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 92.1%
- Reception 91.9%
- Year 1 93.6%
- Year 2 93.8%
- Year 3 95.7%
- Year 4 94.5%
- Year 5 93.8%
- Year 6 89.2%
News
A Special Delivery From World of Stories
Today our Librarians had a lovely surprise! We received 100 brand new books from The World of Stories programme. There are so many exciting new titles that it’s hard to choose what to read first! We can’t wait to add them to our library and classrooms....
Space Chase
Reception created an algorithm for the rocket using the direction cards as part of our computing topic this term. We worked in groups and directed our friends to get the rocket to different planets. The children did a great job at using the vocabulary forwards,...
Little Movers
Reception enjoyed their last session with Gemma from Little Movers today! Reception started with their hello song and then travelled around the hall and moved in different directions. Reception played different relay games in teams. We were pretending to be bunny...
Steady Hand Games
In DT, the children in Year 6 have been using their knowledge of electrical circuits to design and create steady hand games. The children choose a theme to base their ideas around and created a challenging wire shape. In order to play their games, they created...
Birtley Heritage Group Visit
The children in Year 3 have been learning about the Birtley Belgians and the impact they had on supporting the First World War as part of their history lessons for Spring term. They have enjoyed seeing old photographs as evidence of The National Projectile Factory...
Celebrations in Early Years!
Nursery and Reception have worked so hard this week learning about three different celebrations. Both classes started the week completing activities around Pancake Day. We made pancakes in the playdough, while adding delicious toppings, used our cutting and gluing...
Our Classes
