Arts
Cornet Harmony
Tuesday saw the long-anticipated return of the cornet master himself, Mr. Lennon! The Year...
Tremendous Trees
This week Year 1 have been learning all about evergreen and deciduous trees. They have tried...
Art
This week we have been creating our own pieces abstract art inspired by Wassily Kandinsky. Can you...

Year 2 Awesome Art
This week we have been asked to draw some pictures of daffodils for our local church. We...
Read MoreTremendous Titanic
In their remote learning, Year 2 have designed and created models of the Titanic. The children had to follow an online tutorial to help with drawing the great ship. The work was then labelled – yes, all the...
Read MoreSpreading Christmas Cheer
We were delighted to present our friends and #WonderfulCommunity partners Woodlands Lodge...
Read MoreMerry Christmas
Our Year 5 Brass Stars have teamed up to present Jingle Bells for everyone in our #WonderfulCommunity. Merry Christmas to all from Year 5, enjoy their efforts here.
Read MoreFlute Star
One of our fab flautists has made Mr. Wood’s day with this rendition of his very favourite song. (Mr. Wood’s that is.) Simply beautiful.
Read MoreChristmas Magic
Get your St. Mary’s Academy Trust Christmas CD right now! Available for £5 or together with the West Meadows Christmas DVD as a special bundle at £7.50 – the CD will certainly help brighten anyone’s Christmas in 2020!...
Read MoreArtists in EYFS 1
Experimenting with colour, improving hand eye coordination and gross motor skills, artistic...
Read MoreThe Christmas Concert That Comes to You!
Check your Parent Pay folks as the Christmas DVD is now on sale! For only £3.50 you can enjoy a EYFS 1 Sing Song, the EYFS 2 Nativity and Y1-Y6 starring in Strictly Come The Xmas Factor! Why not try the DVD with our...
Read MoreChristmas CD
Many thanks to the Barnsley Chronicle who visited us after hearing of the St. Mary’s Academy Trust...
Read MoreThe Making of the Christmas CD
What a day we had in school whilst recording our contribution towards the St. Mary’s Academy Trust Christmas CD! It was wonderful to work with James and Jack Dickson as Mr. Robson and Mr. Ormondroyd arranged for our...
Read MoreJingle Bells
It looks and sounds like our musicians are preparing for the most magical time of the year1 Enjoy their latest offerings right here, they are sounding superb. Really well done.
Read MoreMosaic Magic
Many thanks to Gavin Joynt who has helped us to produce our magnificent new entrance area artwork through the medium of photography. The photo mosaics displayed around school were created by Gavin who is a local...
Read MoreSketching Stars in Y6
We were delighted to welcome Mrs Hannaghan to Year 6 before half term to teach us some...
Read MoreEYFS 1 Wild Walkers Halloween 2020
We have such a great time on our wild walk. We did lots of exploring, found Halloween pictures, made magic wands, had a story about Winnie’s amazing pumpkin and made a spell.
Read MoreAmazing Art
This week in art with Mrs Hanaghan we have enjoyed learning how to mix different...
Read MoreFab Flutes
Miss Laycock has inspired two of our Year 5 Stars in their learning of the flute! Some excellent work to be enjoyed here. Beautiful!
Read MoreMaestro Magic
Year 5 were treated to a royal visit from The Maestro himself! He taught us all about the...
Read MoreBand Rehearsal 2
We are counting down to Joseph – the band has met and are beginning to sound terrific. Thank you to everyone who has been involved and for staying so late in to the night after a day’s work. The results will prove that it...
Read MoreDance 2020
Congratulations to our Dance Team. They competed in the locality competition at Tankersley and wowed a huge audience. Thank you to Ellie for her expertise and to Miss Grange for her leadership. A super afternoon –...
Read MoreStrike Up The Band
Many thanks to Mr. Ormondroyd for compiling our very own ‘Joseph Band’ who rehearsed in school with some of the leading cast members. We had a great time; enjoy this sneak preview of how we are sounding. With more...
Read MoreBrass Team Rehearsal
We are delighted to be part of an exciting opportunity for our school brass band. Mapplewell Brass, Birdwell Brass, West Meadows & Wellgate Brass will join together and perform as ‘Barnsley Primary Brass’ at the...
Read MoreMusical Extravaganza 2020
What a Night! Our Musical Extravaganza 2020 was shared with a packed audience (thank you #WonderfulCommunity.) The children were absolutely superb! We wish to congratulate all of our performers and of course Mr....
Read MoreMosaic Magic
We were visited by artist Andrew Wynne in school. Years 5 and 6 created a wonderful piece in just one day measuring 1m x 1m. It hangs proudly in reception (thank you Mr. Smith.) The mosaic is made from durable materials...
Read MoreHelping Others
Fantastic! This amazing Year 4 Star has seen that Australia could do with a helping hand at...
Read MoreMade in Barnsley-Hem
Our Years 3, 4 and 5 captivated 2 enormous audiences with our Maestro’s latest offering ‘Made in Barnsley-Hem.’ What a triumph. Enormous congratulations to Mr. Ormondroyd for the script and songs, composed entirely by him! Just...
Read MoreChristingle 2019
Christingle 2019 What a fantastic, spiritual and moving way to end the year and longest school term! Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 visited Father Richard and Hoyland St. Peter’s Church for our 2019 Christingle Service. Arranged by...
Read MoreMusic Hub Concert
Many thanks to Barnsley Music Hub. The children were entertained superbly by the Brass Tutors in a superb Brass Quartet. A fantastic festive treat. Enjoy their efforts right here.
Read MoreNativity – The West Meadows Musical
A wonderful occasion – devised by our own magical maestro himself, Mr. Ormondroyd. A truly special version of one of the most beautiful stories was loved by packed audiences. Our eldest stars narrated the script as Year 1...
Read MoreEYFS Magic – The Nativity 2019
Wow! What amazing performances! Our youngest stars have been showcasing their music, dance and acting skills to a packed audience. The most amazing story of the Nativity was just beautiful and we are SO proud of everyone...
Read MoreWoodlands Lodge 2019
Our wonderful school choir visited Woodlands Lodge, our local family run care home to entertain a very enthusiastic audience with their Christmas Repertoire. The singing was lovely and it is always a pleasure to work alongside...
Read MoreChristmas Cornets 2019
We enjoyed a superb afternoon with the Year 5 Christmas Cornets and the amazing Mr. Lennon. Inside a few short weeks he has worked his miracles with our musicians. We also enjoyed a Year 6 Soloist during the Christmas bonus. A...
Read MoreYear 6 Class Assembly – December 2019
We enjoyed a superb Assembly from Year 6 which included work from Penistone, Rome and a Musical Masterclass too! Thank you to our #WonderfulCommunity for your support as a packed audience enjoyed so much learning from the first...
Read MoreYear 2 Assembly November 2019
Year 2 provided our #WonderfulCommunity with a superb Class Assembly. They have been studying explorers with Christopher Columbus their primary source of inspiration. We loved meeting such a marvellous pioneer. Columbus...
Read MoreYear 5 Cornet Stars
We have loved our music lessons this half term with Mr Lennon. We have loved learning all about how to read music and some of us even played in our class assembly! Check out our favourite song, ‘We’re...
Read MoreCommunity Choir
Mrs. O’Loughlin helped supervise our parents and children through the Community Choir. We selected Mr Wood’s favourite Christmas Song to share, yeah, yeah, yeah. Enjoy and remember all members of our #WonderfulCommunity are...
Read MoreNursery Rhyme Time -2019
Fabulous work from our Foundation Stage Stars as our #WonderfulCommunity was immersed in all things Nursery Rhymes. We loved the children singing their favourite songs. Thank you to all of the staff for their hard work, thank...
Read MoreYear 1 Assembly November 2019
Fabulous entertainment was lapped up by all as Year 1 shared their learning with our #WonderfulCommunity (thank you for your support) via their brilliant Class Assembly. The children were superb as they shared a range of...
Read MoreYear 1 Artists
Some beautiful portraits were seen in Assembly – we thought everyone should see them in their own right! Brilliant work, really well done.
Read MoreYear 5 Assembly November 2019
Year 5 presented their learning to an enthralled audience of our #WonderfulCommunity in their latest Class Assembly. The range of work was terrific: science, art, ICT, English and Geography were all covered during a superb...
Read MoreYear 4 Assembly November 2019
Well done to Year 4. They entertained our #WonderfulCommunity with a spectacular show around Vikings and this era in our history. Some excellent singing, superb acting and a whole host of historical facts were shared with a most...
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