Year 5 Visit to Danum Museum

5th December 2021Rachael Smith

This week, as part of their The Magic of Motion expedition, year 5 and 6 visited the Rail Heritage Centre at Danum Museum, which is home to two impressive locomotives (No. 251 and Green Arrow) and a large selection of railway memorabilia from the Doncaster Grammar School rail collection. The children were also treated to a fantastic workshop that explored how trains have been on a journey of change over the years. This supplemented their classroom learning brilliantly and provided an exciting, hands-on experience for all of our pupils.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

2nd December 2021Helen Jenkins

Yesterday, 3HJ saw the return of our very own pesky elf – Egbert! We noticed that he had climbed into our Christmas tree and hidden amongst the branches with a letter from Santa at the North Pole.

Crew Jenkins really got into the Christmas spirt decorating the Christmas tree and adding lots of tinsel to the classroom! I really hope our friend Egbert isn’t going to be too much trouble!

Need for steam (and speed)!

1st December 2021Charlie Cicero

Year 6 enjoyed a thrilling trip to the recently opened Danum museum in Doncaster City Centre on Wednesday. Learning about Doncaster’s deep rail heritage that began with George Edmundson; the classes learned about the mechanic of steam locomotives as well as the business brought to Doncaster that developed it into one of the UK’s industrial heavy weights.

Definitely worth a family visit!

Y3 take a trip to Doncaster Town Centre

15th November 2021Lauren Gate

Last week Y3 went on a trip into Doncaster Town Centre to look at the Roman heritage. We got on the double decker bus into town – an experience that proved to be a favourite of the day, walked through history following the timeline of Doncaster, had a guided tour of Doncaster Minster and looked at the ruins of the Roman Fort. We even got a picture with some policewomen! The aim of the trip was to support the creation of our product, so the children will have walked and seen exactly what they will be discussing in their Prezi presentations. A great day was had by all!

Crazy Crew Caricatures!

6th November 2021Charlie Cicero

As part of our Friday crew session, 6CC took it upon themselves to creatively reimagine each other through the artistic scope of Caricature.

As you can imagine, the excessively large noses, bulging eyes and wacky jawlines resulted in quite a roar of laughter. Full of smiles and laughter, perfect way to begin the end of the week!

    Doncaster Plant Works!

    3rd November 2021Charlie Cicero

    On Monday, 6CC delved into the industrial history of “The Plant” aka Doncaster Plant Works. This organisation provided Victorian Doncaster with new employment opportunities as well as a name for producing some of the world’s most famous locomotives.

    Visitors from the Royal Ballet

    3rd November 2021Lauren Gate

    This morning year 3 were lucky enough to be joined by representatives from the Chance to Dance programme. We got the opportunity to work with an artist from the Royal Ballet and a local dance teacher. The children learned all about different stage directions and the mappings of movement that come together to make ballet. The children worked in their groups to create “flocking” movements in the style of the characters from the Royal Ballet Swan Lake. In their groups the children put together a routine using these movements and performed these in front of the whole class!