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All the latest news from Stannington Infants School

We would like to share all the news from our school with you. There is a lot going on at Stannington Infants School and this is the place to keep up with all the latest events and information.

Butterflies fly away

Butterflies fly away

The children in Reception have been learning about the life cycle of caterpillars. We have been able to watch caterpillars turn into butterflies and today we let them go. This is what we have learnt: "We've been learning about caterpillars turning into butterflies"  -...

Healthy Week

This week at school we have been thinking all about being healthy and what this means.. The Year 1 and Year 2 the girls took part in a football skills workshop as the Women's Euros has recently started. The whole school also took part in a glow rave dance workshop...

Rainforest Jeeps

Rainforest Jeeps

We have had two very busy  Design and Technology days! The children began by investigating a range of vehicles. They identified their function and purpose, for example a tractor is used by farmers and has big wheels so it doesn't get stuck in the mud. The children did...

Summer Fayre

Summer Fayre

What a wonderful day we had at the Summer Fayre. The weather was kind to us (mostly) and we all had lots of fun. A HUGE thank you to the small but dedicated PFA team and to everyone else who helped out to make the event so successful. Thank you to the stall holders,...

Printed t-shirt fundraiser

Printed t-shirt fundraiser

School Council children met with Mrs Everitt to discuss how we can fund raise in school for our new Forest School classroom. The children decided it would be a good idea to sell the printed t-shirts they had made in Arts week. We had to think about how much we wanted...

Active Travel Breakfast for Clean Air Day

Active Travel Breakfast for Clean Air Day

We got into gear for our Active Travel breakfast to support Clean Air Day! Clean Air Day is the UK’s largest campaign on air pollution. We supported the campaign by holding an active travel breakfast for those that arrived actively to school. Lots of families arrived...

Art Week 2022 Class 5 and 6

Art Week 2022 Class 5 and 6

To start our Art Week we focused on collage and looked at the artist Robert Rauschenberg, who was one of the key artists to use collage. We now know that a key word for collage is 'overlapping'. Have a look at what we did.... We then moved on to our printing work and...

Arts Week 2022

Arts Week 2022

What a wonderful Arts week we have had! The children began the week learning about Collage. They explored different ways of collaging, including mixed media natural resources and photos. We focused on the artist Hannah Hoch and took inspiration from her collages to...