🏑 Year 6 Street Hockey 🏑

Our Year 6 pupils had a fantastic time developing their skills during a street hockey session this week.

The children demonstrated excellent behaviour, enthusiasm and a willingness to challenge themselves as they practised a range of key hockey ...skills, including passing and receiving, trapping the ball, dribbling, using both sides of the stick and shooting with accuracy.

Throughout the session, pupils worked hard to improve their technique, build their confidence and put their new skills into practice.

🏑 We rounded off the session with a competitive game, giving everyone the opportunity to showcase their progress, work together as a team and apply everything they had learned.

A brilliant session filled with energy, determination and teamwork. Well done, Year 6, for your fantastic attitude and effort! 💜

🏡💜 All About Our Families – A Wonderful Week in Nursery! 💜🏡

What a lovely week we've had in Nursery exploring our topic, Our Families! The children have enjoyed learning about the special people in their lives and sharing what makes their families unique.

A big ...thank you to all the families who sent in photographs. The children were so proud to share these with their friends, confidently talking about their loved ones and listening with interest as others shared their own family stories. ❤️

Throughout the week, our learning continued across all areas of provision:

✏️ At the writing table, the children put their mark-making and fine motor skills to work as they created wonderful portraits of their families.

🪨 In the tuff tray, we explored early mathematical concepts, including counting, sorting and comparing sizes, as the children created their very own pebble families.

🏠 In the home corner and mud kitchen, imaginations ran wild as the children took on different family roles, developing their communication, language and social skills through pretend play.

🍂 Outdoors, the children embraced the changing season, collecting conkers, pine cones and acorns to create delicious imaginary meals for their families. What a lovely way to combine autumn exploration with imaginative play!

📦 In the junk modelling area, cardboard boxes became houses as the children used their creativity, spatial awareness and problem-solving skills to design and build their own homes.

💜 It's been a wonderful week of creativity, conversation and learning through play. Thank you once again to our families for sharing your photographs and helping us bring this topic to life. We've loved seeing the children celebrate the people who mean so much to them!

💛 Family, Friendly Faces and Future Dentists 💛

What a lovely week we've had in Reception!

This week, we've been learning all about our families and introducing our new topic, People Who Help Us, by finding out about the different jobs our parents and carers do.
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A huge thank you to everyone who sent in photographs and shared information about their jobs. The children were absolutely beaming with pride as they spotted their grown-ups on the big screen and told their friends all about them! 🥰

🦷 We were also delighted to welcome Craig, a Clinical Dental Technician, who taught us all about the importance of looking after our teeth. The children have loved putting their new knowledge into practice in our provision, taking on the role of dentists, caring for their patients and even performing a few tooth extractions!

🎨 Our creative activities have included making family photo frames and drawing portraits of the people who are special to us.

⚖️ In Maths, we've been exploring lighter and heavier, comparing objects and working together to put them in order from lightest to heaviest. It was a little tricky at first, but with plenty of discussion and teamwork, the children rose to the challenge!

✏️ In Writing, we've been busy practising the correct formation of the letters 'd' and 'k', developing the skills and confidence we need to become fantastic little writers.

💜 Another wonderful week filled with curiosity, creativity and lots of proud moments. We're so proud of how enthusiastically our Reception children are embracing their learning!

💜🏆 YEAR 6 – WHAT AN INCREDIBLE HALF TERM 🏆💜

Our Leaders of Curriculum, Ethan and Logan, are delighted to share some fantastic achievements from our incredible Year 6 children.

So far this half term, Year 6 have earned numerous certificates in recognition of their ...achievements across the Northern Education Trust primary academies.

🏆 TWO certificates for achieving the Greatest Average Point Score across NET primary academies.

🥉 BRONZE certificate for achieving a third consecutive improvement in Average Point Score.

🥈 SILVER certificate for achieving a fourth consecutive improvement in Average Point Score.

Whilst these certificates are wonderful achievements, what makes us most proud is the effort and determination behind them. Each week, our children work hard to build on their learning, maintain their successes and challenge themselves to make progress from their own starting points. We encourage every child to recognise their personal achievements and take pride in how far they have come.

Our Year 6 children continue to demonstrate resilience, determination and a fantastic attitude towards their learning. These certificates are a lovely recognition of their collective hard work, but it is the individual effort and progress of every child that matters most to us.

Keep working hard, Year 6. We are incredibly proud of each and every one of you. 💜

🌈 Little Learners, Big Adventures – This Week in Our Two-Year-Old Provision! 🌈

It's been another busy week for our youngest Badgers, with lots of opportunities to explore, communicate, create and develop new skills through play! 💜

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 ...Understanding the World – Our Families

This week, our two-year-olds have been learning about the special people in their families. In our mark-making area, the children enjoyed creating drawings to represent their loved ones. Some drew their mummies and daddies, while others talked about their brothers, sisters, cousins, aunties and uncles. This was a lovely opportunity to encourage conversations about family relationships and the people who are important to us. ❤️

🎵 Communication & Language – Songs and Actions

Our focus song, One Finger, One Thumb, was a big hit! The children enthusiastically joined in with the repeated words and actions, developing their listening, attention and communication skills while practising their movements and coordination.

🧩 Mathematics – Little Problem Solvers

Our budding problem solvers enjoyed tackling inset puzzles, carefully working out where each piece belonged. These activities helped develop their concentration, shape recognition, spatial awareness and perseverance.

🖐️ Physical Development – Busy Little Fingers

The children put their fine motor skills to the test by using tweezers to pick up colourful pom-poms and place them onto a popper circle. This activity encouraged hand-eye coordination, finger strength and control, helping to build the foundations for future writing and independence.

🚲 Physical Development – On the Move!

Outdoor play provided plenty of opportunities to get moving! The children enjoyed exploring the bikes, practising sitting, balancing and pushing themselves along. These experiences supported their developing coordination, spatial awareness and strength.

🎤 Expressive Arts & Design – Our Little Performers

Our musical stage proved particularly popular this week! The children loved singing and performing the actions to If You're Happy and You Know It and Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. There was plenty of singing, dancing and enthusiasm as they developed their confidence, rhythm and body awareness.

💜 What a wonderful week of learning through play! Every song, puzzle, drawing and movement has provided another opportunity for our youngest Badgers to grow in confidence, develop their independence and discover something new.

🌟 Celebrating Reading, Sport and Pupil Leadership! 📚🏅

What a fantastic afternoon of celebration at Badger Hill!

We began our assembly by recognising all of the children who completed and returned their Summer Reading Challenge sheets. It was wonderful to see just how many... of our pupils had been busy enjoying books throughout the summer holidays. Each child received a well-deserved prize in recognition of their efforts. 📖

Next, our Junior Leaders of Reading, Inara and Evelyn, took centre stage to announce our Reading Ambassadors for 2026–27.

Mrs Easby, Inara and Evelyn had been absolutely blown away by the time, thought and creativity that had gone into the applications. From beautifully written letters to imaginative drawings and fantastic videos, every application reflected a genuine love of reading. What made them even more special was knowing that the children had completed them independently, in their own time at home.

With reading playing such an important role in life at Badger Hill, we decided that this year we needed a whole 'Reading Army'! We are delighted to have appointed an incredible 17 Reading Ambassadors from across the academy, and we cannot wait to see the enthusiasm and ideas they bring to their new roles. 💜

The celebrations continued as Miss Cook, alongside our House Captains Bella, Harley, Billy and Ruby, announced the successful applicants for this year's Sports Council. Once again, the standard of applications was exceptional, with the children's passion for sport, enthusiasm and eagerness to make a difference shining through.

A huge congratulations to all of our newly appointed Reading Ambassadors and Sports Council members. Wear your badges with pride, knowing that you have earned them through your dedication, effort and enthusiasm.

We are incredibly excited to see how you embrace your responsibilities, inspire your peers and help make reading and PE at Badger Hill even better.

💜 Proud to be a Badger!