Once again there have been a wonderful range of fantastic learning taking place at Hoyland Common Primary School this week. Children, staff and parents alike have been learning a range of new things. Last Fridays INSET day saw all staff go back to the classroom and take part in a…

Last Tuesday it was the turn of the Year 5 and 6 children to do some sewing after school with Mrs Davies.  Their project was to sew, stuff and decorate a felt frog.  It was a little bit tricky getting started but was really good fun and as with the previous sessions…

Here at Hoyland Common Primary School we now have our own Learning Council. These pupils are a group of year 3s who are interested in what great learning looks like. They have met to discuss learning and what it might be like in different year groups, and they have been…

We have spent some of our INSET day considering what great learning looks like. We considered brand new learning that we had taken part in, how we felt before, during and afterwards. We related this to how children might feel when they are learning. We discussed the importance of collaboration,…

Thank you to all the parents who attended our year 2 maths meeting, it was great to see so many of you. It gave us chance to explain how we teach maths and hopefully answer any of your questions. All of the resources we used can be found in the…

It is our job, as School Council, to organise and plan different activities for our School so you can enjoy it more. We plan School events such as: • School discos • Summer fairs • Christmas fairs • Fundraisers As your School Council we are always happy to listen to…

This week really was a significant week in the history of Hoyland Common Primary School, as I am sure you are all now aware we converted to become an academy on Tuesday which will allows us some freedoms to continue to keep pushing Hoyland Common Primary School forward. Again it…

This week it was the turn of the Y3 and 4 pupils to come to a fun craft session after school.  We created some fantastic fish by sewing two pieces of felt together and adding some stuffing. We then decorated our fish to make each one unique, as you can…

Academy Conversion We are pleased to announce that following an extremely long process, Hoyland Common Primary School successfully converted to an Academy with effect from 1 October 2013. We will continue to be Hoyland Common Primary School. The word Academy will not be incorporated into our name and the uniform…

It has been another fantastic week at Hoyland Common Primary School, a whole host of different activities have happened. On Wednesday we held a Y3/4 rounders match against West Meadows Primary School. If was great to see children from both schools in mixed teams playing sport competitively but in the…