Posts From Curriculum Category

Nov

🌿 Shaping Words in the Outdoors

Posted In Curriculum

🔤 Letters from Nature: Creative Typography in Year 5/6 Year 5/6 have been exploring typography in art and design through a hands-on and creative project using natural materials. Heron’s Class ventured outdoors to collect sticks and other natural resources before carefully arranging them to form both upper and lower-case letters. The children then transferred their […]

Oct

🌟 Half Term Story Challenge

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📚 Let Your Imagination Shine: Enter Our Writing Competition! 🚀 500 Words of Wonder: A Creative Writing Adventure Awaits Half term is the perfect opportunity for children to let their imaginations run wild and get creative with their writing. Following the excitement of watching the BBC 500 Words live lesson in school, many children left […]

Oct

🌊 Spiralling into Creativity in Kingfishers

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🎨 Shell-ebrating Art in Year 1! The children in Kingfishers have been exploring spirals as part of their art learning this half term. Drawing on the careful observation skills they developed while studying shells, the children created their final pieces using vibrant oil pastels on black paper. The striking contrast allowed their colourful spiral designs […]

Oct

🌟 Reaching for the Sky with Bessie Coleman

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✈️ Inspired by Extraordinary Lives: Children’s Bessie Coleman Writing Our children have been exploring inspiring figures from the book Young, Gifted and Black, discovering the remarkable achievements of people who have helped shape history and break down barriers. As part of this learning, children chose to write about Bessie Coleman, the pioneering American aviator who […]

Oct

🎨 Autumn Artists at Work in Sparrows Class

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🌿 Creating an Autumn Floor Masterpiece The children in Sparrows Class have been busy developing their artistic skills through a beautiful autumn-themed art project. Inspired by the colours, textures and patterns of the season, they explored a range of techniques before creating their very own Autumn Floor artwork. Throughout the unit, the children carefully observed […]

Oct

🎃 Pumpkins, Potions and Slime: A Spooktacular Week in Reception 🎃

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🕷️ Learning Through Play: Our EYFS Spooky-Themed Adventures This week, our EYFS children have been fully immersed in a wonderfully spooky week of learning and exploration! From hollowing out pumpkins and mixing magical potions to investigating spiders, creating playdough pumpkins and getting wonderfully messy with slime, every activity was carefully planned to support children’s development […]

Oct

🎡 Kingfishers Class Welcomes Everyone 💙

Posted In Curriculum, General News

Celebrating Kindness, Creativity and Inclusion The children in Kingfishers Class, taught by Mrs Pywell and Miss Ward, have been exploring some important themes this term through a wonderful range of creative activities that celebrate kindness, inclusion and caring for our world. At the centre of their beautiful display is a giant Ferris wheel featuring every […]

Oct

🛠️✨Owls Take Flight with Pneumatic Power 🛠️✨

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🛠️✨ Creative Engineers in Year 3 The children in Year 3 Owls, taught by Miss Wilson, have been busy developing their engineering skills through an exciting Design and Technology project. As part of their learning, the children designed and created their own pneumatic systems, discovering how compressed air can be used to produce movement. They […]

Oct

🏗️🎶 Young Architects Take on the Stockeld Park Challenge

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This afternoon, the Year 5 and 6 children in Ravens, Eagles and Herons were lucky enough to welcome a very special visitor. David, Jamie’s grandad and a professional architect, came into school to support the children with an exciting design competition. The children have been invited by Stockeld Park to create ideas for a brand-new […]

Oct

📚 Stories, Coding and Creativity at Harrogate Library

Posted In Curriculum, Events

🐛 Coding Caterpillars and Book Adventures for Owls Class As part of our ongoing strong partnership with Harrogate Library, our classes enjoy regular visits throughout the year, helping children develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. This week, it was the turn of our Year 3 Owls Class to visit the library. The children […]