Our Year 5 pupils recently stepped back in time for an unforgettable Viking adventure at Murton Park. On Monday and Tuesday, 5W and 5MJ took part in an immersive, hands-on experience that brought their learning to life.  Dressed in traditional tunics, the children fully embraced their roles as young Vikings. Throughout the day, they developed battle skills, worked together to defend their settlement, and even helped to stop a raid! The experience didn’t stop there, pupils also explored everyday Viking life by baking bread over an open fire and crafting their own pottery. This engaging trip provided a fantastic opportunity for pupils to deepen their understanding of the Viking era through practical activities, teamwork, and creativity. It was wonderful to see such enthusiasm, curiosity, and resilience from all involved. A truly brilliant experience for both classes!

A group of our young musicians from Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a fantastic music concert at Pudsey Civic Hall this week. They watched performances by City of Leeds Wind Orchestra, Leeds Youth Jazz Rock Orchestra and Roots Alive, a youth folk group, all featuring musicians from across the city’s high schools. Even more exciting was seeing ex-Springbank students, Henry and Luca in LYJRO, with Luca playing an amazing solo on the electric guitar in one of the pieces. Something for the children to aspire to – it might be them one day!

Year 3 recently enjoyed an exciting geography fieldwork trip to Pudsey town centre, where they brought their classroom learning to life! During a guided walk around the area, the children carefully observed and identified different types of land use, linking directly to their current geography topic. They explored examples of leisure, commercial, residential, industrial and even agricultural spaces, developing their understanding of how land is used within a local environment. The children showed great enthusiasm and curiosity, asking thoughtful questions and making excellent observations along the way. To round off a fantastic trip, everyone enjoyed some well-earned time playing in the park, making it a fun and memorable day for all!

Year 4 enjoyed a special science workshop last week to finish off their learning about sound. Each class spent a day with 'Sam the Sound Man' celebrating all that they have learnt about the science of sound and conducting lots of experiments to help them deepen their understanding about this area of science! To finish off the day, the children all took part in an instrument making class and were able to take home their own instrument!

Year 1 went to Pudsey Civic Hall to join in with lots of other schools to sing songs about the sea. They were joined by two mermaids, a lobster and various other nautical characters. The children loved the experience and have continued to sing the songs in school this week.

Comic Relief was organised by the School Council and was a fantastic success! Pupils and staff came together dressed in red, proudly wore their red noses and donated money for a wonderful cause. We held a best joke competition where each class’s winning joke was shared in assembly to lots of laughter. We also really enjoyed playing ‘guess the teacher’ from their childhood photos. We raised an amazing £562.20!  Well done Team Springbank! 

A group of children from Year 4 went to Armley Leisure Centre to take part in a skipping competition. The children have been practising for weeks, with lots of children even giving up their own play and lunch times to practise. The children travelled down to Armley, full of excitement and a few nerves. They took part in group skips to warm up, followed by phase 1. In this part, the children who had their individual skips took to the stage to perform. After this, the children had another group skip together, followed by the partner skips. Finally, the group skips (keep the pot boiling and run, jump out) had their turn. The children waited in anticipation as they read out the results, they all did SO well with lots of 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. We were the overall winners, which is an incredible achievement and the first time Year 4 has ever qualified from Springbank! The Leeds City Final is on the 9th June so they need to continue their practising until then! What a fabulous achievement, every single person involved should be so proud. Well done Year 4!  

Year 3 had an amazing day out at Leeds City Museum, where they had the opportunity to explore a variety of fascinating exhibits and take part in an exciting workshop on the Ancient Egyptians. The trip was a fantastic way to bring their history learning to life and provided a hands-on experience that the children will never forget! 

When we got there, the children were eager to explore the museum’s galleries, discovering incredible artefacts, interactive displays and historical treasures. They were particularly fascinated by the real Mummy, Nesyamun, the ancient relics and the stories they told about people from the past.   The highlight of the trip was the engaging Ancient Egypt workshop, where the children learned about the mummification process. They were thrilled to take part in a hands-on activity, where they re-enacted the steps of mummification, wrapping a ‘body’ and carefully preparing it for the afterlife.

Through this immersive experience, they deepened their understanding of Egyptian beliefs and traditions.  The children had an amazing time and were so eager to tell each other about the new facts they had learned, it was a lovely way to consolidate their learning over this past term!

As part of our topic on evolution and inheritance, Year 6 visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster. We spent our morning exploring all the animal enclosures and were lucky to see lots of the animals at their most active. The children watched the polar bears having a roam and a swim, saw the tigers patrolling their territory and saw the wallabies and their babies up close in their enclosure. We then spent time with one of the park's education specialists - Alex - who showed us how some of the park's animals had evolved over time by using real fur, teeth and skulls of the residents! The children used the knowledge they gained to make up their own evolved animal, eventually playing a game of survival of the fittest! We even had time to run off some steam in the jungle adventure playground before heading back to school. It was a fantastic day and a great way to consolidate our learning around this top attraction.

Our Reception classes went to Swithens Farm in Rothwell. The children were very excited about meeting lots of different animals. The children walked around the farm with a box of carrots each to feed the animals and they met an emu, donkeys, llamas and alpacas, cows, pigs, goats. They were brilliant at feeding the animals by offering their carrot piece with a flat hand or dropping pieces into the pens. They were very respectful and interested in the animals, asking some great questions to the farmers. There were lots of baby animals, including a five-day old calf and some 1-day old piglets! The children all had a ride on hay bales in the trailer which was attached to Tony's tractor! We all sang songs and enjoyed a bumpy ride. The children also got to feed some lambs with bottles of milk. The hungry lambs were extremely excited and jumpy and the children did a great job giving them their milk. They had the opportunity to pet guinea pigs and a rabbit too. The children all behaved beautifully and respectfully and were a real credit to our school.