This afternoon both Class 11 & 12 have been playing some Rugby. They learnt how to catch the ball, pass the ball and find the space – before applying some of these skills in a netball/rugby game scenario with no contact tackling. I think it’s fair to say they did…

Yesterday afternoon two children were selected from every class at HCPS to identify similarities and differences among ourselves. The objective was for them to realise that in reality we are all the same… I think they did fab! #Proud #HoylandCommonPrimarySchool

This morning Class 11 spent their time planning and preparing to create an Anti-Bullying video to support the national Anti-Bullying Week campaign. We did a few walkthroughs before finally shooting the video in one take! The planning the kids put into this is amazing! Check it out… You may want…

A huge thank you to everyone that donated on Friday to the Children In Need Superhero Day – we raised a huge £425.06. We also had the pleasure of seeing some budding stars in the Talent Contest, judged by the school council the winners photos can be seen below. On…

In Class 11 we have been trailing a new app called Seesaw which allows us to save all of our documents in one place. The app works so that we each get an online journal which we can add to whenever we like. So far we have used the app…

We have been experimenting with a new iPad APP in Class 11 this week called Seesaw. This is a fantastic APP which enables us to create an online portfolio of all our work – whether it is a picture, note or even an iMovie video. This week we have been…

Well, where to start? Can I just say that you guys have absolutely blown me away tonight! Every member of staff and parent I have spoken to have all been saying how incredible the Even Coal Shimmers performance was! You could certainly see the effort and commitment that everyone has…

In R.E this half term we have been learning about Buddhism and the Buddha. This afternoon in Class 11 some children have had the opportunity to have a go at sculpting their own model of a Buddha using clay – I must say when I walked into the class and…

In Maths today we have been applying all of our decimal, fractions and percentage knowledge that we have been developing over the past week. Mr Tallant challenged us to go on a hunt around school to find a variety of decimals, fractions and percentages, once we had found them we…

This week in Class 11 we are beginning the planning phase of our horror/suspense writing in preparation for our drafting and final write up which we will be sharing with the rest of the Y5/6 classes shortly after the half term. As our stimulus for writing we have looked at a range of…