Birkwood

Our Key Stage 2 Gymnastics Team are finalising preparations for the Team Barnsley Competition. Their first 2 performances of the new routine have been in our Staff Meeting and in Assembly! The routine has been choreographed by Mrs. Porter and is complemented with wonderful, creative outfits – as always. She has led a fabulous project so many thanks to her for that! The gymnasts have worked extremely hard and we are certain they will do Birkwood proud at the latest local competition. Well done and good luck!

Headteacher’s Superstar Award

The last winner of the award for the February Half Term is from Year 2! He has impressed Mrs. Exley so much that he has recently earned the Star of the Week for Year 2 and now the whole school award. He always gives of his best and is willing to try new things independently! Very well done, a superb effort!

National Coal Mining Museum

Work from Year 3 is on display at the National Coal Mining Museum thanks to Mrs. Sutton and Mrs. Whitfield.

The wonderful display is near the pit baths, in a small, well-used classroom and on show for the many schools who visit this fabulous resource. The work is from our ‘Local Area’ Topic and has Coal Mining as its theme, including photographs from the visit of Grimethorpe Colliery Band.

The building which is housing our work was originally the ‘Miners’ Pantry’ where the miners ate their ‘snap!’ We are extremely proud to show our work to the world and congratulate the children and staff in Year 3 on their achievements!

Take 2…

Following their wonderful Assembly, The Leopards gave an encore in Special Assembly. The ‘Please Mrs. Butler’ was performed alongside the demonstration of the strength of a drinking straw! It was quite clear that the participants enjoy Science and have learnt the properties of many materials during their topic of ‘Mega Structures.’ Well done on your hard work this term!

“Oh I do Like to be beside the Seaside!”

Year 6 have produced some excellent posters during work on Victorian holidays. The posters are designed to encourage tourists to visit the seaside via the steam train invention and railway network that was developed in this innovative period of British History. The artists worked extremely hard to showcase their drawing skills. Well done to everyone on their fabulous efforts.

YEAR 4 HERITAGE TRAIL PART 2

Year 4 had a wonderful day on Tuesday on their Heritage Trail with Malcolm Hanson. They enjoyed the walk across the fields through to Grimethorpe and visit to St. Luke’s Church. Father Peter was very impressed with the children’s behaviour, knowledge and respectful manner in Church, so much so that he wants to come and visit them in school! Mrs Winwood was especially proud. Well done to everyone and thank you to the parent helper who braved the mud to accompany us.

Homework Challenge

The children in Year 6 are certainly enjoying their new homework challenge, details available on this website. Here are some of their efforts: a Victorian House, Gruel (YUK!), Charles Darwen’s Boat – HMS Beagle, Houses, A gramophone, A delicious Victorian Sandwich Cake and a Model Steam Train are all included here. Well done on your efforts, the ‘Birkwood Dollars’ are piling up!