Year 4 trip to the Bagshaw Museum
Year 4 had a great day out at the Bagshaw Museum learning all about Ancient Egypt! They had the chance to exploring an ancient Egyptian tomb and marvel at the very rare complete cartonnage mask, the face of an Egyptian woman presented to the gods in the afterlife. They learnt about the process to preserve the body after death and admire the jewellery, cosmetics and mirrors, as well as learning what ancient Egyptians ate, the textiles they wove, and how they recorded their lives.
St Oswald’s Church Tree Festival
Here is the super St Oswald’s entry at the church tree festival. The theme this year is sustainability. If you get chance, please go and have a look at the children’s fantastic handmade plastic free tree decorations 🎄
The Great Fire of London
Year Two had a very exciting visitor. We are having a great time learning all about The Great Fire of London 🔥
A visit from White Cross Vets
Year 1 had a lovely visit yesterday from White Cross Vets and Alfie the dog 🐶 We learnt all about how to take care of animals and all of the interesting equipment that vets use, like X-rays and stethoscopes.
An amazing day with Animals UK
What an amazing day Year 1 had! A truly wonderful experience, the children were fascinated!
Thank you Animals UK for bringing your fantastic animals along to visit us🦎🐍🦊🕷️
Remembrance Day
Some of the Year 6 children visited Guiseley Cenotaph to take part in the Remembrance Day service. The children laid a wreath of handmade poppies and read out poems that they had written.
New arrivals!
We are very excited to welcome the latest addition to our fantastic STEM room... a colony of leafcutter ants!
Leafcutter ants are one of the most incredible rainforest animals. They eat more rainforest vegetation than any other type of animal. Not only that, they actually grow their own food, and live in colonies that can contain over eight million insects! The children will be learning all about this and more with the help of our very own colony.
Fun times with Leeds Libraries
We were very lucky to have a visit from Leeds Libraries. Here is the story bus that came to share the joy of reading with our Reception children. The children had a fantastic afternoon singing songs, playing musical instruments and listening to stories.
The Big Draw
St Oswald’s have entered ‘The Big Draw Festival 2022’. This is a worldwide celebration of drawing and is made up of a collection of thousands of creative events, activities, and workshops across the globe. The Big Draw is a pioneering visual literacy charity dedicated to raising the profile of drawing as a tool for wellbeing, thought, creativity, social and cultural engagement. To support us in creating part of our artwork, can we please ask for you to save any blue or green bottle caps and send them into school with your child/children to give to their class teacher over the next two weeks. More information on this is coming soon! Thank you for your support with this.
Celebrating Navratri
This week we have been celebrating the festival of Navratri, the annual Hindu festival observed in the honour of the goddess Durga. We were very lucky to have Mr Lad, Esme and Tavi talk to us about how they celebrate it in our collective worship. Year 3 loved learning all about Bollywood dancing. They looked amazing!