This afternoon we have been making our models. We collected all the things we would need and then we started construction. We worked really hard, cutting, measuring and sticking. We remembered that we would need to turn our cardboard boxes inside out before we started so that we would be…

It has been another busy week at Hoyland Common Primary School with the week beginning with parents evening on Monday and Tuesday. It was excellent to hear such unreservedly positive feedback from parents in relation to the attainment and progress of children in all areas of their education. If for…

Today we have been persuading Mr Banham to buy our new invention called The Amazing Teacher-o-matic! We made posters to advertise our new invention. What did you include in your advert? How do you think it will convince Mr Banham to buy one!  

We have been learning all about how things have changed over the years and talking about inventors and their ideas to improve things. We wanted to have a go at being inventors ourselves and decided to invent something that might be useful in school. We thought for a while and…

Inspired by the amazing colours you can see in the sky during a sunset, Y4H have created these pieces of mining artwork. Can you describe the processes and steps you took in creating your art work? Was there any challenges you had to overcome? And what skills were required?

Today we have looked very carefully at pictures of old fire engines. We talked about the differences between them and looked at how they had changed over the years. Then we drew them. We added lots of detail to our drawings. Have a look at them and tell us what…

This week we have been using our research skills to find out all about the Great Fire of London. We used diary accounts to write our own eye witness account. We also looked at paintings of the fire. We talked about why there weren’t any photographs of the event and…

Not only has the weather been fantastic this week but so has the learning in school. It has been assessment week and the chance for children to really show off what amazing progress they have made in reading, writing and maths since November. It has been a real pleasure to…

Our chicks have started to hatch! We have been watching the eggs carefully and making sure that the incubator is at the correct temperature and finally today the eggs have begun to hatch. The chicks tapped a tiny hole in the egg shell with their beak, we could hear them…

Today we had to be detectives. We had an envelope of pictures and we had to work out what and when we would be learning about next. We had to look carefully at the pictures and find clues. What did you find out? What might we be finding out about…