
This week in year 3 french we have been taste testing a variety of french...
In Science we are learning about the digestive system. The children enjoyed replicating the journey...
Year 5 have been exploring what makes them and other people unique. They have some...
In science Class Puffin have been classifying food into red, amber, green and investigating the...
Reception had a fantastic time in their first tricky word session last week and they...
Mrs Easons Year 1s really enjoyed a diverse busy fingers session....
This week in outdoor maths (which was in indoor because of the weather) we have...
Our first Creative Curriculum lesson of the year happened on Thursday. Mrs Vernoum’s group were...
Reception Penguins are continuing to settle in and practise what they already know. They are...
Class Bear have had a wonderful first week back and have already produced some amazing...
Year 1 have been working hard in their PE lesson....
Our EY and KS1 children enjoying their morning break....
Look at us having a fantastic time in Sunshine club!...
The children have had a great time trying out our amazing new trim trail!...
The children who will be joining us in Reception in September came to visit school...
As part of class Koala's design technology they have been designing their own fruit smoothies....
In outdoor maths today year 3 have been learning about symmetry. We looked at symmetry...
The children in Class Panda were set a challenge to make pirate ships and steal...
Year 5 practiced their spelling this week with a quick game of scrabble....
Class China’s Gardening Gang have done such a good job growing salad for us all...
Class China have loved practicing their coordinate and compass skills in outdoor maths by drawing...
We all enjoyed taking part in the Young Voices Biggest Sing. First we got our...
We made 3D shapes from art straws to help us remember their properties....
Year 2 have been trialing a new spelling practise platform. We think they like it!...
This week, in creative curriculum, Class Australia made their very own clay dragons! Following on...
Our Year 5 children are back with the second instalment of the Cumberworth Chronical....
For P.E. this week Class China has been practising for Sports' Day. They worked brilliantly...
Fab writing just look at our ? , and detailed descriptions....
A group of children in Class China were very keen to get our allotment up...
In our Year 4 science lesson we continued learning about electricity by making circuits that...
Year 1 enjoyed learning some hockey skills during a recent PE lesson....
Class Panda were dancing and keeping active whilst they learned a few Spanish words. ...
Class China had a very active and enthusiastic game of dodgeball when the heavy rain...
In Class Australia, we are well on our way to completing our friendly monsters. Following...
In Year 3, we have been all wiggles and giggles as we learnt about the...
Class Panda painted giraffes and enjoyed dancing to Giraffes Can’t Dance. ...
Class China wishes everyone a Happy Easter in French. They have learnt about Easter traditions...
Class Australia have been busy getting ready for Easter! We've learnt about the 14 Stations...
Year 5 have been investigating friction in science. They worked as teams to discover the...
A few Year 5’s decided that they would like to write a newspaper style blog...
Class Australia have been continuing their exploration of all things 'Potter' and within a recent...
Inspired by the book Charlotte's Web the children in Class China drew spiders, created webs...
Our Reception children have been busy this week in their Busy Finger session. The children...
Year 5 had their first taste of ratio this week using coloured bottle tops and...
Today the children and staff enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner....
We have been making calendars to take home....
On Friday the children all took part in The Kirkwood Reindeer Run. All the children had...
Class Australia have been using their writing skills to produce some wonderful winter poems....
Thank you to everyone who was able to donate a shoebox to the Shoebox Appeal....
Our school councillors from Class China did a fantastic job decorating our Christmas Tree in...
Class Australia had fun playing in the snow on Friday....
Thank you to Helping Hands for organising their ‘reverse advent calendar’ to support local families,...
Class Australia have been developing their computer coding skills by using ‘Block Coding’ commands within...
This morning Year 5 have been learning how to play Chess. Some pupils already knew...
Year 5 were unable to attend a Remembrance service this year but we still took...
Today at 11am we observed the 2 minutes silence, and remembered those who made the...
We continue to take part in our daily run as a way to increase our...
WOW! Look at the work Class China have done to design and make their very...
Yr 2 had their PE lesson outside today. They learnt how to serve, volley and...
Year One made their own 2d shapes with straight sides in maths, we made rockets,...
Class Australia made their own Pete Cromer inspired artwork. They look great on display around...
In creative curriculum, children from Class Australia have been learning about Ndebele art and the...
As part of our RE, we were very excited to welcome baby Elijah to our...
We had great game of Indoor Silent Rounders in PE....
Year One had to work hard in PE last week. They started by balancing a...
Class Koala have enjoyed being creative this term. The displays in our classroom look brilliant. ...
We are Class China and this is our Dragon of Discovery – he’s amazing isn’t...
We’ve been talking about germs and the Yr 1 children in Class Panda decorated some...
This week Year 5 conducted experiments into properties and changes of materials. They mixed vitamin...
Our Reception children had fun this week doing the 'Barnyard Boogie'. Once they had all...
Class Koala having fun at playtime....
Class Austrailia had a very busy PE lesson....
Our Year 4 children have been working hard in French this week with Mrs Vernoum...
The Year 1 children have been working really hard in their Maths lessons with Mrs...
Our Reception children have been having fun in Maths this week learning about patterns....
If you wish to use some additional resources to support reading Oxford Owl have lots...
Resources for children and young people with worries or concerns about cornovirus. See document in...
What goes up…...... must come down! Year 5 were challenged to discover how to drop an...
Thankfully the sun shone today so that Year 5 could investigate air resistance whilst taking...
We had fun predicting and testing in our Science this week. We worked in teams...
We had a brilliant time at the Young Voices concert at Sheffiled arena. Well done...
On Wednesday afternoon class Pacific hosted an assembly in front of family and friends. We...
This week we have been scientists investigating Light and Dark as well as Materials (what...
During outdoor maths over the last couple of weeks Key Stage 2 have been learning...
In Science this week Year 5 have been investigating the relationship between different surfaces, inclines...
Our KS2 Indoor Athletics team took part in the recent Shelley Pyramid First Schools competition. ...
Some of us had crazy hair for Children in Need. All the classes were given...
As part of Remembrance Day, we created artwork to help us to reflect upon those...
It has taken us weeks to paint our sensational self-portraits to make sure that the...
In Outdoor maths this week Year 5 are learning about square numbers. We tried different...
Our Year 5 children represented the school at the Birdsedge Remembrance Service on the 11th...
Thank you to everyone who was able to join us in St Nicholas' Church for...
Working in their Family Groups the children rotated around five activities based on the theme...
Today, in our literacy lesson, we took a trip to the future! When we came...
The conclusion of year 5’s science topic on reactions was quite dramatic. We discovered what...
This week we had a visit from Hand to Mouth. We started our lesson by...
This half term Year 3 have been enjoying PE sessions with Andy from Project Sport. ...
Our KS1 Indoor Athletics team took part in an inter-schools competition at Shelley College. They...
P.E. with a difference! We enjoyed making dens and shelters in P.E. with Andy from...
Friday was the annual Year 2 coleslaw make as part of their English reading and...
We have been investigating which material is best for soaking up spills. We practised our...
Reception had a very interesting day at Cannon Hall Farm. They learnt lots about the...
It's good to be back and it's week one of Creative Curriculum. Look how busy...
Class Owl have been mixing primary paints to create the secondary colours, orange, purple, green,...
Following a request from some of our KS2 children we invited Urban Strides in to school to...
Thanks to a grant from Denby Dale Parish Council all the children were able to...
Sports' Day was great fun and everyone had a lovely time. We all enjoyed taking...
We released our lovely butterflies into the wild on Friday. We were a little upset...
As part of our rhyming learning this week, the Year Ones made a shape teddy...
We have been finding out about how people around the world, from different cultures and...
Our Healthy Family Group Day in October helped raise money for Kunzugu Primary School in...
Year 1 and 2 had a fantastic day in Leeds on Tuesday visiting two places...
This week Class Bear have done a great job of completing their Tudor portraits which...
Year 2 have been building up a number of key physical skills in P.E. this...
CPR and defibrillator training held in school following the installation of the new defibrillator....
Our KS1 Indoor Athletics team took first place at the recent Shelley Pyramid event. Well...
In literacy lesson, Class Eagle has been exploring setting descriptions. We have based our writing...
Our KS2 Girls' Football team took part in the Shelley Pyramid tournament and came a...
In Class Penguin we enjoy using all our senses to explore the world around us....
Class Penguin had its first Busy Finger Challenge Session this week. With the Year Ones...
In science lessons, Year 4 have been learning about food chains. We began the lesson...
The children in Class Puffin have been finding out how to use an Atlas to...
Class Puffin have started the year by exploring colour mixing with paints. First we mixed secondary...
In R.E last week, we learned about the parable of the wise and foolish man. Like...
In outdoor maths, Class Eagle have been working on place value. Through splitting the gym...
In R.E. we wrote our own prayers about events we had watched on the news....
Our second week in school has been fun as we get used to moving around...
This week we all signed up to Times Tables Rockstars to help us practise our...
This week most of year 5 took part in the Bikeability course. They learnt how...
They year 5s lead an assembly based on the RSPCA's advice about thinking of the...
During PE on a Tuesday this half term Year 5 have been coached by Callum...
This week we have had visitors in to school to tell us about the Easter...
We had fantastic fun dressing up for our French fashion show. This allowed us to...
A rift appeared in our classroom creating a portal to a beach on a sunny...
The last few weeks have been all about Easter. Miss Middleton worked with the class on...
In Outdoor Maths Class Australia have been learning all about 2D shapes. They have been...
All the children in Class Koala really enjoyed their taster cricket session with the cricket...
We have started a new topic! Over the past couple of weeks, we have been looking...
After nearly 11 years working at Cumberworth First School our Catering Supervisor, Irene Howard, retired...
Tuesday 13th March 2018 was quite simply the 'Best Day of My Life' according to...
Once again we put on our lab coats and transformed into Super Scientists to help...
Class Koala’s assembly to the school and their parents, presenting their fabulous work from the...
Once again we have been scientists discovering the properties of different materials. Using our knowledge...
A message from our Year 5 librarians – We really love helping in our school library...
This week in Science, Year 3 children from class Australia have been furthering their study...
Class Koala have started 2018 by looking into the seven day celebration of African Culture...
This week, in ICT, we have been using our Phiros to help develop our programming...
We had an absolutely fantastic time performing at Young Voices in Sheffield Arena. We joined...
We have had a fantastic week settling into our daily phonics and maths lessons but...
We have been reading "The Lion and the Unicorn" by Shirley Hughes and writing a diary...
We had a lovely Christmas Dinner in the final week of term. Thank you to...
Our Christmas production this year was entitled Lights, Camel, Action. This was a jam-packed cast of...
Look at us! Our portraits are finally finished and don’t we look fabulous. It has been...
We used the story of The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse to help us...
The Year Ones have been giving each other instructions to find the pirates' belongings. We...
We were delighted to hand over 89 shoeboxes to the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child...
Class China have been imagining that they are photographers for a BBC wildlife programme. They...
Class Koala had greasy, grubby fun finding out why wa need to always wash our...
In Class Panda we have been reading about Scarecrows. Our focus story is about Tattybogle,...
Class Koala are always busy first thing in the morning. Year 2 develop and practice...
Class China harvested the last of their allotment vegetables this morning. The spring onions had...
This week, in Literacy, Class Australia finished their character descriptions. These were based on their class...
We enjoy learning and practising maths skills in lots of ways, inside and outside the...
This week our main theme has been our senses. We have learned to name our...
In Class Koala our topic is 'Ourselves'! We've been having lots of fun singing songs,...
Our KS2 Girls' Football team took part in a tournament at Shelley College on 3rd...
This week we have read stories around growing up. We have talked about how we...
In class Australia, we have recently drafted our instructions for how to care for a pet dragon....
We are working hard on our descriptive writing this week based on a scene from...
We are improving our running skills to help us become rounders champions and indoor athletics...
This week in topic lesson we continued exploring the continent of North America, specifically, the...
Class Panda have been learning about the different parts of our bodies and about our...
On Thursday KS2 began the first Creative Curriculum rotation of the year. We all had...
In Class Australia, as part of their literacy lessons, the children have been using mind...
All of our children have now visited the library at least twice. The Year 5...
This week we have been thinking about our feelings. We have been learning to understand...
Class Australia have been learning all about friction. They discussed and predicted what types of surfaces would...
Class Pacific had a fantastic time harvesting the plants they grew earlier this term....
Year 5 entertained us all with their wonderful Leavers' Service at St Nicolas' Church. They...
Year 1 and Year 2 had a brilliant time at Cliffe House - even though...
We all had a great time at Sports' Day....
Our Year 4 children had a great time at Shelley College when they took part...
Year 3 took part in a Healthy and Happy Day at Shelley College along with...
Wow - what busy writers Class Owl have been this week! Year 2 have written...
In science this week, we explored how mirrors reflect light by conducting a range of...
This week we have been searching for mini beasts in our outdoor area. We found...
Class Pacific has enjoyed the creative writing challenge designed by Josh....
Year 2 have really enjoyed their cricket with Callum and Jack from Denby Dale Cricket...
This week, in science, we have been furthering our knowledge on the topic of light...
Class Owl and Class Hedgehog had a lovely day out at Tropical Butterfly House....
This week Year 5 have been practising Call Push Rescue (CPR) with inflated manikins. We...
Class Atlantic - Harvesting our crop… This week we have tasted the radishes we planted...
This week Class Pacific have been working on revising everything we have learnt this year...
This week, we have been continuing our Creative Curriculum work on the theme of Greece...
We have started our last half term together as Class Hedgehog and plan to have...
Class Owl are diving deep down into the depths of an exciting underwater world this...
What a fabulous week Class Owl have had. On Monday afternoon, in small groups, the...
The Yr 5 children enjoyed taking part in a church school transition workshop at St...
Reception had a really great day at Cannon Hall Farm. They enjoyed seeing all the...
This week in literacy, we have completed our setting descriptions on Camp Half Blood, based...
It was exciting finding out what reaction there is when adding tictacs or mentos to...
We have been extra busy this week - it's amazing how much we can learn...
This week, we have been continuing our work on the theme of Greek quests to...
This week has been jungle and rainforest fun. We have learned a great boogie song...
Class Pacific have done a fantastic job of weeding the allotment and planting out their...
In maths we have been moving ourselves and shapes through a quarter, half and three...
In April Yr 5 were given the opportunity to take part in two days of...
KS1 visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on 4th April. They enjoyed a fantastic and creative...
In Topic Class Atlantic have been studying Alpine plant life and have used this as...
Class Owl really enjoyed their RE activities with Hand to Mouth. They listened carefully to...
This week we have been designing our own wrapping paper to wrap gifts for Mothers...
Class Owl were able to speak and write with great understanding about what it would...
Busy Fingers - we tried some very sticky and tricky challenges this week. Click here to...
KS2 have been looking at Easter foods in Creative Curriculum. As part of this we...
Class Pacific have been working really hard practising different mathematical strategies to solve challenges in...