Year 6

English In English, we will spend two days reading and comprehending the text; one day on the grammar focus and two days planning, writing and editing a text. Text – Explanation: How can the Snoozatron help you sleep? Explanation text Snoozatron Video Comprehension Summarise the key steps to expl

Yet another week has passed and for some of you this may have been your last week learning from home. For those of you who will be returning to school next week, we look forward to seeing your smiling faces and hearing all about the fun activities you have entertained yourselves with during lockdown

As families will know, due to various concerns, Gateshead schools made a collective decision to delay the wider reopening of schools beyond the priority children until Monday 8th June, at the earliest.  With the current information coming out at the end of last week, it very much appears that this

Task – Read All About It! Newspaper Report I am sure that you have all been watching the news and finding out information from the government’s daily briefing. This week, your challenge is to write a newspaper article. You can decide what you want the article to be about. It might be a real event; i

Have you had a go at this week’s challenge?  We created the Class of 2020 but couldn’t quite match the names to the faces so needed your help! If you have tried, then the answers are attached.  If you have not tried, then try not to sneak a peek at them and you can still have a go. Well done if yo

Exciting news: J. K. Rowling is releasing a new book called ‘The Ickabog.’ It is her first children’s book since the legendary Harry Potter series. She has decided that she would like children to illustrate it! Below, is a link with details and also the story, which will be released in chapters each

As the government announces cautious changes to the lockdown restrictions, there is great excitement in being able to do a little more, especially more of a chance to see family face-to-face, even if that is in a restricted manner.  In all the information sharing about how we will open up in a grad

We announce with great sadness Vi Symons died suddenly on Sunday 17th May.   Vi had a 38 year teaching career, 12 of which were as Head Teacher of Harlow Green Infant School.  A dedicated professional who met anyone stepping through the school doors with enthusiasm and friendliness, Vi had a repu

Another week of home learning completed and it is brilliant to see so many of you engaging in the writing tasks that have been set. We have thoroughly enjoyed reading your setting descriptions and some were incredibly eerie when describing abandoned and empty places. It is also lovely to hear about

Potential Phased Reopening of Schools in Gateshead Dear Parent/Carers. I wrote to you all last week in relation to the potential reopening of school to greater numbers of pupils beyond those from priority groups who have been accessing childcare over the last few weeks.  This was in light of the go