Year 3

Forest School was combined with World Book Day and PSHE week for Year 3. After reading The Day the Crayons Quit in the morning, we then spent the afternoon investigating colour. The children went outside to collect natural and man-made materials. Back in class they then worked in groups to sort the

This morning, Year 3 and Year 4 were visited by the fantastic Nick, the chef! He showed us the importance of a balanced diet and healthy eating (and eating sugary/fatty foods in moderation!). We learnt how small swaps can help us lead a healthier life, and by drinking more water we will only feel hu

On Friday, a group of Year 3 and 4 girls took part in a football competition! They had lots of fun on their first ever outing as a team and tried their hardest in all of their games!  

The Year 3 tennis team have started their second round of training sessions with the aim of developing their skills further before playing in the Gateshead summer tournament. The children got back into warm-ups before practising forehands and backhands again.  It’s helped that the children have

Year 3 created a ‘Winter Wonderland’ in their Christmas tree challenge. Meanwhile a rock band took over the stage on the drums and some of the boys sorted our new den building material.

Over the last week, schools have been receiving reports of an increasing number of incidents involving inappropriate pop-ups occurring when children are accessing the internet outside of school.  This has been happening across the region but there have been isolated incidents involving pupils of Ha

To launch their new English novel,  the boys in girls in Year 3 have worked in groups to construct their own version of The Iron Man. The children have not read the story so they used clues from pictures and the text to predict what he looked like. They worked really hard to create their models whi

As the chocolate eggs in shops will be an indication of, we are now in the run-up to Easter.  Today, Reverend Mark came into school to talk to the children about the religious lead up to this special time of year for Christians. Through Reverend Mark’s assembly, the children learned about Shrove Tu

I would like to say a huge thank all the parents/carers and a family members who have added their names to the national Parliament Petition regarding school funding. As a result of the support from school communities, this issue will now be debated in Parliament on Monday 4th March.  Hopefully, alo

Children in Year 3 have been learning all about the Stone Age in class, but it’s always good to have a little taste of the real thing in our Forest School. To mark the end of this topic, we made a campfire, using wood that the children had collected and dried over the last few weeks. Around the fire