This week, year four visited the ISKON Hindu Temple in Newcastle, as part of their RE topic. Our host explained and demonstrated many of the key beliefs of Hindus, and how they practice their faith. The children heard about the Gods and Goddesses, explored important artefacts, were told stories, lis
This week, Reception class had a brilliant time taking part in Sign Language Week. We’re especially proud to learn more about British Sign Language because we have a friend in our class who uses cochlear implants, and it’s important to us that everyone can communicate and feel included. Our wond
This week in Year 5, the children have continued their Geography unit by exploring biomes. Building on their prior learning, the children revisited the difference between weather and climate, and identified the range of climates found across the Earth. They were then introduced to the concept of bio
This week Year One have thoroughly enjoyed being artists in the classroom. They have practised drawing a variety of lines, using marker pens – straight, wriggly, curved and zig zag and then transferred these skills to painting different lines. We discovered that it was more difficult to paint line
As we enjoy the change in the weather so the time has come to get busy in the garden. Whilst Reception children have been cooking up a storm in the mud kitchen, Year 2 and 3 have been getting some Jerusalem artichokes in the ground and setting up pots ready to plant seeds in the poly tunnel. Old dea
This week, the Year 6 children have made vegetable pasties in the air fryers which they all enjoyed! As part of the history work this term, Year 6 have been learning about coal mining. The children learnt that miners ate pasties because they were a durable, self-contained, and a portable meal that
In PE, Year Two have been learning a dance to Thriller, by Michael Jackson. Before learning the routine, the children learned that music is counted in beats of eight. They listened to the song and practised clapping eight beats at a time. Throughout the dance, the boys and girls perform as if they a
This term, Nursery are looking at the sport of gymnastics! We have started a new unit of work for PE, called Jumping Jacks. We will be looking at lots of different ways of travelling, moving and jumping to become fantastic gymnasts. This week we started by doing some mat work which focused on di
Our current focus in Maths is fractions – revisiting some elements from Year 2, and adding in some new challenges with unit and non-unit fractions and then comparing and ordering them. Today we used the red and yellow counters to look at how you can demonstrate and write unit fractions, and how they
This week in Reception we talked about Mothers’ Day and the important people who look after us. We read My Mum is Fantastic by Nick Butterworth and shared the things that make our mums or special people important to us. The children used watercolours to explore colour mixing and painted spring f
