Our New Sensory Room
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We are delighted with our new sensory room at Aston Lodge. Many children get the opportunity to experience the sensory room on a daily basis and it has definitely been a positive addition to our school. Below are some quotes from children who have spent time in the sensory room. “I love spending time in the sensory room. It’s […]
Practicing Printing
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This week, the children in Y6 have love started their new unit in art: printing. Through school, they have never done printing before so we started off with really simple printing of fruit and materials. We then added some vocabulary to the pictures so we can refer back to them afterwards. 🍎🍊
World Cup Reading Challenge
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Since Autumn term Mrs Cronin has been running her very own Reading World Cup Challenge. Players have been competing by reading and completing reading comprehensions to get through to the next round. We have continued to use the resources to promote a reading culture in our school, encouraging staff and students to share recommendations with […]
Easter Holiday Camps
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Rotherham United Community Sports Trust are hosting some exciting activities this Easter holidays. Here’s what they had to say “During the upcoming Easter break we have lots of different opportunities for children to stay active during the holidays at several locations across Rotherham. All of the information can be found on our website link below. We […]
WPT Easter Competition 2023
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We’re inviting all students from across all of Wickersley Partnership Trust’s primary and secondary schools to participate in an ‘eggciting’ Easter competition! Here are the steps on how to enter: Take an Easter themed photo, selfie or design (we’re looking for everything, from photos of your painted Easter eggs to selfies in Easter bunny […]
Comic Relief with FS2
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The children in FS2 have enjoyed decorating their red nose biscuits for Comic Relief this morning! They are very much looking forward to eating them this afternoon. 😍
Natural Disaster Investigations 🔍🌊
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As part of our geography learning on natural disasters, pupils in Y6 made a model tsunami. We recorded the effects of a small and large tsunami wave: “The houses were damaged due to the amount of water and it’s force.” “Our trees completely fell over and everything is flooded.” We then spoke about Japan situated […]
Communities Unite Festival
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There is another exciting sports event going on for children aged 10-18 at Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park. The event will take place on Friday 31st March. For you more information click the link below: Communities Unite Festival
Aiming For Silver 🥈
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A number of children in school have been working incredibly hard to achieve their silver pledge. As part of a homework task, the children independently researched a significant person of their choice and then they went on to research the career of the significant person that they had chosen. There was some fabulous research and the children were very […]
🐞FS2 Create Their Own Ladybird
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In celebration of World Book Day, the children in FS2 created their own ladybird from one of our classroom stories ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ by one of our favourite authors Julia Donaldson. As part of our DT lessons, the children used their knowledge and skills from our previous lesson of sewing christmas stockings, to create a simple […]