This week the teachers have been set a challenge! Early this morning each teacher had a delivery of a random item which they have to make creative use of in a lesson during the week! I can’t wait to see the outcomes! Keep your eyes on the blog for photo…

Today was Autism Awareness Day and we have been wearing onesies and pyjamas to show our support. The children have all watched a film clip to explain more about the disorder and have used it to stimulate discussion in their class. Miss Hayward’s class are so interested they have asked…

It has been another busy week at Hoyland Common, with the main event of the week being the Y5/6 performance of William Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ at the Lamproom Theatre on Tuesday. The cast performed to a full house and certainly did impress, it was an amazing performance and the children…

What a fantastic day at The Lamproom Theatre for our own production of Shakespeare’s Richard III. It was great to see 39 children rehearsing and performing our own version of Shakespeare’s tragedy. The comments and feedback from the audience has been amazing. Thank you to all those people who came…

It has been another fantastic week for the pupils at Hoyland Common Primary. On Tuesday, all the pupils in Y5/6 visited Whitby to conduct market research on their planned seaside businesses. Even on a bit of a rainy day, the children were absolutely fantastic and a real credit to the…

Today, members of the school’s Arts team attended a celebration event at the Crucible Theatre to receive confirmation of the school achieving the Arts Mark. It was a full and varied day including workshops, demonstrations from Arts practitioners and a classical music finale to finish the day. The school is…

It has been a great start to the second half of the spring term. This week has been as busy as ever, on Tuesday Hoyland Common Primary School celebrated ‘World Book Day’ and all the pupils and staff dressed up and did activities based around their favourite characters and books….

Thinking back to Internet Safer Day, we discussed with the children how they stay safe online but do you know how to keep them safe online? This document has been produced by Vodafone and looks at security and privacy settings. Please take time to have a look and see if…