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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.
Buzzbee Bear
Our wonderful bear, Buzzbee, is now finished. He will be heading off to the Bear Trail next week. We will keep you updated on where he will be and how you can visit him. All the children made small bees and those that are not on Buzzbee will be decorating Honey House...
Class 6 Forest School Week 2
Another great week and the sun shined for us as well! We looked at mini-beast habitats, learnt about how plants reproduce and went in to the apiary. We also made hedgehog houses and bug hotels. In the afternoon we even got to work with a real potter to make coil pots!...
The Book Fair is returning to school!!!
We are excited to be able to hold our annual book fair again, albeit in a slightly different way due to current restrictions. The Book Fair will arrive in school on Wednesday 5th May for children to visit in their class bubbles during the school day. Children and...
Class 6 forest school week 1
What a great start to our forest school sessions. We have all had a great day learning about plants, bees and mini beasts, as well as cooking and making clay pots. Here are some photos of our day.
Sensational Start – Our Changing World
As part of our Sensational Start we have been experimenting to see which ice cube would melt the quickest. We put 1 ice cube outside in the sunshine, 1 ice cube inside the classroom and 1 in a bucket of water. We made predictions about which we thought would melt the...
Egg Rolling
Today we took part in egg rolling. We had such fun!
Forest Schools
Class 4 have thoroughly enjoyed their forest schools learning. The children have enjoyed learning outside in the school environment and learning all about forest schools. The children have had the opportunity to develop life skills such as independence, self...
Year 1 – London Landmark Artwork
In Year 1 we have been learning all about colour mixing. We have made our own colour wheels with the primary colours and mixed those together to create the secondary colours. We have also learnt how to draw a range of lines including vertical lines, horizontal lines...
Y2 Art Skies Printing
In art, year 2 have been looking at the artist JMW Turner and his famous painting 'The Fighting Temeraire'. They made their own Great Fire of London sky background mixing and blending sky colours to create different tints and tones. They also looked at the Sheffield...
Writing letters to local businesses
Some new planters and benches have been made for the school yard. School Council children have decided to write to local supermarkets and garden centres to persuade them to donate some compost and plants for our planters. We will post our letters and hopefully we will...