Gender Stereotypes

In our PSHE lesson this morning, Year 1 have begun to learn about gender stereotypes. Our first activity was to sort the activity cards into two hoops depending on whether it was more likely to be liked or done by a boy or a girl. We found a few problems with this as...

Disney Fitness

Year 1 enjoyed our visit to Lord Lawson this afternoon to take part in a variety of Disney Fitness stations with Year 1 children from local schools. We loved our fitness activities and worked very hard. We finished off by joining in with a Disney dance.

Soup of the Day.

Reception have had a busy morning today cooking vegetable soup and tasting it. We started our cooking by washing our hands, before carefully having a go at chopping the vegetables we needed for it, which were potatoes and carrots. Next we needed to add our vegetables...

How to make apple cookies?

In our English lessons year 2 have been learning about instructional texts. We have been looking at different types of instructions and the different organisational features. Today, we looked at recipes and our task was to follow a step by step guide to make apple...

Super Spreadsheets!

Year 3 have been learning how to use spreadsheets this half term. We have learnt to populate tables and turn these into graphs. Here we are creating pictures using cell addresses and adding images to cells.

Year 3 MFL – French

In Year 3, the children have really enjoyed our first French lessons. So far, we have learnt greetings, how to ask someone how they are feeling and how to answer. This week we have learnt how to ask someone’s name and how to respond.

Nursery Have Found Some Pears

 Nursery noticed something growing on our tree in the nursery garden. After some exploring we discovered there were pears! We picked, washed and let them ripen. We then followed a set of instructions to make pear compot. After cooking, mashing and allowing it to cool...

PE with Nursery

Nursery have been working super hard in pe this term! We have been practicing how to find a space by using our arms and changing direction safely. We practiced skills such as balancing, jumping and moving a bean bag around our bodies. To finish off our term we...

Welcome

On behalf of all the staff, the children and Governors, I would like to warmly welcome you to Barley Mow Primary School. We are very fortunate to have a wonderful school building, which is fully accessible to all.

At Barley Mow we aim to create a happy, caring and supportive ethos in which every child is valued and given the opportunity to realise their full potential. We have high academic, social, sporting, cultural and behavioural standards and we are extremely proud of the achievements of our children.

Children are at the centre of everything we do. We aim to foster a love of learning which we hope will stay with them throughout their lives.

The family community of Barley Mow is central to our beliefs. Families and the wider community play a vital role as co-educators and we encourage close links between home and school.

I hope that through our school website, you will be able to gain an insight into our school. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to arrange a visit or gain further information.

Nicola Watson (Head Teacher)

Attendance

  • Nursery  89.4% 89.4%
  • Reception 95.3% 95.3%
  • Year 1 96.3% 96.3%
  • Year 2 96.7% 96.7%
  • Year 3 90% 90%
  • Year 4 98.7% 98.7%
  • Year 5 93.3% 93.3%
  • Year 6 90.3% 90.3%

News

Soup of the Day.

Reception have had a busy morning today cooking vegetable soup and tasting it. We started our cooking by washing our hands, before carefully having a go at chopping the vegetables we needed for it, which were potatoes and carrots. Next we needed to add our vegetables...

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How to make apple cookies?

In our English lessons year 2 have been learning about instructional texts. We have been looking at different types of instructions and the different organisational features. Today, we looked at recipes and our task was to follow a step by step guide to make apple...

read more

Year 3 MFL – French

In Year 3, the children have really enjoyed our first French lessons. So far, we have learnt greetings, how to ask someone how they are feeling and how to answer. This week we have learnt how to ask someone’s name and how to respond.

read more