Boothferry Primary School
As part of our RE, Year 6 visited St John's Church in Goole to learn about Christingles. The children made their own Christingle and were able to explain what each of the items on a Christingle represents. Afterwards, the children lit their Christingles and took part in a moment of reflection. We would like to
Year 4 visited the Great Yorkshire Show as part of their topic 'Different Places, Similar Lives'. Part of this topic was to look at agriculture and farming and to help understand the different type of farming in the UK. The children were able to watch and participate in a range of activities from sheep shearing,
Year 4 visited St John's Church where they learned about the creation story and listened to the story from the Bible. The children were then challenged to use the ideas from the story to write their own poem and song. We were very impressed with what they created. Please read our tweet and look at
Primary Engineers Event April 2023 As part of our Design Technology, Year 4 designed and made moving trains. The winning designs were selected to be taken to the Siemens Mobility Plant in Goole for a celebration event. At the event, the children had an 'interview' with actual engineers where they had to explain the design
As part of our topic 'All Aboard!' Year 4 took the train to Hull to visit the Streetlife Museum. We took the train to Hull station where we were given a tour of the station. We were very lucky to meet a train driver, who showed us inside the drivers cabin - and even let
For our entry point as part of our topic All Aboard, Year 4 visited the National Railway Museum in York. We explored the different trains, learning about the history of steam trains and how trains were developed. Some of the trains we saw were the Rocket (the first steam train), the Mallard (the fastest steam
For our cross curricular lesson, Year 4 investigated how pyramids were built using sticks and elastic bands. We used this building as a mathematical investigation to predict how many sticks we would need to build larger pyramids. After putting it all together, we managed to build a pyramid that was almost 3 metres high!
Year 4 Entry Point- Temples, Tombs and Treasures As part of our entry point into our new topic, we were fortunate to be visited by Cleopatra who showed us what life was like in Ancient Egypt. We took part in a range of activities including writing messages in hieroglyphics, building our own town and examining
Year 5 pupils went off to Bridlington on Wednesday to take part in an East Riding singing concert. The children had learnt the songs in the weeks before the concert and everyone had a very good time. Afterwards, the children had their lunch on the prom and spent part of the afternoon playing games on
As part of our Design Technology project on building and designing trains, Year 4 designed a moving train. We were invited to a Primary Engineers event, sponsored by Siemens, where the children confidently talked about the design process behind their trains. Their trains were then tested by experienced engineers to see if they meet the criteria
