Projects Archive
Money Week 2008
A themed week where every class will be engaged in work relating to money, helping them to develop financial capability. 2nd June 2008
The Wilthorpe lunchtime supervisors
Can you guess which is which? Click on each picture to find out. 21st February 2008
Travelling Bears
Meet our school bears Snowy, Snowball and Snuff. 21st February 2008
Mini-beast Hunt
Within our topic focus of 'Homes and Habitats', we have been focusing on Mini-beasts and their homes. 20th February 2008
KANDINSKY
We looked at some of the art work done by the artist Kandinsky. We focused on Concentric Circles. We also learned about his life. 4th February 2008
Minibeasts
We have been learning about minibeasts as part of our topic on Homes and Habitats. 31st January 2008
17th January 2008
Transport
We spent time exploring different methods of transport. WE began by looking at, and making a range of buses 17th January 2008
wheels on the bus
The children have been making buses using boxes, collage and pastels. 7th January 2008
The Wilthorpe teachers
Can you guess which teacher is which? Just click on the image to see the whole picture. 10th December 2007
Year 2 visit to Cooper Art Gallery
Year 2 visited Cooper Art Gallery and used sketch books to record their research. 10th December 2007
Working with Qdos Dance Theatre
During Autumn 2007 and Spring 2008 the Year 2 children worked with Qdos Dance Theatre Company to explore the outdoor environment through dance and drama. 20th November 2007
Back playground
The artist Lewis Morgan has helped us to improve our back playground by removing the 'snake' and creating new seating and planting areas. 16th July 2007
Pirates
The children have been making lots of pirate things in Nursery. We then used some of them to play Pirates! 10th July 2007
holidays
end of term It is nearly the end of term and all the teachers, support staff and children at Wilthorpe Infants school are looking forward to the end of term. What are we planning to do? 10th July 2007
Barnsley
The children have been finding out about Barnsley Past and present. From Joseph Locke to Locke Park today, and how Barnsley had thriving Coal, Linen and Glass industries - what happened to these? 10th July 2007
Shape
Shape and Space - We have been looking at 'Concentric Circles' by Kandinsky. We used 2D shapes to create our own version. 10th July 2007
holidays
What are we planning to do in our summer holidays at Wilthorpe Infant school 10th July 2007
Walking tours in Yorkshire
This page is about some of the walks I have done. 8th June 2007
25th May 2007
Pamper yourself!
After you have made the tea, tidied the kitchen, bathed the kids, put them to bed (and the list goes on).... why not unwind with a well earned bath using a selection of Body Shop products. 2nd May 2007
Kath S
Thi is about those things which interest me - well some of them! 1st May 2007
Emma
I love spending time with my children, reading books, going to the seaside and having big cuddles!!! 1st May 2007
Shop, shop, shop!!
Here are lots of nice things to spend your pennies on 1st May 2007
Foundation classrooms
Recognise any of these classrooms by the things in the room? 8th November 2006
Year 1 classrooms
Recognise any of these classrooms by the things in the room? 8th November 2006
Year 2 classrooms
Recognise any of these classrooms by the things in the room? 8th November 2006
Shapes of play
One of the key aims of the project was ‘to influence playground culture making it more imaginative and creative’. 6th November 2006
Other foundation work
Not all our work fits into specific projects! Here are some examples of other work that has been created at the Foundation stage. 6th November 2006
Dan and Lewis
This work allowed Year 1 children to work on an environmental topic, raising their awareness of their surrounding environment. 1st October 2006
Our Community Calendars
Photographs taken Out and About in our local community during the Autumn of 2004. 12th September 2006
From the Front, From the Top, From the Sides
As a result of the ‘Shapes of Play’ project which happened in Nursery in 2005, the teachers and children wanted to develop an outdoor role play area in the playground at the back of the school. The Reception and Nursery worked with an architect called Phil Bixby and a visual artist called Abi May, from Heads Together Productions, our Creative Partners, to design this role play space. 6th September 2006
About our school
Wilthorpe Infants has been here for many years. Find out a little about the school's past... and what lies ahead for the future! 4th September 2006
Our Town
A geography and history based project looking at aspects of life in Barnsley. 1st September 2006
Our houses using fantastic felt
Class 7 have being doing lots of work about their house so we decided to recreate their favourite thing from home in felt the problem was they had to make the felt. 1st September 2006
Weaving - Four Seasons
In October 2006 the children in Class 1 worked with a textiles artist called Chris Mitchell. During this time they explored the art of weaving using many different materials. They also concentrated on using colours which reminded them of the seasons of the year. 1st September 2006
The Legend of King Arthur
The Legend of King Arthur is a literacy-based project including tales of knights and beautiful princesses, magic and mystery, which soon gripped the children’s imaginations and covered many other areas of the curriculum such as History, Art, and Design and Technology. 1st September 2006
School food
School milk and meals are an important part of the day they often feature in children's work and thoughts about school life. 5th September 2005
The Creation
The Creation is an RE-based project involving the children working collaboratively and creatively in RE, Dance/Drama, ICT and Art. 1st September 2005
Our old school
The school buildings and facilities at Wilthorpe underwent a phase of development during 2004-05. These images capture school life before the new development. 10th January 2005
General print work
The creative programme at Wilthorpe has many outputs but print remains a common one, from children's artwork to school publications. 5th September 2004