Happy Guru Nanak Jayanti!
In RE last week we had a whole school topic, learning about Sikhism and the 'Guru Nanak Jayanti' festival. Each year group learned about the festival at a level appropriate to them and
Scavengers and Settlers
This term year 3 have been studying the life of cave men, they have been hunting and gathering, shelter building, making clay pots and jewellery as well as many other things.
Quelle cours d’école tu préfères ?
The children were asked which lessons they preferred at school. They used their vocabulary knowledge of lessons, alongside the verbs 'to like' and 'to prefer'. We have also been learning about causal conjunctions
Music for Youth
15 musical children were fortunate to visit the Royal Albert Hall in London where they watched a special performance organised by Music for Youth. There was a wide variety of performances on display.
Netball Festival
On Tuesday the 24th September, some children from year 4 were chosen to go to the Goole Sport Partnership's Netball Festival at Kingsway Primary School. The children learnt attacking, defending and game skills
Key Stage 2 Sports Day
On Monday 1st July, years 3-6 participated in Boothferry's annual Key Stage 2 Sports Day. Races included: three-legged, skipping, relay, full track, sprint and obstacle. Everyone participated and showed great resilience. At the
Year 6 Play – What a Knight!
On Thursday 27th June, all of the children in Year 6 performed a wonder play, 'What A Knight!' It made the audience roar with laughter with its witty one-liners and magic tricks. The excellent
Cricket Regional Finals
The cricket team went to Beverley on Friday 21st June to compete against other teams in the region. They played close matches against Bugthorpe, Stamford Bridge and Imans primary schools, but the team
Year 5 STEM Workshop
On Monday Year 5 were fortunate to have a workshop from STEM. As part of the day we looked at engineering mechanical catapults and looking at the best structures for building towers.
Noise Academy
Over 10 weeks Year 5 have been having DJ Coaching and learning how to DJ. Here is a selection of tracks: https://soundcloud.com/noiseacademyuk/sets/boothferry-primary-school https://twitter.com/3pbps/status/1113799378412740608?s=21 Some of our children's comments: 'I really liked how we could
Year 2 Art
Year 2 Art Year 2 have been busy in Art this half term. We had a special visitor to help us to create our own lino prints as part of the Children and
Curling Tournament 2019
Our annual Curling Tournament took place on Tuesday 12th February 2019. Teams from Boothferry, Airmyn, Marshlands and Parkside took part in this event. Children had to use accuracy and skill to get a
Gamelan Music
On Friday 25th January 2019 Year 5 were fortunate to go to Goole High School to take part in a music workshop where they learned about Gamelan music. They were able to use
Houses of Parliament 2019
On Friday 25th January School Council made the journey to London to visit the Houses of Parliament. In Parliament we visited the Queen’s dressing room, learnt the difference between the House of Lords
Choir December 2018
Our wonderful Choir have been performing throughout Goole this festive period. We performed concerts at Costa Coffee, The Courtyard and Beech Tree Care Home. We enjoyed performing Christmas Carols and spreading the festive
Year 6 Strictly Come Dancing
In dance lessons this half term, Year 6 have been taking inspiration from Strictly Come Dancing and learning to Charleston! We learnt the basic steps, watched videos from the show and developed our
KS1 Sports Day 2018
"In June 2018 Key Stage 1 had their sports day in Boothferry Primary School. Courage filled their eyes alongside determination. Laughter filled the air as they jumped and hopped and skipped. The 4
High Adventure 2018
In May 2018, Year 6 went on a residential to High Adventure (which is situated in Cowling, in the Yorkshire Dales). We took part in a range of activities, including: stream scramble, climbing,
Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits
Open sesame and discover a treasure-trove of fun and laughter as Year 6 perform this mystical musical comedy! So slip on your sandals for some sandy silliness as we take a thrilling carpet
Y2 Continents
The children in 2B have had lots of fun learning the 7 continents and 5 oceans of the world. Here is a video of them rehearsing our rhymes. The children are
Goole Fest Bike Day
Year six spent a wonderful day at the High school, exploring a range of different bikes and practising their skills. They had to complete a range of increasingly difficult tasks, to
R-evolution Challenge Cup
After 6 weeks of intensive training, our very first cycle team took part in the R-evolution challenge cup at Ennerdale cycle circuit. The event was a full day of races that
Duathlon
The pupils of Boothferry Primary have taken their fitness to new heights by attempting to collectively bike and run the distance to a satellite above the earth, a whopping 717km! Through the event, pupils
Junction Take Over
Year 5 have just completed their wonderful Take Over Festival working with Junction Goole. As part of the festival, children had an opportunity to help out with the live shows by working as ushers,
Scouting Assembly
Our wonderful staff at Boothferry today shared their adventures of being involved with the Scouting/Guiding movement. All three are leaders in different units but used the theme of friendship and personal development as the theme
World Book Day 2018
WORLD BOOK DAY 2018 (Finally) After snow postponed our original World Book day, Boothferry held the annual event a week late. All classes had a theme from Roald Dahl to Tiddler, the story telling fish
Duathlon Challenge
The pupils of Boothferry Primary will be taking their fitness to new heights by attempting to collectively bike and run the distance to a satellite above the earth, a whopping 717km! Through the event, pupils
School Council at Parliament
On Friday 12th January 2018 our School Council had the opportunity to go to London and visit the Houses of Parliament. They made the most of their time in London, visiting Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey
Singing Assembly
We have had a really enjoyable year with our Singing Assemblies this year. We would like to share with you our Whole School Version of 'When you Say Nothing at All' which was performed at
Assemblies
We have a new page on our website showing you all about our assemblies throughout the year. The page comes under the curriculum section of the website or you can click on this link Boothferry
Railway Museum
Our Wednesday lunchtime club entered a competition at the national railway museum. For this we designed ten different baubles to be displayed on the christmas tree. They then let us go there along with other
School Choir
On Friday 1st December all of Boothferry Primary School Choir met up at the Junction for their performance at the Goole Christmas Lights switch on. We went on the stage and sung with the band.
Kingsway Children’s Centre – Autumn/Winter Info
Our colleagues at Kingsway Children's Centre have published the following information about their services. For more information please ring them directly on 01405 761287. Click to download the following.
Get Spotty!
Once again the children of Boothferry supported Children in Need. The event was kicked off with Miss Williams highlighting the work of this umbrella charity and the many local projects that it supports. The children
Champions League Final
On Wednesday 15th November girls from Year 5 and 6 represented the school in the champions league final at South Hunsley High School. This was a result of winning the local cluster competition back in
Year 6 FAIRGROUNDS Exit Point
On Wednesday 18th October, Year 6 welcomed parents into school for their spectacular exit point celebrating the end of their Fairgrounds topic. We worked hard in DT lessons to create striking fairground rides (that actually
We are the Champions
Our wonderful Girl's football team competed in the local school's competition at Goole Academy. For many of these girls, this is the first time that they have tried football. Coach Capewell said "The commitment that
R-evolution launch new premises
Boothferry pupils were invited as VIP's when our friends at R-evolution launched their new premises in Cottingham. For a few years, our successful bike library scheme has been running and it in this new workshop
Helping Others
On Friday 29th September, we went to our local food bank. We were surprised to discover that they are given around four tons of food a year. They struggle to get food like canned meat.
GET WALKING – Change for life
Every October, International Walk to School Month sees primary school pupils from across the UK join forces with children in more than 40 countries worldwide to celebrate the benefits of walking to school. The benefits
School Council 2017-2018
This week our School Council members for 2017/2018 were elected. The children in Key Stage 2 delivered some amazing presentations to the rest of their class before the children voted for who they thought would
Boothferry Digital Leaders
Digital Leaders are children in KS2 with a passion for technology who want to share their knowledge with others and promote the use of all things digital throughout school. Being a Digital Leader is a
The Last Assembly of the Year
Our final assembly featured the children of the year, amazing trophies won, Miss Foster getting married, Mrs Hornshaw leaving and the team point winners, Jupiter! Have an amazing summer!
Singing Assembly
We have had a celebration assembly to showcase the different instruments that we have been learning throughout the year. We had performances from trumpet players, violin players and guitar players. We also had soloists from
Change 4 Life Celebration
Boothferry Primary School have hosted the end of year Change 4 Life Celebration Event. The event was attended by 117 children from 5 local schools; Boothferry, Snaith, Airmyn, Parkside, Hook and Marshlands. The event included
Choir Performance
The choir gave a performance to parents on Tuesday. They performed the songs When I'm 64, Where is Love, Edelweiss and Castle on the Hill. Particular mentions go to Kristine, Ruby and Natalija who performed
Prison Me! No Way!
'On Friday 9th June we were fortunate enough to get a visit from Prison Me? Now Way! The first activity we took part in was by YMCA: it was about the transition to high school
Languages Day
To raise awareness of different languages every class from Nursery to Year 6 have dressed up to represent the country which they are learning about today. Children are tasting food, dancing, researching and speaking new
Savage Skills Fly
On Tuesday 13th June, we were treated to Ben Savage and James Jones, multiple world BMX champions showing us their stunts as part of Savage Skills. There was plenty to get exited by including a
Modeshift STARS Awards
Mr Sibley, Mr Griffin and two Y6 pupils presenting our cycling work in the houses of parliament.
Northern Gas Networks
Safety.Safety.Safety.Safety.Safety.Safety.Safety.Safety.Safety.Safety.Safety.Safety. Kate from Northern Gas network came in to talk to all our pupils about being safe around whilst they are working on the Gas supply to Goole. She started by explaining what Gas does