Barnsley Music Education Hub website now has new features which we really hope will support schools. As well as a new Online Learning section that was developed last term, we have also been working hard to reduce the amount of printed paper resources that we use, therefore we have included the following documents online:
· Pupil Practice Diary
· Pupil Handbook (Lots of information about how lessons work)
· New Starter Form (Pink Form)
Here is The link to these documents:
https://www.barnsleymusichub.com/for-schools
Newsletter Autumn Term Nursery
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The Butterflies loved their trip to the National Coal Mining Museum this week. We learned about the history of coal mining and even got to go ‘down t’pit!’ for a meet-the-miner underground tour. We also enjoyed our science focussed workshop about how the Davy lamp saved lives by preventing methane gas from igniting a naked flame. What an unforgettable experience!
In our class text, Candle Dark, the characters (along with poor old Drummer the pit pony) escape, following an explosion in the mine. The Year 3 Butterflies used drama freeze frames to help infer how characters were feeling at different moments in the book. We love Reading Vipers!
The Eagles poppy production team are busily making poppy-themed items to sell at their Great Poppy Party. All proceeds will be donated to the Royal British Legion.
Our Polar Bears, Eagles and Sea Lions all had a fabulous day at Eden Camp. They enjoyed the immersive experience and the opportunity to view a wide-range of historical artefacts. They looked FANTASTIC in their outfits and gained many compliments from other visitors.
In the Y5/6 Eagles we have been very busy producing invitations, decorations and items to sell at our Great Poppy Party. We will be donating all the proceeds to the Royal British Legion.
During their ‘Inspired by Tech’ week, the Y3/4 Meerkats used the VR headsets to explore different Roman buildings and artefacts. They were absolutely amazed!!
We have been using drama freeze frames to understand the vocabulary in our class text, Candle Dark by Carole Anne Carr. It was a hard life in the Victorian coal mine!
Our beautiful Year 3 Butterflies have been working hard to master drawing techniques. They loved their class text, Candle Dark by Carole Anne Carr, so they chose to use the illustration (by Sophie Bignall) as inspiration.
The Butterflies had almost forgotten that they had written to Joshua, the main character in Candle Dark by Carole Anne Carr. But when Mrs Rennison came to visit with an unusual envelope for us, we guessed it must be Joshua writing back to us from the 1800s. He even enclosed the carrot he used to move Drummer through the mine and our National Coal Mining Museum trip letters. How exciting!
The Meerkats have become Roman Soldiers! The children tried out different army formations and followed commands in Latin! They were amazing!
We are loving our class text so much that we are looking forward to reading more books by Carole Anne Carr. We have found out some facts about our class author and have even written her a letter!
The Year 3 Butterflies loved being history detectives by using a picture source to find out about Victorian mining.
This Sea Lion has been continuing her learning whenever possible at home. Here is a fabulous piece of propaganda inspired by WW2 posters.
The Sea Lions have begun a study on Women at War. They read an information sheet about the Women’s Land Army, and then answered a range of retrieval questions using the information they had read. Next, they read a poem addressed ‘To All Land Girls’ and used dictionaries to find the meaning of some tricky words such as ‘elegant’, ‘stalwart’, ‘slew’ and ‘feeble’. The Year 6 children are impressing Mr. Sandwith with how well they are working #Together.
Here’s the final product; they loved it 🍲
The Sea Lions used the internet to find out all about a key, historical event: The Battle of Britain.
As part of their WW2 topic, the Sea Lions are using a range of media to create Blitz-themed silhouette art. Their backgrounds are stunning.
Our Year 6 started the year by working together and discussing what they thought they already knew about WW2. They then looked at other groups to see what they had written down.
Our shared reading text provided us with topic knowledge, reading techniques, peer support, comprehension opportunities and lots of interesting discussion.
Year four have been studying Romans. Mrs. Sutton was delighted with these two superb artists and their contributions to the lesson. Enjoy their superb interpretations of a Legionnaire and a Centurion.
We have been learning about the lives and duties of Roman Centurions and Legionaries. A non-fiction, shared reading text focused our brains, for a day of historical research and creative learning!
Our carefully designed, skilfully painted and thoroughly glazed Roman shields are proudly displayed in our classroom.
The Caterpillars had a wonderful day visiting The Yorkshire Wildlife Park on 30th June 2021. In class, we have been learning all about the climates that animals live in, and we were so excited to see them up close. Take a look at this video of our amazing trip!
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