Monthly Archives: June 2012

Year 4’s Olympic Linking Day!

Today we welcomed our friends from St Augustine’s Junior School in Worksop to join us for a day of Olympic Art activities. We collaborated to create collages, pictures and a banner based on the Olympic sport pictograms and the colours … Continue reading

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A sneaky peek…

Here is a quick update on how our new continuous provision area is looking…not long now…

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Wooo hooo! We did it!

Great news everyone, not only were we nominated in three categories for the Education Blog Awards 2012, but, can you believe it…? We have won TWO of the categories!  Miriam Lord Primary School has been judged to win the ‘Whole … Continue reading

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A Great Reward For A Great Year Six…

Today, Year Six enjoyed an end-of-year treat by visiting Lightwater Valley.  This was to reward them for all the hard work and effort that they have shown throughout a challenging year.  It seems like everyone had fun as they started … Continue reading

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Off we go to Mexico!

The children in Reception have been learning about Mexico. We changed our role play area to an aeroplane so we could fly there to find out more information about the country. The children took on different roles including passengers, pilots … Continue reading

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Philosophy question 17: Is it a good thing to win?

With the Olympics just around the corner, let’s think about competitions and winning. Do you like playing sport? Do you like to enter competitions? Do you like to win? Why? What happens if you don’t win? What if you never … Continue reading

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Y6′s trip to Doe Park activity centre

By Awaba and Muskan Our trip this week to Doe Park activity centre was amazing. We had a one-and-a-half hour walk in the pouring rain, including mud slides and wet socks. We used binoculars to see right across the valley. … Continue reading

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Question of the Week 10

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Collaboration and the Apprentice project

In 6JC we have been talking a lot about collaboration. What it means, what it looks like and how it changes depending on the task we are doing. We are beginning to understand that sometimes being told what to do … Continue reading

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Year 5′s Choral Performance

As a culmination of our work on The Highwayman we planned our own choral performance. We had to learn how to speak with clarity and expression. We had to learn the poem, which is very long, off by heart and then … Continue reading

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