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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.
World Bee Day!
Did you know it was World Bee Day today? We have been finding out about the Honey bee and how they make honey. We drew their body parts and looked at how they communicate through the waggle dance.
Wonderdome
Today the Wonderdome came into school. We had a brilliant time inside the planetarium learning all about space. The Wonderdome experience helped the children to imagine what it is like to travel into space. We talked about the solar system including the planets,...
A Farm Forest School!
What a fantastic Forest School session – our first one at the farm! We loved our walk there, thinking about habitats and trying to identify trees by looking at their leaves – we even found some mice, although they were wooden! When we arrived we had a look around the...
Super Science
This term in Year 1 we are learning all about plants. We have learned to name and identify a variety of common wild plants and garden plants. This week we have been looking at the parts of a plant and their functions. We have set up an experiment to investigate if the...
Number Day Year 1
Today the children had so much fun during our Number day. They brought in coins from home to fill the digits 0-9 and went on a maths trail answering questions around the school yard.
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...