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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.
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...
Year 2 World Book Day
Classes 5 and 6 had a wonderful World Book Day on the 4th March 2021. They read and listened to books being read throughout the day. The book they focused on was 'What the Lady Bird Heard' written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Lydia Monks. Both classes watched...
Chinese New Year
Happy Chinese New Year! Today we have been learning about how Chinese New Year is celebrated. In school we have listened to the story of Jade the Emperor and the animal race. This year is the year of the Ox. We learned all about how Chinese New Year is celebrated and...
Chinese New Year in the Foundation Stage!
Gong hei fat choy! Happy Chinese New Year everyone! This year is the year of the Ox. Today the children in Reception have been learning about how Chinese New Year is celebrated. In school we have watched, listened to and joined in with a dragon dance and then made our...