We have a number of visits, clubs and sports, as well as what we do in the classroom that is outside of the National Curriculum.
Visits, visitors and activities 2023-24
Autumn term 2023-24
Club |
Year groups |
Staff |
Location |
Day |
No. limit |
Indoor Football |
3&4 |
MH & GW |
Main Hall |
Monday |
30 |
Dodgeball |
5&6 |
GW & WO |
Main Hall |
Tuesday
|
30 |
Multi-Skills |
1&2 |
WO |
Main Hall |
Wednesday |
20 |
Keyboard Club |
4-6 |
KD |
Music |
Monday (starts 16/10/23) |
14 |
Movie Club |
3-6 |
CP & EA |
Class 5A |
Tuesday
|
40 |
Computing Club |
1-3 |
SC |
Class 3C |
Monday |
20 |
Baking Club |
UFS |
JB & VS |
DT Room |
Thursday (starts 16/11/23) |
10 |
Craft Club |
3-5 |
DP & TR |
Library |
Tuesday |
15 |
Fine Motor Skills |
UFS/Year 1 |
DG |
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Monday |
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Music
Alongside all the music visits: Samba drumming, Junk percussion, Skylar’s missing note, Young Voices, Holi Festival, Save the Arts day, Production. We have a multitude of extra-curricular activities available to the children.
50 things to do before you’re 5 – A menu of exciting activities that we aim to tick off in the key early years – https://50thingstodo.org/
Why should early years have all the fun? Before our pupils leave us, we also aim to complete the National Trust 50 things to do before you’re 11 3/4 – https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/50-things-to-do
EYFS Enrichment 2023/24
KS1 and KS2 Enrichment 2023-24
Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | |
Year 1 | Zoolab
Holy Cross Church |
Toy workshop | |
Year 2 | Herd Farm
Younger Voices |
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Year 3 | Magna | Coal Mining Museum | Trip to Filey |
Year 4 | Victorian Day | ||
Year 5 | Police – Knife crime
Space morning |
Young Voices | Sherwood Forest
Mission Out Prison Me No Way |
Year 6 | Jorvik
Newby Hall Residential |
Visits, visitors and activities
Whole School – Christmas Panto coming to us!
KS2 – Christmas Steel Pan Workshop – 13th December
Middle Phase Christmas Production – 15th December
Lower Phase Nativity – 18th December
Upper Phase Christmas Production – 19th December
Highlights of recent visits (-2023)
Ledston Hall (Y2) – We had a lovely time exploring the local area and getting to know our surroundings. We developed our knowledge of the use of how local land is used. We then discussed the differences and similarities of rural and urban areas.
Internal – 2022/23
Year Group | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
Year 1 | Skylar Workshop
Handwash Workshop African Workshop Pantomime visit |
Junk Percussion
Mosaic Workshop Science week – Professor Brainstorm Fire Service Holi festival |
Zoolab
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Year 2 | Black History Workshop
Pantomime visit |
Local mines
Junk Percussion Mosaic Workshop Science week – Professor Brainstorm Fire Service Holi festival |
Reverand Tracey |
Year 3 | Dental Nurse
Pantomime visit |
Roman workshop
Junk Percussion Science week – Professor Brainstorm Fire Service Holi festival |
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Year 4 | Pantomime visit | Samba Drumming
Science week – Professor Brainstorm Fire Service Holi festival |
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Year 5 | Future In Minds – Resilience
Prison Me No Way! Black History – Drama Workshop Pantomime visit |
Samba Drumming
Workshop Anglo Saxons Science week – Professor Brainstorm Fire Service Holi festival |
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Year 6 | Prison Me No Way!
Black History – Drama Workshop Pantomime visit |
Samba Drumming
WW2 visitors Science week – Professor Brainstorm Fire Service Holi festival |
High School transition
Sex education |
External Visits – 2022/23
Year Group | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
Year 1 | Ledston Estate
Pantomime – Theatre Visit Local area walk |
Williams Den | Pontefract Castle |
Year 2 | Local area walk
Ledston Estate Holy Cross Church Pantomime – Theatre Visit |
National coal mining museum | The Deep |
Year 3 | Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Pantomime – Theatre Visit |
Ledston Luck | |
Year 4 | Tropical World
Pantomime – Theatre Visit Holy Cross Church |
Ledston Luck | Bushcraft – residential |
Year 5 | Pantomime – Theatre Visit
Stockeld Park Holy Cross Church |
Sherwood Forest | |
Year 6 | Ledston Estate
Pantomime – Theatre Visit Holy Cross Church |
Dearne Valley / Kingwood – residential
Young Voices |
Seaside
High School visit |
100 things to do before you are 11 & 3/4 – 2022/23
Year Group | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
Year 1 | Run around in the rain
Make some wild art Go on a winter walk |
Roll down a hill
Climb a tree Build a den Play in the snow |
Make a mud pie
Use a compass |
Year 2 | Build a den
Eat a picnic in the wild |
Have fun with sticks
Make friends with a bug |
Make a home for wildlife
Find your way with a map – local area |
Year 3 | Take a friend on a nature adventure
Make a poppy Make a Christmas decoration |
Build a den
Play a new sport Nature art |
Have a picnic
Visit the Seaside Grow fruit and vegetables Go stargazing |
Year 4 | |||
Year 5 | Create some wild Art
Go on a scavenger hunt Find your way with a map Go on a wintery adventure Take a friend on a nature adventure |
Help a plant grow | Build a den
Eat a picnic in the wild Find some funky fungi Go barefoot |
Year 6 | Build a den
Get to know a tree Eat a picnic in the wild Watch a bird |
Go cloud watching
Watch a sunset |
Catch a crab (or try to)
Create some wild art |