The start of a new term……

I hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year and am very pleased to welcome you back to what I am sure is going to be another incredibly exciting term at Hoyland Common Primary School. It was wonderful to see so many of you getting involved…

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Well what a fantastic first term it has been at Hoyland Common Primary School! There has been so much learning taking place it would be impossible to list it all. Some of the highlights for me have been the learning that Y5/6 pupils have been doing around World War 1…

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Reviewing our first term in Year 2

We’ve had an amazing term and now it’s nearly Christmas. When we come back it will be a new year and that is a time for thinking about what you have done and to plan the wonderful things you want to achieve in 2015. Toy Design Lab have been really…

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What an amazing term!

Hi Y2 Toy Design Lab here! Wow what a busy term you’ve had, we are really impressed with all your hard work. We’d like to say thank you for all your help, the axles you designed were brilliant and we used them in some of our new toys. We also…

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Extreme Reading

At HCPS we always love it when you enjoy reading. Your challenge this holiday is to find the most amazing places to read. Take a photo and blog it. Let’s see who can find the most unusual place to enjoy a book.

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The 12 Days of Christmas

Today’s maths lesson has had a festive theme. Our task was to work out how many presents the ‘true love’ would receive altogether. Remember she got a partridge on the first day, and on the second day she got 2 turtle doves and a partridge making 3 presents on the…

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Junior Parkrun Number 2

A big congratulations to the four HCPS pupils that took part in their second junior Parkrun at Locke Park: Chloe Bagshaw, Madison Knight, Amelia Knight and Daniel Bagshaw. Plus an even bigger well done to the three girls who in those cold morning conditions all managed to run a new…

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Prickly Hay

This week was the culmination of weeks of practice when Year 1 and Year 2 had two performances of Prickly Hay. They were all brilliant. It was a fun show for everyone. Thank you to all the family and friends who came to see it and applauded so loudly.

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A fun and festive week…..

It has been another fantastic and festive week at Hoyland Common Primary School. The week obviously started with parent’s evening on Monday and Tuesday and it was fabulous to hear so many positive comments from parents. If you still haven’t had chance to book an appointment please do contact your…

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