It has been another amazing week at Hoyland Common Primary School. The remainder of Y5 have completed their bike ability training, again “thank you” Team Active for the support during the last 2 weeks. On Wednesday 6 members of the school council joined with school councils from right across the…

We’ve had a great start to our spring term topic, which is going to have us learning all about our local area. The work children have been inspired to take on at home is fantastic and it was amazing to find out how much history all the families have in Barnsley…

We have had a really exciting morning building shelters. When we came into our classroom it had completely changed. There were piles of cardboard tubes, umbrellas, nets, parachutes and all the tables had been turned upside down! We spent the morning using all these things to make our own air…

Today we have been writing scripts for our news reports.  We worked in pairs to plan, edit, practise and then finally record our news reports.  Have a listen and see what you think! http://audioboo.fm/boos/1869284-the-great-discovery-of-a-ww2-ammunition-box-at-hcps http://audioboo.fm/boos/1869289-an-amazing-find-at-hcps http://audioboo.fm/boos/1869420-a-great-find-at-hcps http://audioboo.fm/boos/1869406-the-great-discovery-at-hcps http://audioboo.fm/boos/1869282-a-great-discovery-at-houland-common-primary-school Watch out for more audio files tomorrow.      

It was another exciting week at HCPS last week. Children are starting to explore and get into their new topics. Y3/4 pupils enjoyed getting out and about and finding out some of the secrets of the area they live in and next week are heading to the coal mining museum…

Today we received a really interesting email from Mrs Davies. Here it is: Dear Mrs Harrison and Mrs Paddock I have received an interesting request from the Barnsley Chronicle.  Somehow they have heard about the ammunition box that has recently been dug up and are very interested to know all…

This week in Maths we have been investigating multiples and coming up with rules to check if numbers are in the 2, 5, and 10 times tables.  We worked together to spot patterns and test out our rules. Can you remember how to tell if a number is in the…

Welcome back and a Happy New Year to you all. It has been a very busy first week back and children have enjoyed finding about their fantastic new topics. Please do go onto your child’s class page to find out what their topic is and have a look at the…

Mrs Moxon has just burst into the classroom to tell us about her great discovery. “I was working in the cyber cafe with some children when I turned I saw a dog out of the corner of my eye. As I approached the dog it ran off which was when…

Happy New Year everyone! The holiday seems to have flown by. What have you been up to? Write a blog to tell everyone about all the exciting things you’ve been doing and all the presents you got for Christmas and you’ll get a star in Star Box. I wonder who…