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How to Help… with Writing

Here is a useful guide on how you can support your child at home with their learning. If you require any further advice, don't hesitate to get in touch.

Summer Fayre, Part 2!

Here’s another lovely collection of photos from our Summer Fayre. What an afternoon we had!

Instead of asking for presents for her birthday, one of our pupils asked for donations to the Barnsley Hospital Charity, resulting in a donation of £100 for the children's ward being made. The donations came from friends and family in lieu of gifts. What an...

12.5.23 – Sports Leaders Session

Our sports leaders have been thinking about how to promote inclusivity in sports today. They have been discussing barriers that children may have and how they can help them to overcome these by giving feedback, adapting the activity, and leading games which everyone...

Y1 travel back in time!

Year 1 travelled back in time during their trip to the Victorian Classroom. They went to find out what school life was like for a child in the past, to compare it what life is like for a child now. After being separated into rows of boys and girls, children paid their...

11.5.23 – Y4 Tag Rugby Fun!

Year 4 enjoyed a training session with Steve, a Tag Rugby from Dodworth Miners, today. They learned some key skills of handling and passing the ball and some of the main rules involved in a game of Tag Rugby. They...

Year 4 Tag Rugby

Year 4 really enjoyed their Tag Rugby session with Dodworth Minors last week. They learned about using space, travelling, dodging, as well as some rules of the game! [gallery type="rectangular"...

Connecting Through Play

Mrs Gulliver asked our children what they would like to see at playtimes and lunchtimes and “more equipment!” was a clear winning answer. So, this term, we have invested in and are very excited to have Bruce Dyer come into school to deliver and support our lunchtime...

Year 2 Trip to the National Emergency Services Museum

As part of our history unit: The Great Fire of London, our Year 2 children visited the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield (https://www.visitnesm.org.uk/) to find out about how the emergency services have changed since the time of The Great Fire of London...

18.3.23 – Tag Rugby Year 2

Year 2 also enjoyed their Tag Rugby session with Mr Moss from The Dodworth Miners. They followed instructions, worked together well and practised holding, passing and travelling with a rugby ball. [gallery type="rectangular"...

18.3.23 – Tag Rugby in Year 1

This week, Mr Moss from Dodworth Miners has been into school to give our boys and girls a taster session of Tag Rugby. It was lots of fun and we enjoyed working together, showing good listening and following instructions, as well as learning some of the key skills...

30.3.23 – PTA Easter Surprise!

All our boys and girls have had a special delivery in school, as our lovely PTA gave out chocolate eggs to everyone and wished us all a "Happy Easter!" Thank you to our dedicated PTA for this kind and very exciting gift and we wish all our families and community a...

30.3.23 – Salvation Army

The children at Dodworth St. John's were approached to support our local Salvation Army store by making decorations for their shop window display. The theme was Easter and I think it's fair to say, it looks absolutely wonderful! We hope it brings a smile to members of...

23.3.23 – Easter Raffle

Our parents and carers had a wonderful time at our Easter coffee morning and some of our boys and girls enjoyed helping with the drawing of the raffle. Congratulations to all our winners!

24.3.23 The Great Fire of London…

Y2 have had a brilliant afternoon with their invited adults, making medieval homes and buildings together before recreating the Great Fire of London outside. It was clear for everyone to see how quickly the fire spread and water and sand were on hand to help put the...

Egg Competition – 24.3.23

We were blown away by all the entries of our decorate an egg competition - they were all truly egg-cellent! It was so difficult to judge, but here is our winner and runner up from each class. Thank you to everyone who took part and well done to our winners! [gallery...

Easter coffee morning

21.3.23 We had a wonderful Easter coffee morning this morning, organised by our fabulous PTA. It was lovely to see so many parents and carers join us and I think everyone would agree that the hall was beautifully decorated. A big thank you to everyone involved. ...

Rocksteady 21.3.2023

A massive well done to our four bands who performed so well in their end of Spring Term presentation today. We all absolutely loved your performances!

Design a Letter Head

Well done to everyone who entered our 'Design a Letter Head for our new PTA' competition! We had so many entries, all of which were well thought out and demonstrated high levels of creativity, detail and care. Our winning design is featured above and was chosen by our...