Year 6

This afternoon some of our Year 5s and 6s took part in the Gateshead School Sports Partnership Indoor Athletics Competition. The competition was split into two parts – track and field events.  Both our boys’ and girls’ teams were  fantastic and they finished 2nd overall – missing out on first plac

As the nights get darker and colder, it is often lovely to curl up and read a book. Throughout the day, we talk to the children regularly about the importance of reading for pleasure and how it can help to develop vocabulary and develop an understanding of the world around them. This week’s books ar

This week in Maths, Year Six started a new unit on Fractions. On Monday and Tuesday, the children realised that they needed to use their knowledge of multiples and factors in order to find equivalent fractions and simplify fractions. They enjoyed playing equivalent fraction Bingo and were very compe

This week, Year 6 children took part in a Tag Rugby festival at Winlaton Rugby Club. The children braved the cold weather to put in an excellent performance with both of the teams winning matches in their groups. For many, it was their first experience of rugby and their understanding improved as th

Now is the time of year that we need to prepare our Forest School for the seasons to come. Showing the children how we can make our site sustainable and realising their own environmental impact is an important aspect of our Forest School. We spent the afternoon collecting leaves for mulching, repair

This term some of the Year 6 children have been attending a futsal club on a Thursday morning.  It has been great to get clubs up and running again!   The children have been practising their futsal skills such as passing, shooting, dribbling and other football skills. Article 29 – We all have t

This afternoon, Year Six were given the opportunity to take part in a fantastic singing taster session to promote Gateshead Youth Choir led by singer Sharon Durant. The children had lots of fun singing mash-ups of songs such as Old Town Road and Montero, Rip Tide and the Cup Song. They played clappi

Over the past couple of weeks, the children in Year 6 have been working on drawing within art lessons. They have developed their shading techniques. The unit began with the children exploring pattern and the hatching method. Following this, they have learnt how to create reflections and show light,

It is lovely reading and looking at the books to recommend each week for Book Corner. This week, there are two new books that have just been published in 2021 – both are award winning and were a pleasure to read. Invisible (Age 2-any age): A really heart-warming story of a little girl who does the h

As we reach the end of the half-term, it is excellent to see the effort that so many children have been making to read regularly. All children in KS2 should be reading using either Reading Plus or Lexia and then their Accelerated Reader books each week. Over the last fortnight the two classes with t