This week, the boys and girls in Year 3 were introduced to their new class text – The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman. They began by exploring clues, including a sparkler and an elephant, and shared their ideas about the type of text it might be and what it could be about. They eagerl
This week, year 4 launched their new English text for this half term, which is a collection of Greek Myths adapted for children. The children began by learning about the story of Perseus and Medusa. They watched an animated version of the story, then they used it to create and perform their own vers
This week Nursery have been learning the importance of recycling. We have been looking at a mini topic of the seaside and we watched a video that explained by 2050, the prediction is, there will be more waste in our oceans and seas than sea life! We were all so shocked by this and we decided to look
This week, the children in Year 6 have continued to work on 3D sculptures in art. They compared the work of Giacometti with that of Henry Moore and were encouraged to use artistic vocabulary in their discussions. They then designed their own sculptures in Giacometti’s elongated style. The theme for
This week we introduced our new English text – Meerkat Mail. The book was initially a mystery. The children had to find the main character in the book by going on a safari hunt on the school field. Luckily it was a gloriously sunny day. Firstly, everyone made a safari name badge. Next, t
This year, the children in Year Five have had the opportunity to learn how to play the guitar as part of their extra-curricular activities. Over the term, the children have worked with talented guitar teacher Mr Strong to learn the names of the notes on the guitar and the finger positions. They al
It has been a very busy half term for our girls football team. They have taken part in 2 competitions over the last couple of weeks. The first one was held at Gateshead Power League in Dunston there were 32 teams who took part. We played some group games which we won our group and then it was the kn
Last Week our two year 5 and 6 cricket teams took part in the Gateshead SSP Cricket Tournament which was held at Felling Cricket Club. Both teams played really well as a team especially when they were fielding communication between players was really good to hear. Every child had a go at batting and
This week, the children in Year 5 have worked hard to write a narrative extract based on Oranges in No Man’s Land. Last week, the children began by looking at an example narrative extract, evaluating the layout, language and composition. The children identified language features such as relative c
Today, the boys and girls in Year Two transformed into rock stars to launch a new Maths app – Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS). The children looked fantastic with coloured hair, bandanas and even tattoos. The children listened to a short assembly all about TTRS and couldn’t wait to get started. When t
