Monthly Archives: April 2018

Our orienteers certainly did themselves proud last week. We have learnt that over the 3 courses we had 19 top ten positions, a winner and 5 top three positions. For full results, go to the Lakeland Orienteering results page. On … Continue reading →

Year 3 began their Forest School training today. We used bow saws to cut pieces of wood and to cut grooves. This will be a useful skill for when they make a mallet in Year 5. They played the usual … Continue reading →

Rugby coaching for Year 5 and 6 finished today at SJB. The children have had 6 sessions with non- stop activities. The coaches have also been reading to Year 1, 5 and 6. They will continue to do so for … Continue reading →

Our PCSO visited Year 5 in school today to talk about the Mini Police Programme. By the end of the session, the vast majority of children had written an application for the programme. This will involve trips and working with … Continue reading →

18 children from SJB went to an orienteering competition after school on Thursday. It was exceptionally hard to keep track of results but it appeared that 4 of our Year 6 boys were fighting for 1st. We will have results … Continue reading →

Henry’s dad, David Lamb, came into school today to tell us all about his job. He showed us pictures of the stone carvings he has done. First he starts off with a drawing, then he makes a model out of … Continue reading →

Last night, the KS2 choir performed at the Coronation Hall. The choir performed songs from the ‘Tempest’ alongside other schools from the local area. The group sang beautifully and had a very enjoyable afternoon and evening. Thank you to the … Continue reading →

Cricket coaching at SJB comes to an end tomorrow with reception, nursery, Year 1 and Year 5 all able to learn new catching, batting and fielding skills. Our assembly today focussed on cricket and the respect which must be shown … Continue reading →

Last week Year 3 experimented with different surfaces on a slope. We wanted to find out which surface had the most friction for a toy car. Most of our results were as expected. The table top without a covering had … Continue reading →

We were very lucky to have the cricket coach come to school on Tuesday to teach us some new skills. We got to use cricket bats and soft balls. Mrs Doyle was very impressed with how we could control the … Continue reading →