Blog by Tag: Events

Aberford Church

On Wednesday Class 1 & Class 2 went to Church for Collective Worship. Father Phil talked to us about the history of Aberford Church and showed us around the building. We spotted the stain glass windows, the large piece of artwork showing Jesus on the cross, the font, the pews…

Primary Diversity Day

In class 2, we started the day by looking at the Christian festival of Easter. We listened to Reverend Sue talking about the celebration of new life and then made our own Easter gardens.

We then looked at the Islamic festival of Eid. We learnt about Ramadan…

Primary Diversity Day

In Class 3, we started the day by looking at what diversity means. 

It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognising our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic…

Spring Optical Art

With the return back to school on 12^th March 2021, after the third lockdown, we explored a brand new adventure of optical art within the continent of Europe.

The children first looked at how Dutch artists use foreshortening to give the illusion of perspective. They drew…

Christmas Dinner Day

KS2 thoroughly enjoyed their Christmas dinner today, thank you very to our amazing kitchen staff!! 

Our Christingle Service

This afternoon we celebrated our rather unique (and very wet) Christingle service in the playground. The beautiful singing, excellent reading and smiley faces certainly brightened up a drizzly December afternoon!

Class 4's got talent!

This morning, we were wowed by the amount of talent in Class 4. We truly were treated to: sensational singing, dazzling dancing, perfect piano playing, crazy comedy and talented juggling, as very brave and determined class members put themselves centre stage. 

A…

This Little Light of Mine...

The whole school is embarking upon a new, innovative and inspirational collaborative musical/art project which will be displayed collectively in the hall for all to see and celebrate. Each pupil will make a musical note featured in the composition of the song ' This…

African Arts Week

This week we have been celebrating the continent of Africa for our Arts week based upon the Zulu Nation warriors. The children have looked where in the world Africa is and undertaken a range of activities designed by our very own Arts Council.

In class four the children…

African Art

This week is Arts Week, our fabulous Arts Council planned and prepared a fantastic range of activities us to complete. We're very proud to be working towards our Artsmark Silver Award. In September 2018, we put together our Aberford Arts Council and began our pathway to working…

The Gingerbread Man and Diwali

In Class1,  we have had a very busy two weeks!

We have thoroughly enjoyed reading The Gingerbread Man, retelling the story together, and sequencing the story. We also enjoyed making lots of gingerbread men out of playdough.

Then we had a day learning…

Remembrance Day

Armistice Day is on the 11th November and is also known as Remembrance Day.

It marks the day World War One ended, at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. Every Remembrance Day at 11 am, people all over the world come together for 2 minutes of silence. We have a…