After a gloriously warm weekend, the children have all come into school today with a positive outlook but with, understandably, a little apprehension regarding their new classes. Once the first hurdle of getting to their new classrooms was achieved (which went very well!), the children listened to M
Today, 24 of our amazing Athletes competed in an athletics festival at Gateshead International Stadium. The children competed against 48 other schools in a range of track and field events. We had some fantastic results as well as the children showing maturity and skill in their events! We had an ama
Mrs Blinkhorn and Mrs Old’s class were very lucky to have two sets of visitors on Friday in relation to the World Transplant games that are going to be held in the region this summer. In the morning, the class learnt about the important work regarding organ donation. In the afternoon, two local arti
Year 4 created a huge variety of small mammal homes in their Forest school session. We discussed which mammals are native to the British Isles and what can impact on their environment. It was interesting to see how the children interpreted the challenge. Some trying to replicate as closely as possib
Year 4 are learning about risk benefit in their Forest School sessions. Actively teaching the children to analyse activities in detail, gives them a further depth of knowledge and encourages more independence. This week after some discussion in class children put themselv
This morning, our fantastic Year 3 and Year 4 athletes took part in the 15th year of Glynwood Games! The pupils all showed fantastic skills in all of the events and should be proud of the effort they showed today. Both our teams came 3rd overall, with our Year 3 team missing out on second place by j
This morning, Year 4 were lucky enough to have some parents/carers join us for a morning of times tables! The children (and adults) took part in a carousel of activities exploring times tables in lots of different ways. There were activities on iPads, Tarsia puzzles, Times Up Towers, Times Up Cards
June 5th is ‘World Environment Day’ led by the United Nations with the aim of raising awareness and putting actions into place which will help protect the world in which we live. There are many ways in which our lifestyles have a negative impact upon our environment. However, there are many ways i
Yesterday, six Year 4 children went to Kingsmeadow to compete against different schools playing netball. They played fantastically as a team and really enjoyed showing off their netball skills they learnt with their coach last term.
Today, Year 4 started playing their first tennis matches. The children really enjoyed the challenge of having to get the ball over the net, as well as trying to return the ball towards their partners. Everyone struggled at first but over the course of the lesson, there were huge improvements made by
