Barley Class Blog

Date:

Wednesday 25th March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Year 6 Wellness Retreat

What a wonderful afternoon at our Year 6 Wellness Retreat with parents at Laceby Stanford 🌿✨

It was fantastic to showcase our beautiful new Tipi, which created the perfect calming space for a range of wellbeing activities. From relaxing yoga sessions to thoughtful commentary cards, the afternoon was filled with opportunities to pause, reflect, and connect.

A special thank you to Zowie from Compass GO for delivering such an inspiring session on gratitude. The children (and adults!) really valued learning about the importance of wellbeing and taking time to appreciate the positives in our lives.

Moments like these remind us how important it is to nurture both mind and body 💚

Date:

Tuesday 24th March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Cross Country Event 🏃 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

On Tuesday some of our KS2 pupils represented Laceby Stanford at the annual cross country competition at Weelsby Woods. There were over 1200 competitors! We had several top 10 and top 20 finishers in the races which was amazing for our first time competing in this event! Every single pupil did us proud and showed commitment and determination in all of their races. We are very proud of them all!!

A huge thank you to all our staff who supported our pupils!

An amazing opportunity for the pupils!🏆🤩🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Date:

Friday 20th March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

🔴 Red Nose Day Fun with Barley Class 🔴

On Friday, pupils in Barley class joined in with Red Nose Day to raise vital funds for Comic Relief! 💴

Date:

Thursday 19th March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Barley Class Eid Biscuit Workshop 🌙✨

Pupils in Year 6had a lovely time at our workshop with the Wellspring Catering team, creating Eid biscuits as part of our interfaith celebrations 🌙✨

Thank you to Paul and the Wellspring team for sharing their knowledge and guiding us through the process — we learned so much and really enjoyed the experience together.

A great way to connect and celebrate 💛

Date:

Thursday 19th March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Science Week: Bird Nests

Barley Class have had a fantastic Science Week learning about how birds build their nests. Our experiment consisted of molding a nest out of clay, using materials from outside to show how we could protect eggs. We sketched our designs in our books and made predictions as to whether our nests would survive strong wind and rain.

We collected our materials from outside, choosing what we thought would help make our rests more durable, insulated and sturdy. We then used clay to mold the base for our nests before filling it with our materials. We used twigs, leaves, pipe cleaners, wool, grass, feathers and flowers inside our nests.

We then used a fan and tested each different setting to see how well our nests would hold their ‘eggs’ before watering the nests to see how they fared in the rain.

All 10 nests passed the test and proved their durability and the children had a fantastic time both making and testing their creations!

Date:

Wednesday 18th March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Pupil Interview Panel

A huge thank you to our fantastic Pupil Voice team for leading and delivering the pupil interview panel for our principal candidates.

You represented our school brilliantly, asking thoughtful questions with confidence and maturity. We are incredibly proud of the professionalism and insight you showed throughout the process—your voices truly matter! 👏

Date:

Thursday 3rd March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

World Book Day 2026 🌍 📖

Barley had a fantastic World Book day, immersing themselves in a variety of books and exciting stories! The range of costumes have been fantastic too!

Pupils focused on a short story in English where they had to use a range of descriptive language to describe a UFO that will then be used to generate an image of their UFO using AI. Following this on pupils designed and then created their own aliens linked to their story! 👽

Date:

28th January

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Gymnastics and Balances

Year 6 had a fantastic PE lesson working on gymnastics and balances 🤸‍♀️

The children focused on strength, control and communication while creating a range of individual and partner balances. It was lovely to see confidence growing and such positive teamwork throughout the lesson. A brilliant effort all round!

Date:

Monday 26th January

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Stanford Library

Year 6 had a fantastic visit to Stanford Library t 📚

We explored a range of books linked to our topic on medicine and disease, uncovering some fascinating facts and sparking lots of great discussions. The children were really engaged and excited to bring several books back to school to continue their learning.

A big thank you to Mrs Wink for welcoming us and making the library such an interesting and inspiring place to visit — we can’t wait to share what we’ve learned with her at the end of the spring term!

Date:

25th January

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Heart Rates

In Science, Year 6 planned and conducted an investigation to find out how exercise affected their heart rates💪🏼

They measured their resting heart rate, and then measured it again after taking part in some moderate and vigorous intensity exercise to see what different it had made to the heart rate.

They also worked out their recovery rates! What a fun and interactive science lesson!

Date:

Wednesday 14th January

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Year 6 Hook Day- Medicine and Disease 🦠

Year 6 pupils had a fantastic hook day, learning about medicine and disease in prehistoric and Ancient Egyptian times. We also learnt about the history of medicine and what germs are and how to prevent them from spreading! We took part in different Roman circuits as exercise prevents illness. Using our Art skills, we created our own plague masks and started to investigate germs!

We look forward to the rest of this exciting topic!

Date:

Wednesday 3rd December

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

✨ Year 6 Christmas Enterprise Success! ✨

Our Year 6 pupils worked brilliantly as a team to plan, design and create their own Christmas game stalls for the Christmas Fair – and they were a huge success!

The stalls were extremely popular, and pupils loved taking part. It was wonderful to see so much creativity, teamwork, problem-solving and excellent entrepreneurial skills on display.

We were incredibly proud of the effort, enthusiasm and independence Year 6 showed throughout the project. Well done, Year 6 – you should be very proud! 🌟👏

Date:

Wednesday 3rd December

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Year 6 Christmas Make £5 Grow Success!

Our Year 6 pupils have been busy this half term taking part in Virgin Money’s “Make £5 Grow” project, learning valuable skills in teamwork, creativity and financial responsibility. Working together, the children designed, created and marketed their own festive products, including beautifully crafted art frames and delicious reindeer pops.

Their hard work certainly paid off, with both products proving popular at our Christmas events and helping the pupils make an impressive profit. Well done to Year 6 for showing such initiative, collaboration and Christmas spirit!

Date:

30 November

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Barley Class enterprise project 2025 in full action!

Date:

23 November

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

🌟 A Very Special Assembly at Laceby Stanford Primary Academy 🌟

On Monday, our pupils were treated to an inspiring assembly led by one of our amazing ex-pupils, Aniyah, alongside Governor Mrs Robinson. Aniyah spoke to the children about her Buddy Dog, Spirit, and shared her journey to raise awareness of sight loss, the incredible work of Guide Dogs UK, and the life-changing impact a Guide or Buddy Dog can have.

Before Spirit came into her life just 8 weeks ago, Aniyah barely left the house and found daily life incredibly challenging. She had perfect vision until October 2030, but since then has been sadly losing her sight, something that has had a huge impact on her everyday life.

This week she returned to her primary school to share her story and show the pupils what a wonderfully positive difference Spirit has made.

We are so proud of Aniyah and incredibly grateful she came back to inspire our pupils. 🐾💛

Date:

19 November

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Children in Need 2025 🐻

Year 6 pupils enjoyed dressing up for Children in Need today! Within their PSHE and Computing sessions they looked at the history of Children in Need and who they have helped over the years to produce a presentation with their peers!

Date:

9 November

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

🎵 Year 6 Taiko Drumming! 🥁

Our Year 6 pupils have been working with Humber Taiko this week, building on the fantastic skills they developed last year. They’ve been learning exciting new rhythms, exploring how to work together as a team, and even creating their own original Taiko pieces!

To finish their session, they confidently performed their compositions to their peers — showing incredible rhythm, focus, and energy.

A huge thank you to Humber Taiko for another inspiring experience! 👏

Date:

9 November

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

🌟 Mentoring in Action! 🌟

Our Year 6 pupils have been wonderfully engaged this week working alongside our Foundation Stage children in Buttercup class.

They’ve been sharing their learning environment, helping with activities, and showing great leadership through mentoring and coaching. It’s been wonderful to see our oldest pupils supporting our youngest learners with such kindness, patience, and enthusiasm!

We’re so proud of how our Year 6 mentors are modelling positive relationships and teamwork — and it’s clear that our Foundation Stage pupils are loving every minute of it too! 💛

Date:

9 November

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

🎭 Drama Activity: Freeze Frames in Action! 🎭

Recently in Barley class, we took a creative twist on the classic Odyssey tale by exploring the infamous encounter with the Cyclops, Polyphemus. We used a freeze frame activity to bring the tension, action, and drama of the chapter to life!

In groups, we captured the most intense moments in still images – from Odysseus' clever deception with the "Nobody" trick, to the nerve-wracking escape as they blind the Cyclops, and the final, heart-pounding moment when Odysseus reveals his true name in a bold act of pride. 🏹🔥

Date:

15 Ocotober

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

🍁 Autumn Craft Event 🍁

Pupils had a wonderful Autumn craft event making and crafting lots of autumn themed activities! From Leaf puppets to 3D owls… lots of crafting fun! A wonderful evening! ☺️

Date:

13 Ocotober

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Fire Safety Talk

A big thank you to Humberside Fire and Rescue for delivering an engaging and informative Fire Safety Talk to our Year 5 and 6 pupils this week. The session was full of valuable insights and important reminders that helped reinforce essential fire safety knowledge. Our pupils came away better informed and more aware of how to stay safe. 🔥👏

Date:

12 Ocotober

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

We are Science investigators 💡

As part of our Electricity unit, Year 6 pupils have been investigating if different components affect the brightness of a bulb. Pupils planned their investigation, looking carefully at the variables and how to ensure to make it a fair test. Pupils then used different components to test the brightness of a bulb… great work Barley class!

Date:

17 September

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

The votes are in....!

A huge welcome to our newly appointed Head Pupils who received the most votes across the school after the Head Pupil Assembly on Friday.

They have already delved into their responsibilities and are looking forward to representing Stanford school and the pupils this year!!

Date:

17 September

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Head Pupils

The year 6 pupils were incredible on Friday as they delivered their speeches to run for head pupil. A large number of pupils had nominated themselves for this responsibility and we will find out this week which oupils were lucky enough to receive the most votes.

It was the perfect day to be running the vote as it was near International Day of Democracy. We are so proud of all of the pupils and were so impressed by the thought and effort that had gone into all of the speeches and other preparations. Pupil voice is so important to us, as a Rights Respecting school. Good luck to all of you and well done!

Date:

17 September

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Y6 - Ancient Greek Hook Day!

This term we will be learning all about the Ancient Greeks.

For our Hook Day, we discovered where the legend of the Minotaur and The Labyrinth came from, different Greek Gods and Goddesses, Ancient Greek art and architecture and discussed how the Ancient Greeks have influenced the modern world.

We are really excited to learn more about the Ancient Greeks - we will keep you posted on our Barley Class Blog!