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 91.53%
- Reception 97.65%
- Year 1 95.79%
- Year 2 98.82%
- Year 3 95.71%
- Year 4 85.65%
- Year 5 95.88%
- Year 6 94.67%
News
Out and About!
Year 2 went on a walk to explore the local area where we live. On the way, we talked about what we could see and made notes of the types of houses , bus stops and other features that we found. Back in school our job was to become map makers of our local area.
Exploring Shape
We have been exploring shape this week. The children have been learning to identify and name common 2D shapes, such as, circles, triangles, rectangles and squares. We made robots using 2D shapes and we went on a shape hunt around school.
Julia Donaldson
This week we are learning all about the Author and Poet ‘Julia Donaldson.’ Today we have been researching her work and choosing our favourite rhyming book. We then used her website to research key facts and learnt some makaton for the Gruffalo song!
Sounds vs Distance
Today, as part of their ’Sound’ topic, Year 4 investigated how the distance from a sound source affects the perceived volume of the sound.They thought about their previous sound knowledge, made predictions, worked out their method and how to keep their investigation...
Exploring tints and shades
The children in Year 3 have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh in art. They are working towards creating a painting in the style of his very famous sunflower paintings. Today, they focussed on how to create different shades of yellow by adding black and white. They...
Amazing Arrays
Today, Year 4 began their new maths topic- multiplication and division.They started by recapping how to show multiplications using arrays. We then discussed what factors were shown by each array and how we could work systematically to find all the possible factors of...
Our Classes
