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Reception and KS1 Easter Disco

Wed 28 Mar 2018

What a fantastic night we had at the Leeds Young Film Makers Golden Owls Awards at Leeds Town Hall. Everyone arrived looking extremely smart and enjoyed spending time with the variety of characters, including Storm Troopers, who were waiting to meet everybody at this red carpet event.

A group of eight children from across all KS2 classes had worked with Mr Bradshaw to produce a film called 'Trapped' which is a fictional story about a girl who spend too much time on her phone so ends up trapped inside the internet. Our film was shortlisted in the KS2/KS3 fiction category and I'm delighted to announce that we won! The children were thrilled as they went up onto the stage to receive their award. A big congratulations to our Golden Owls team who worked really hard to produce a great film.

Sports Relief

Fri 23 Mar 2018

On Friday 23^rd March, we had fun raising money for Sport Relief. School Council had asked the children to come dressed in wacky clothes- we have some fantastic creations. All the children took part in a 'Wake up, Shake up' sessions and ran a mile at the end of break time. Thank you for your donations; together we raised £315.62 which will all go to support this great cause.

Year 5 residential to Herd Farm

Fri 16 Mar 2018

Year 5 enjoyed three days on residential at Herd Farm this week. They took part in a variety of outdoor activities- an assault course, mountain biking, mountain boarding and bushcraft. They had a go at the high ropes, which was a real challenge and took courage but they impressed us with their efforts. Many of the activities encourage teamwork and the children were amazing at communicating and supporting each other throughout. In the evening they enjoyed chilling out together, playing games, reading and colouring. On the second night each class held a talent contest which was great fun. All in all, it was a fantastic few days for each class creating memories that we hope will last a lifetime!

World Book Day

Fri 09 Mar 2018

We finally managed to hold World Book day on Friday and everyone had a great time. The children spent the day taking part in a variety of reading activities as well as just enjoying time spent reading for pleasure, something we are passionate about at Springbank. The book character costumes were amazing!

International Women's Day

Thu 08 Mar 2018

To celebrate International Women's Day 2018, the whole school thought about how we can challenge gender stereotypes. There was some super discussion about how we can unintentionally stereotype men and women be using statements such as 'Man up', 'Boy's don't cry' and 'You throw like a girl'. All year groups focused on the stories of some inspirational women such as Florence Nightingale, Mary Kingsley (the explorer), Amelia Earhart, Nicola Adams and Malala Yousazaind. Some children examined educational opportunities for girls around the world and were shocked to find out that there are still parts of the world where women cannot vote. Overall it was a really though provoking day and we hope it increased the children's understanding that they can all do any job they aspire to and they all have the right to be treated fairly in every aspect of life, no matter what their gender.

Heritage Day for KS2

Wed 07 Mar 2018

Children in KS2 took part in Heritage Day on Wednesday 7th March. Twenty two trainee teachers from Leeds Met spent the day in school supporting the children. The day began with children bringing in something that was special to them - mainly their special teddy bears. They talked about what the word heritage means and how people, objects and buildings are all a part of a person’s heritage. Children then looked at a variety of buildings and organised them into those that they would keep for the future and those they wouldn’t, which lead to lots of discussion around why different buildings and monuments are important to people for different reasons. All KS2 went on a walk around Farsley to learn about some of the historic buildings in the locality. The children were very interested to find out that two buildings belonging to Sunnybank Mills are being demolished very soon!
In the afternoon, they looked at maps of Farsley dating from 2016 - 1854. Children focused on how the Mills and school have changed over time. Many of the children loved seeing how the areas in which they live have changed since the 1800s. To end the day Sarah Sutcliffe come into school to talk to the children about how the grocery Sutcliffe’s has changed since 1909!
Overall, the children had an excellent day and many have become much more interested in the locality surrounding their school and home.

Snow Days

Thu 01 Mar 2018

We managed to stay open over all the snow days and not only have we done lots of learning , we've also had some great fun in the snow. The children have made snowmen, snow angels and had fun snowball fights. It was great to have lots of parents join up for fun in the snow one afternoon too!