MI’s very own press conference!

20th June 2022Stacey McClare

Today we took part in an experience day as part of our writing unit. This was to support the newspaper articles we are writing. We read a chapter of our text then watched a video clip to give us some ideas on what a press conference looks like. We then got into role of the characters from the story and explored questions that these characters would get asked. Finally, we put all our hard work into our very own press conference! Children did so well getting into role, thinking about responses the characters would say along with thinking about their body language and facial expressions.

Coming Soon

20th June 2022Stuart Longley

As part of the Autumn Expedition, Key Stage 1 raised money to fund a community defibrillator. We are pleased to say this is now on-site and will be installed soon. Watch this space for our community launch event

Translating in maths…

19th June 2022Emily Ibbotson

We learnt something brand new in maths this week… translation! On the peg boards, we plotted points and then translated them to new points. When we were feeling more confident, we created shapes and worked with each other to move them and describe the translations.

UKS2 trip – Thackray Museum of Medicine

16th June 2022Ruth Shields

Good evening, just a reminder regarding our trip on 29th June. See below letter sent out 23rd May.

Dear parents and carers,

As part of our Summer Term expedition, ‘How does a healthy lifestyle impact your body and mind?’, we have organised a fantastic visit to The Thackray Museum of Medicine to hook the children into their learning and bring the expedition to life. The visit will be an action-packed day where the children will have the opportunity to explore how medicine has changed over time and observe some minor medical procedures. 

The trip will take place on Wednesday 29th June 2022. The coach will collect us from school at 9:15am and it will return at approximately 2:30pm depending on the traffic. We will update you via text message if our return is delayed. 

Children will wear school uniforms for the visit and we strongly encourage them to wear their red Carcroft hoodies. 

Those children entitled to a free school meal will be provided with a packed lunch from school. All other children will be required to bring one from home.

The cost of the trip is £16.60. We are asking parents to pay £12.00 per child and the school will subsidise the remainder of the cost. Unfortunately, if we don’t receive enough money the trip will not go ahead.

Please note: All monies and consents need to be completed and paid via Parentpay no later than Friday 17th June 2022. 

We are looking forward to an exciting day. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries. 

Yours faithfully,

Upper Key Stage Two Crew

Brilliant Beamish!

15th June 2022Stuart Longley

What a fabulous day out we’ve had at Beamish! ☀️Travelling back in time to Durham, we had the opportunity to experience what life would have been like during the different eras, right back to the Victorian times. We explored the town with all of its wonderful shops and the bank, and we went into the different houses. We visited the dentist’s house and found out all about how the old toothbrushes were made. We certainly won’t want to think about the pig’s bottom at the same time as brushing our teeth!😬 We also got to experience a mining pit village and the cottages that would have been found in a village like this. We were amazed at the quaintness of the cottages and the thought of going to the toilet outside in the dark and cold. Our trip down the mine was also a real eye-opener, as we discovered the size if the mine and the conditions that the miners had to endure. We even met a miner who had worked at Bullcroft and Bentley! Our visit to the Victorian school was very different to our own school. The lessons were very different to ours at school (except the phonics!) and the teacher was very strict, but we still enjoyed them. We’ve had so much fun and have had lots of smiles on our faces all day.