As you can see from the pictures, Robins and Bluebirds are doing really well with their school dinners. They have got used to the routines quickly and are clearing their own plates! We appreciate that it takes a while but if you could encourage them to use knives and forks properly that would be really …

As it’s our last week in Bluebirds, we would like to politely ask you to check at home to see if you have any reading books to return. Book bags will be sent home on Monday and we would like you to send them back into school as soon as you like and by Thursday …

Robins and Bluebirds had a lovely ending to their ‘Transport’ topic. They waited at the bus stop and then visited our ‘library bus’ on our school bikes where they made their own library cards and read books. They also designed book covers, made bookmarks and other book challenges.

This year our school council have been incredibly busy. They’ve held story writing, poetry and design competitions, helped the school save energy and stay tidy, rescued a sea-turtle, made bird feeders, hosted Chill Out Tuesdays, collected for the food bank, recycled thousands of batteries for Duracell’s Big Battery Hunt, met the Mayor of Leeds…and so …

As part of Fieldwork Fortnight, we have been outside exploring the School grounds today. Firstly, we got together with a buddy and looked at our maps. We did a fantastic job of reading these and discovering where we were! After this, we headed outside to explore the different outdoor areas on our map. At each …

The Big Battery Hunt is over! A HUGE well done and thank you to everyone who has contributed to the competition. So many of you have brought in THOUSANDS of dead and used batteries, and so many of you have done a fantastic job of helping us to count and recycle these too. Overall, we …

What an exciting week we’ve had! As part of our topic on Transport, this week we have made our own Tranmere Airline. We have converted our classroom into an airport, made our own boarding passes and passports. Today we also had a very special visit from the local airline ‘Jet2’. We had lots of fun learning …

Thank you to those who have continued to bring in their dead and used batteries over the past few months. We have now collected and recycled just over 15,000 batteries! The competition is about to enter its final week…you have until Friday 30th June to bring in any dead or used batteries that you wish …

Wow! We are so proud of you all – your first ever Sports Day. You did a fab job at taking part and of course we saw some speedy runners in our running races. Well done, Bluebrds and Robins.                                                                               

Please find attached a copy the Knowledge Organisers for this term – English, Math’s  & Topic. Please have a read through and encourage any further learning at home through key vocabulary and questions. Maths Knowledge Organiser – Summer 2 English Knowledge Organiser – Summer 2 Copy of Knowledge Organiser – Tremendous Transport  

What at start to our new topic. Today we took part in a Bikeability workshop to develop our bike skills. The session helped us to improve our core skills of balance and gross motor control to perfect riding a bike using specialist balance bikes. Take a look at the pictures and watch us go!!!!  

What an amazing day we have had. We are so proud of all the children. They were very excited and we saw plenty of animals, along with finding out lots of interesting facts. Enjoy the photos!             

Robins and Bluebirds had a great muddy puddle day today. They did a minibeast hunt and looked for pictures of minibeasts but it was far more exciting when they found real mini beasts. A snail came out if its shell to say hello! They did some pond dipping and drew pictures of what they found. …

We have had a lovely day learning about and celebrating the King’s Coronation. We played games, made crowns, flags, created portraits and even wrote about the King and Queen. We also had a fabulous picnic lunch.              

Please use the links below to see what we are learning this half term. English Knowledge Organiser – Summer 1 Maths Knowledge Organiser Summer 1 Copy of Amazing Animals – Knowledge Organiser

As part of our Amazing Animals topic, we had a visit from Melody from White Cross vets today. She brought Alfie the Pomeranian and taught us all about how vets help us to look after our animals. She brought a stethoscope, some pretend dog teeth, some dog treats and a vet outfit (among other things!) …

After helping promote Earth Day, School Council have been keen to do more to help our planet, particularly through helping the wildlife. This week, we have had a go at creating our very own recycled bird feeders to hang up around the School grounds. We had so much fun making them and are very pleased …

The children really enjoyed looking at Google Earth and zooming in to find Tranmere Park School and then learning about how we need to take care of our planet. They heard about things that they can do such as turning off taps and lights, making sure they don’t drop litter and helping with recycling. They …

Today we talked about World Earth Day. This year’s theme is ‘Invest in Our Planet’. We learnt about ways we can help protect our planet by recycling, saving water, or  simply just turning of the lights when we leave the room. We created posters, developed our fine motor skills and made world suncatchers.       …

It was like a jungle in EYFS today. The children enjoyed the story ‘The Animal Boogie’ and then took part in a carousel of activities which included having their face painted, decorating snake biscuits, making animal masks and adding instruments to ‘The Animal Boogie’ story. We even arranged some sunshine for our picnic lunch ☀️. …

Today we completed our topic – ‘Feed, Me Please.’ This morning we made our own sandwiches from the cress seeds we had grown. We were very good at spreading the butter and cutting the sandwich in to quaters. We also continued to learn about how food can change. We found out that when we heat …

Thank you to those who have been bringing in their dead and used batteries over the past couple of months. We have now collected a total of 6400 batteries! A big thank you also, to our school council team who have been making multiple trips to the recycling points to ensure all of these get …

Today is World Poetry Day! To help celebrate, School Council have hosted a poetry writing competition. There were lots of amazing entries and they found it incredibly hard to judge! In assembly this morning, 2 winners were announced… Ruby from Herons and Luca from Woodpeckers. A huge well done to everybody that entered! Below are …

After a successful term of running ‘Chill Out Tuesday’ for KS2 children, School Council have now swapped their club to allow Reception and KS1 children to attend. So far, it’s been very popular! The children have loved mixing with each other through playing board games, building models, reading, drawing, crafting and dancing (thanks to DJ …

This week is British Science Week. We read a story called The Most Important Animal of All. When reading, we talked about how different animals bring different things to our environment and the world around us. We thought that tigers were the most important. We found out lots of facts. Did you know a tiger …

We have had a super day learning all about birds. We took to the school fields and outdoor classroom to make our own binoculars and then quietly waited to see which birds flew by. It was really nice to sit and hear the birds singing. We learnt about where a bird would build it’s nest …

In PE this morning we use showed off our ball skills. After a quick warm up we learnt how to throw, catch and kick the balls with great control.            

At Bluebird’s drop in children were taking part in activities linked to Handa’s Surprise e.g. making fruit skewers, turning old CDs into a piece of fruit (!) and clipping the correct number of pegs onto pictures of fruit. We then had a quick dough disco and finished with the French song ‘Deux Petits Oiseaux’. They …

As part of World Book Day today, 3/4 and Reception have buddied up to read, share stories and draw/colour their favourite book characters.

Thank you to those who have been bringing in their dead and used batteries across the past few weeks. So far, we have recycled a total of 2553! A big thank you also to our school council team who have been out recycling the batteries at various recycling points after scores have been totalled in …

We have had a lovely day. The children were very excited as we boarded the coach. We enjoyed our own VIP tour around Lord and Lady Clifford’s castle. We learnt so much! We even pretended to be knights and got to defend the castle with our pretend bow and arrows. After lunch we took to …

Today saw the first of three visits from the Leeds Library Bus. Each of the children in Robins and Bluebirds spent time on the bus this afternoon, listening to stories being told by the onboard librarian, singing songs and exploring the wonderful array of books. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and are already looking forward …

The school council have signed us up to join in with Duracell’s big battery hunt. Duracell are encouraging pupils up and down the country to recycle their batteries instead of putting them in landfill to help make our planet greener and cleaner. They’ve set schools a challenge to try and collect and recycle as many …

This term our new topic is called Feed Me Please! Throughout the topic we will be finding out where our food comes from, looking at how we can grow our own food, discussing changes around Spring and changes in the weather. Today we started by making our own pancakes. We added different healthy fruits, along …

Happy pancake day! As part of our school council meeting today, we were given a very special treat as a thank you for all of our hard work so far this year. They were delicious!!

As another term comes to an end we have finished our topic about ‘Let’s Pretend by learning a Medieval Dance. We learnt to count and move to the rhythm of the music and even pretended to be kings and queens. We can’t wait to visit Skipton Castle to preform our dance again in a real …

Lots of parents and other family members attended our puppet making workshop this morning. Our guests were given a brief overview of the EYFS Expressive Arts and Design curriculum and then challenged to release their own inner creativity and make something from a variety of small wooden pieces, matchsticks or lolly sticks! Next, Bluebirds and …

Ed and the School Council would like to say a HUGE thank you to Team Tranmere for all of the wonderful donations that have been given for the food bank. Everyone has been so generous and we know that this donation will make a big difference to those in need.

This week is children’s mental health week, and the theme this year is all about making connections. This afternoon, Woodpeckers, Red Kites, Robins and Bluebirds decided to get together and do just that! They had lots of fun playing and exploring together. They even had a go at creating portraits using the natural materials around …

Bluebirds played along to Rock a Bye Baby on the chime bars. They all played D beautifully!

Today we have celebrated Safer Internet Day.  This year’s theme is Want to Talk About it? We talked about different apps we use and how this leaves a footprint.

Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf…  Reception are certainly not! As part of our Muddy Puddle Day we read the story of The Three Little Pigs. It was great fun playing circle games and singing on the banks. We re-told the story and talked about the different types of materials each house was made …

This week is National Storytelling Week. To help celebrate this, the School Council have hosted a storytelling competition. Those who wanted to enter needed to write a story (true or made up) and hand it in to their class councillor. On Friday, the councillors got together to choose a selection of their favourite stories. These …

Muddy Puddle Day Muddy Puddle Days are our outdoor learning days and are part of a whole school initiative.  Please send your child in non-uniform, but in clothes that you DO NOT MIND GETTING DIRTY OR WET.  It may also be cold, so make sure that your child has plenty of layers, including gloves and …

We have had a wonderful day. Lots of festive cheer. The children enjoyed the Christmas Party, playing games, dancing and of course eating!      

Over the past couple of weeks, all children, from EYFS to Year 6, have been working hard on their Little Inventors Christmas Competition task. Children were given the following brief and had to come up with their own original, weird and wonderful ideas! ‘Tis the season to hang the stockings, roll up the snowmen, and …

We are all so excited to show you our nativity tomorrow. Here is our programme in case you would like to print a copy to keep and some pictures of a few of our costumes when we tried them on! Baaarmy Bethlehem Programme

Today marks the start of Anti-Bullying week for 2022. To show our support, we have all come to school dressed in odd/crazy socks! In classes, we have discussed that this represents how is it cool for us all to be different, and how we should never be unkind towards others because of their differences. Throughout …

This week we have talked about remembrance day. We found out that it marks the very day that World War One ended in 1918.  We also talked about the Purple poppy. We discovered the purple poppy is often worn to remember animals that have been victims of war. Animals like horses, dogs and pigeons were often …

We made a wonderful start to our ‘Celebrations’ topic this week. We learnt about Divali and made diya lamps, rangoli patterns and Divali biscuits. We even made firework fruit kebabs! We learnt a Divali dance and ended the fun with a (digital) firework display!