Greasbrough Primary School

Calculating with money In year 2 we have been looking at money in maths. We learned today that an amount can be made in many ways so even if we don’t have the exact change, we can still buy the item if we count and check carefully .

Away from the desk Art This afternoon, Year 3/4 were lucky enough to take their art work outside. We sketched flowers , inspired my Marianne North, using chalk on the playground.

Volcano Hunting Y5 are learning about all things volcanoes in Geography this half term. In our first lesson, we explored maps and used the online program Digi Maps to discover where volcanoes are located in the world, which left us asking many questions about volcanoes. We researched some of our enquiry questions b...

Printing in Y1/2 In art this week year 1/2 have been looking at printing using foam blocks. We were inspired by the artist Susan Yeates and practiced different patterns on our foam block before printing into our sketchbook. We had to think about the amount of pressure we used when drawing into our foam blocks and ho...

Y6 artist study This afternoon, Year 6 learnt about the artist Peter Thorpe. We studied Thorpe's work, using our art vocabulary to describe the style and techniques used in his space-themed paintings. The children have created some amazing outcomes in their art

Fun in the sun at lunchtime Today at lunchtime all children enjoyed the spring sunshine whilst engaging in some of the activities on offer. Some of the children enjoyed sharing books, lots of children enjoyed the physical activities while some children played Molkky and practised their maths

A week in Chestnuts D We have had a brilliant time this week in Chestnuts, we have loved growing our sunflowers and creating faces using the resources outside. The children have been trying really hard to create and answer number sentences using add and subtract. They have also took part in a rhyming scavenger hunt aroun...

Y1/2BA Library visit This afternoon Y1/2BA enjoyed our second visit to the library. The librarian ladies welcomed us again and reminded us about how the library works before sharing a story with us. We explored a wonderful selection of books linked to our topic ‘Land Ahoy’ before getting creative and making our own ...

Inputting data in Y1/2C In Y1/2Cs first ICT lesson of the term we looked at how we can input data into a spreadsheet. Mr Grinling from ‘The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch’ asked us to help him find the best place for a picnic! We first gathered our data using BBC weather and then worked in pairs to input the data

Relief printing onto seashell collecting bags!🐚🏖️ Year 2 have been looking at repeated relief printing in art this term. We practised first in our sketchbooks and then did our final printed piece onto our seashell collecting bags. We will take these when we go on our trip to Cleethorpes!