Linthwaite Ardron CE (VA) Junior and Infant School

Y6 Visit to Oakwell Hall - June 2022

Creature Ark Workshop - June 2022

We welcomed 'Creature Ark' to our school to lead a workshop and teach us all about their fascinating animals! We got to look at and hold many different animals, including a snake, hedgehog, guinea pig, giant African land snail, millipede and a tarantula! We found out lots of interesting facts about them and learned about the habitats they lived in.

Online Safety Workshop

Jade from Kirklees PREVENT came in to talk to us about online safety. The children had lots of ideas and shared lots of stories and thoughts about their own experiences online. Jade gave us loads of tips for how to stay safe online.

Wellbeing Days

These special days take place every term, for both pupils and staff. Activities have a different focus each time, usually on feeling good about ourselves, relaxation, having fun and sharing with others. See Y3's 'Diversity' activities below.

Oakwell Hall Museum Visit 

Year Five spent a day dressed as Tudors, undertaking various cooking, writing, artefact handing and games activities in the amazing Tudor mansion Oakwell Hall.

Bagshaw Museum Egyptian Day

Year Three investigated Egyptian mummies and enjoyed a history-packed day including mummifying a class member!

Year 5 and 6 visit to York, March 2022 

History was the focus on their day, as Years Five and Six visited The National Railway Museum and Jorvik Viking Centre as part of their studies of the Vikings and Industrial Revolution.

'Wise Owls' Visit School 

The pupils were given the opportunity to find out about habitats and  food sources of the owl. The older children leant about the evolution of the owl too and held the (very heavy!) birds. 

World Book Day 

Pupils always thoroughly enjoy this annual event - dressing as their favourite book character, doing 'bookish' games and activities, having a costume parade and book quiz and, this year, working out who 'The Masked Reader' was.

After School Clubs

We have a great many after-school extra-curricular clubs that run daily throughout the year. These clubs change regularly and cover all interests and are usually chosen by the pupils themselves. Some of this year's clubs include: Scoot-fit, drama, phonics, Lego, coding, choir, rugby, football, dance, maths mates, embroidery and art. See below for some images from a recent art club.

Dance and Drama  Club

Rounder's Club

Y3 Outdoor learning, autumn 2021

Scoot Fit Workshops - Summer 2022

Since school received its new scooter pod and bike rack, exercise, fitness, fun and lots of 'scootering' now goes on in school at our Scoot-fit after-school club and with many pupils riding to school. See below the Y3 workshop that started it all!

Whole School Science Activity Day

Each teacher ran an exciting scientific intervention and the pupils enjoyed a carousel of scientific activities as they moved through school. The Year One activity is shown below.

Scarecrow Trail

Each class made a film-themed scarecrow to 'hide' around Linthwaite and discover, as a fun holiday activity for our families. Can you guess which film Y5 chose?

MP Jason McCartney

Local MP Jason McCartney visited school, after pupils wrote to invite him to plant a tree as part of Queen's Green Canopy initiative to celebrate the Jubilee. Our school council quizzed him on issues and he helped plant one of fifteen trees school donated by the charity The Woodland Trust

Golden Time

Golden time takes place weekly as a reward for our 'Pupil of the Week' and Dojo 3 winners from each class. They get a choice of board games, Lego, art and craft activities or laptops and is a great way to celebrate making good choices, having a positive attitude to learning and generally being superstars.  

Red Nose Day, March 2022

In aid of the Ukraine crisis, school had a day of creative and contemplative activities to raise money to support aid relief. Each class planned and created a game that ran in the hall in the afternoon, with each class getting a slot to go and try out the different stalls and challenges. Have a look at some of the fabulous games they could try out.

World Book Day, March 2022

An exciting 'Masked Reader' game, parades and book-related activities promoted reading for pleasure across school.

Pupils from EY to Y6 participated in a dance festival at Lawrence Batley Theatre,  March 2022

Y4 pupils participated as part of their curriculum and pupils also participated through an extra curriculum dance club. Well done everyone! 

 STEM Engineering club Spring 2022

Pupils built a lighthouse

Visitors to school regularly enhance learning experiences for pupils

Craft Club

Evolution through art

Parents and Carers Wellbeing Fair - May 2022

To support our parents, carers and adults in school, Linthwaite Ardron held a well-being fair, with agencies from across the area manning stalls and offering a wide range of support, advice and courses. It was a huge success and we hope that this will become a regular event.

'The Masked Reader'

As part of Linthwaite Ardron's World Book Day celebrations, the children all had great fun playing 'The Masked Reader' game: trying to guess which mystery member of staff was hidden behind the disguise and from which famous children's book they were reading. Can you guess who is reading in the clip below and which book it might be?

Huddersfield Town Hall

World Book Day Quiz, March 2022

Year Six entered two teams and competed at Huddersfield Town Hall in the quiz, where they faced questions based on a list of 20 set books they have been reading last term.

Kirklees Book Quiz Entrants March 2021

Harvest delivery Oct 2021

A large donation was delivered to Linthwaite's local food bank

Explorers Club where children listen to stories, tell stories and find out about God's wonderful world. 

Outdoor learning Y6