Wow – fantastic to see how quickly our Y2s have mastered dividing. Solving word problems involving division in lesson 1! Well done guys!

Good afternoon and a happy December to all,   As we make the final preparations for our school Christmas fair, it is a great time reflection on another fantastic week and Hoyland Common Primary. In Foundation Stage and KS1 children are busily rehearsing for their nativity performances next week. Parents…

At the start of the half term, we spent a lesson (and a half) learning about Roman Numerals. Today, there was a Roman Numerals round on Pointless. Can you solve any of the problems? 1) D ➖ C               2) IX ✖ XI  …

This morning we visited St Peter’s church in Tankersley for our christingle service.  We had a lovely time and enjoyed singing songs too. 

This is our Advent Calendar with a difference!  This year you will still get a chocolate but you will also be given an act of kindness to carry out. Make sure you do it or Santas elves will tell on you! You can blog when you’ve completed your task so…

Class 8 have been busy during their drama lessons, the children are exploring  Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. They have created freeze frames to tell the story that Egeon tells Solinus. The images are called; *A happy family’ *Twins to a poor woman *Twins for sale *Setting out on a voyage….

Mia is the first person in this years Year 2 to complete all 43 spelling snails!  Congratulations Mia!

Wow is the only word to describe this week!!! What a week it has been here at Hoyland Common Primary School!! The week started on a high when we were lucky enough to not only have been nominated by a parent for the “School of the Year” Award in the…

Last week, the anti bullying panda visited us in class. We showed him our anti bullying posters and then enjoyed a dance together. Who knew pandas could dab? We also celebrated children in  need and donated our money to wear pajamas ALL DAY! In the morning we used our amazing…

Last week we attempted the mannequin challenge! Believe it or not, but we found it rather hard to stay still ?. We also enjoyed talent show auditions and cheering Lucy and Amelia on In the final! ​ ​