This afternoon, KS2 took part in an exciting Sports Day event.
To mark the occasion, the children chose which events they wanted to participate in, including throwing, running and various team challenges. Everyone showed fantastic teamwork and determination as they worked hard to earn points for their teams. At the end of the races, the results were announced—and the Blue team were crowned the winners! It was a brilliant afternoon, full of energy, encouragement and fun.
Take a look below to see some highlights from the day’s events.

This morning, we were extremely fortunate to join Barnsley College at Darton Cricket Club for a fantastic cricket skills session. The children took part in a variety of activities, including throwing and catching, batting, bowling and fielding. They thoroughly enjoyed developing their skills and were excited to put them into practice during a game at the end. Many of the children enjoyed learning about a new sport, with some even expressing an interest in continuing to practise outside of school. Take a look below to see all the fun we had!

Today, we played a game of basketball to put into practice all the key skills we have learned in P.E this half term. Throughout the term, we have focused on dribbling, chest passing and shooting, as well as understanding important rules like travelling and double dribbling. It was fantastic to see the children in action, working together as a team and applying their skills in a real game. Take a look below to see them in action!

Since our soup tasting last week, we have explored different recipes, carefully planned our own and today, we finally brought our ideas to life. Using key techniques such as cutting, slicing, peeling and grating, we safely prepared our ingredients before adding them—along with a selection of herbs and spices—into the slow cooker to simmer.

This afternoon, we tasted our soups and evaluated them based on their appearance, taste, texture and smell. The children were incredibly proud of their creations, thoroughly enjoying the experience of trying their homemade soups. They were even able to take some home to share with their families.
Take a look below to see what we got up to!

Today, we began our exciting soup-making food technology project. For our first lesson, we explored different types of soup through a tasting activity. We sampled tomato, minestrone and vegetable soup, carefully examining their appearance and smell before describing their taste and texture. The children were enthusiastic about the experience, with some trying these flavours for the first time—and really enjoying them! It was a fantastic lesson, and the children are now looking forward to creating their own soups in the near future.

Yesterday, we celebrated World Book Day a little differently due to the Year 4 and Year 5 residential last week. The children dressed as their favourite book characters and brought in their favourite books to share with an older child. It was wonderful to see their excitement about reading! Take a look below at some of our fantastic costumes!

Today, we had a special visitor, Joseph from Gateway Church, who led an Easter poetry workshop. He spoke to us about the Easter Story and its significance. Together, we explored a variety of Easter-themed poems and discussed their meanings.
A key focus of the workshop was personification poetry—something we hadn’t studied before. We looked at how these poems were written from the perspective of objects in the Easter Story, such as the nails on the cross and the stone at the tomb. We also explored different poetic techniques, including similes, motifs (repeated words), rhyme, and acrostic poems.
As a class, we created an acrostic poem before writing our own individual poems. The children found it fascinating to learn more about the Easter Story while experimenting with a new style of poetry.

After sharing the start of our project, we are thrilled to showcase our final pieces! Every child demonstrated incredible resilience, determination and dedication throughout their sewing work, and the results are truly amazing.
This beautiful artwork will be displayed in KS2 to celebrate their hard work and achievements.              Take a look below at our final pieces—well done, Year 3! You should all be really proud of yourselves!

For our current science topic on plants, we planned, conducted, and reviewed an experiment to explore what plants need to grow. As a class, we learned that plants require space, soil, light, air, water and warmth to thrive.

To test this, we conducted an experiment using cress seeds, removing one essential factor from each group to observe its effect on growth. After leaving the plants over the holidays, we examined the results. We noticed that not all seeds had germinated, some plants varied in height and colour, and some had even begun to grow mould. Interestingly, we observed that some seeds started to germinate even without soil! As a class, we discussed why these changes happened and what they tell us about how plants grow. Take a look below at our plants!

This half term, we have been working on a dance unit with the help of Go Noodle. The children learned the routine to Saved By the Bell, focusing on staying in time with the music. To build their confidence, we broke the dance into sections and gradually brought the entire routine together. By the end of the unit, the children showcased their bravery by performing the routine independently. Check out the final performance below!

After mastering the class routine, the children were given the exciting opportunity to create their own alternative dance to the song. Take a look at one of their fantastic creations below!