Curriculum news via our subject blogs
Stay up to date with the latest happenings across all curriculum areas at our school. This page is your hub for news stories, updates, and insights from every subject, giving you a closer look at the exciting learning experiences taking place.
Whether it’s a standout science experiment, a creative arts showcase, a sporting achievement, or a deep dive into literacy and numeracy, our subject blogs highlight the incredible work of our students and staff.
Check back regularly to explore fresh content and celebrate the breadth of our curriculum!
Bricknell Byline
Since September this year, we have ran a school newspaper club. This club has gathered some of the most passionate writers in Years 5 and [...]
World Book Day 2025
World Book Day 2025 was celebrated in style today! Imagine, one minute you're speaking to a pirate and the next you're comparing wands with [...]
Meeting our elected representatives
We have been lucky enough to have some very special visitors in school. The leader of Hull City Council: Councillor Ross and our local [...]
Parliament week
As part of Parliament week, we organised a whole school vote to choose a charity to support. This involved choosing the charities, writing and [...]
Supporting Hull City Council to plant trees
We have been involved in the local rewilding project supporting Hull City Council to plant trees. We had lots of fun and got very [...]
Christmas and Summer Fairs
Every year we play an important part role in the Christmas and Summer Fairs. We design, create and run our own acvitivities and have [...]
Road safetey awareness campaign
As part of Hull City Council’s Road safetey awareness campaign, we launched a competition to design some new road saftey signs to go up [...]
Hull’s Youth Parliament
Over the year we have had the opportunity to take part in lots of exciting things in our community. Take a look at what [...]
Bricknell School Council
This year we have elected a Leader of the Council and a Deputy Leader of the Council, who will meet regularly with Mrs Stannard [...]
Promoting reading across the school
Supporting reading across the school is essential for fostering a lifelong love of learning and ensuring that all pupils develop strong literacy skills. Schools [...]
Tonie Boxes
We use Tonieboxes as an interactive and engaging tool to support literacy and storytelling for younger pupils, particularly in early years and Key Stage 1. [...]
World Book Day
We love to celebrate World Book Day at Bricknell. Here are some photographs of our celebrations over the years. [...]
Girls football competition
The Year 5/6 girls from Bricknell were first to compete in the 7-a-side @HullActiveSch football competition, and what a fantastic performance they delivered! Bricknell [...]
Inter school competition with Priory Primary
Some of our Year 6 pupils had an incredible morning taking part in a variety of sporting activities organised by @PhysFoundations. The event was filled [...]
Bricknell Blue team
A huge congratulations to the Bricknell Blue team for their outstanding performance at the @HullActiveSch 7-a-side football competition! Despite battling through atrocious weather conditions, the [...]
7-a-side competition
Bricknell Yellow and Bricknell Red both participated in the @HullActiveSch 7-a-side competition, performing admirably throughout. The teams displayed incredible resilience, teamwork, and a positive [...]
Panathlon event
Bricknell took a group of Year 6 pupils to the @HullActiveSch Panathlon: Boccia event, and they had a fantastic morning. The children embraced learning a [...]
Cross Country event
At the @HullActiveSch Cross Country event, the Year 6 girls performed admirably well. Out of 100 pupils, Bricknell had a 55th, 40th, 26th and a brilliant [...]
Year 6 – PE
Year six have focused on the units of Dance and Movement and Invasion (Hockey) In their Interpretive Dance and Movement unit, Year six worked [...]
Year 2 – PE
In Year 2, PE lessons this term have centred around Dance and Movement as well as Invasion Games, with a particular focus on Tag [...]
Year 5 – PE
This term, Year 5 have been focusing on gymnastics and invasion games, developing key skills in both areas. In gymnastics, the children have worked [...]
Year 4 – PE
In PE this term, Year 4 have been focusing on invasion games and gymnastics, developing a range of technical skills across both areas. In [...]
Year 3 – PE
The focus for Year 3 this term has been on invasion games and gymnastics, with a variety of skills being developed across both units. [...]
EYFS – PE
In EYFS, the focus in PE this term has been on developing fundamental ball skills. The children have been working on key movements such [...]
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