Year 5 spent a lovely afternoon planning and creating their own river beds. They had a variety of materials to choose from: rock, wood, soil, clay, sand, and any other natural materials that they could find in our Forest School. By using any combination of these resources they were tasked with makin
Year 4 loved investigating which materials were conductors and which were insulators. They built simple circuits with bulbs, buzzers or motors, then tested different materials such as copper coins, wooden pencils and plastic rulers. They all agreed that the only material that was an electrical condu
In RE this week, year 4 have been learning about the miracles that Jesus performed and thinking about their importance. The children displayed some excellent acting skills when they performed as a group to tell the story of the miracles.
Year 3 have been learning how to ink up a slab and use a roller to create different effects. The boys and girls etched into a slab to create a monoprint and they rolled over different surfaces and textures. The children will apply these skills next week to create a monoprint inspired by the Ancient
In Year 3 the boys and girls have been learning about addition and subtraction using 3 digit numbers. The children used Base10 apparatus to support their learning.
During plan, do and review, the boys and girls made a bus in the outdoor area. It even had stairs as it was a double decker bus. The children said it was the number 10 bus and it was going to Newcastle. They made signs and tickets for the bus. Everyone worked together as a team.
The children in Year 2 have been finding out lots of interesting fact about some of their favourite local landmarks. Some of these included: The Angel of the North, Saltwell park, St James’ park and The Millenium Bridge. They created a presentation in pairs to present to the rest of the class. Fanta
Year 6 are planning to write the diary of an evacuee child, David, during World War II. To prepare for this, they used props and artifacts to generate discussion and ideas for writing. They enjoyed the activity as it helped them imagine what events might have happened in his life.
Year 6 were lucky enough to be invited to Joseph Swan to carry out some Forensic science work. They didn’t feel quite so lucky when they were told they would be carrying out tests on the teachers’ ‘urine’ to see who had stolen all of the biscuits. despite this, the children enjoyed using chemicals t
Our Computing Club is extremely popular. The children have enjoyed visiting websites and creating posters and powerpoints with Mr Hewett.
