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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.

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...

Year 2 Maypole dancing

Year 2 Maypole dancing

Yesterday as part of our celebrations for the Queen’s Jubilee, the Year 2 children practised maypole dancing! We learnt a little about the history of the maypole and listened to traditional music whilst dancing. We really enjoyed working together to move in different...

Year 2 Visit to the Botanical Gardens

Year 2 Visit to the Botanical Gardens

Last week the Year 2 children visited the Botanical Gardens as part of the Stunning Start to their learning about Rainforests. We were very excited to catch the number 81 bus into the city, even if the first one didn’t arrive for Class 6! Once we arrived we looked at...

What an animal-tastic day!

What an animal-tastic day!

The children in Reception have had an amazing afternoon with grasshoppers, cockroaches, a bearded dragon, a rabbit, guinea pigs, a tortoise and a snake!!! The children had a great time watching, stroking and handling the animals. They learnt so many new facts too!...