Thank you parents, carers and pupils for making our last day before the holiday special!

This morning we made lava lamps with Mr Martin.

Primary 4 need your help! Following the ‘earthquake which struck Barnsley last night’ a number people are missing and we need your help to find them. Unfortunately, we don’t have photographs for the posters so please read the descriptions to help in our search!

Class 3 enjoying decorating biscuits for Halloween

Class 3 enjoying playing turn taking games

Highfields@KirkBalk preparations….

Our book this half term was Tins and was based on the gruesome discovery of a finger in an unlabeled tin. We created our version of the gruesome things we could find in a tin.

Today we tried some very different food from around the world and described how we felt about it. Very proud of all pupils who had a go at testing things they had never tried before!

Primary 4 have faced their fears today and taken part in a spooky taste challenge. It was fabulous to see people taking risks, accepting the challenge and showing trust in our class team. Could you complete the challenge? Frogs, warm worms, witches fingers and eyes of newts! Luckily Mrs Lunn had swapped them for real foods like noodles, prunes and chewy bonbons!

We are very proud of our writing this week, from sensory identification and scaffolding to full creative writing, we have done marvelously well!

#Inspirational

Making the magic happen in the control room.

Another fantastic piece of writing from Dylan.

An amazing piece of descriptive writing for Zach.

Congratulations to the boys in class 6 for passing Volcanologist Training Camp with flying colors. They produced some fantastic descriptive writing.

The pupils in Class 6 are working really hard to pass Volcanologist Training Camp

Today we went to Springwell for a session lead by paramedics about CPR. We learnt how to do basic CPR and potentially save lives. Well done to all participants who are now potential life savers !

Today we made some sensory dough with salt and flour. We added scented oils then we had fun making funny animals and funny faces.

Today we made some sensory dough with salt and flour. We added scented oils then we had fun making funny animals and funny faces.

As part of our natural disasters topic we have looked at tsunami’s and how the waves move, their power and destruction to the places they hit. We have looked at different ways of using art to show tsunami waves. It was fantastic using the animation software to move the boat through the waves.

Today we worked out the magic trick by cutting the chocolate bar and rearranging the pieces. We worked out we could only do it 3 times before it was very obvious it was reducing.

Wow, we are starting to think about each other’s wellbeing … there is always time to talk.

A few weeks ago we sent letter to Father Nicholson, who runs the food bank in Cudworth, explaining we were going to help him with donations. Today we received a letter back. We are very happy we can make a positive difference!

Today we had a go at estimating distances following our training last night. A really enjoyable session for all!

In Primary 4 we have been thinking about how our body helps us recognise our emotions. Miss Crane in Class 7 did a sky dive for the Alzheimer’s society so we looked at her feelings and emotions at different stages of the sky dive. We tried to link these to names of feelings and emojis. Do you agree with our ideas?

We all had a great time at Elsecar Park today! A bit of walking, team work, wildlife spotting, picnic and games. What a great way to end a great week!

What an inspiring day! Huge well done to the students who wrote and performed their emotive pieces of poetry.

James Wakefield presenting Ross with a room sign he designed and produced in D.T Well done James, you made Ross’s day with this kind gesture.

Primary 4 braved the elements and headed out into the bleakest woods to think about how we could build a shelter if we only had limited resources. We managed to create a structure using branches and tarpaulin, thinking about protecting ourselves from the wind and rain. We took rations to eat and drink once we had managed to create some where we could be protected from the weather. We demonstrated lots of teamwork skills, sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve our goal! It was also lots of fun!

Year 7 creating Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory on Minecraft to match the description from the book.