Monthly Archives: November 2020

It’s ‘dead complicated’ to make a Mummy (tee-tee) but we managed. Well done Ruby on volunteering for the mummy operations table and thank you to Karolina and Maddie for such super additional models.

Year 4 children researched their family histories and discovered family members who served in wars and to whom we are all very grateful. This gratitude continues today as we think of all service personnel, NHS staff and other key workers. … Continue reading →

All of our KS2 children have been taking part in an athletics event. Most of the KS2 children in the country are taking part in this competition and it’s great to be doing it with them. All the children have … Continue reading →

Year 2 have been busy looking at where the Great Fire of London spread to and creating fire collages.

Watch the clip below to see Kyla from Year 4 echo reading. We really can’t recommend this approach enough. A big thank you to Kyla and Miss Booth!

Last week, we finished reading Street Child by Berlie Doherty. Year 6 wrote some sophisticated book reviews and the whole class should be very proud of their work.

At the going down of the sun, we will remember them. A wreath was laid at the war memorial in Ulverston on Remembrance Sunday from the community of Sir John Barrow School as a mark of respect to all those … Continue reading →

We had such a lovely time last week packing our shoeboxes for children in Romania. Thank you so much to everyone who kindly contributed. We know how much these boxes are appreciated and are very glad that this SJB tradition … Continue reading →

Well done, Year 4. Your Krindlekrax creations were lovely and have really brightened up our classroom.

In Year 5 we have started to look at the poem ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes. This week we have written reports on the real highwayman Dick Turpin. We then converted our reports into an e-book using the iPads.