Curriculum

This term, Year 5 have been putting their culinary skills to the test in Design and Technology as part of our exciting Life in the Rainforest topic. The children designed and made their very own homemade “Dorito-style” crisps using tortilla wraps. After carefully cutting the wraps into triangles

This week, Reverend Elaine delivered a special Easter assembly to the boys and girls across school. After sharing memories of their ‘biggest surprises’, the children explored the true meaning of Easter through storytelling, reflection, and even a bit of drama. Volunteers enthusiastically acted out p

In Maths, Year Two have been learning all about measuring. They have measured the height, length and mass of different objects, as well as the volume of liquid in containers. To begin, the children measured the height and length of classroom objects using centimetres. They made sure to line the edge

This half term, 40 brave children from Years 5 and 6 took part in the Gateshead School Sports Partnership annual Dance Festival at The Glasshouse in Gateshead. There are no auditions for this – anyone can take part – and getting up on stage in front of hundreds of other children, parents and family

Our Science topic this term has been all about the skeleton – from animals to humans – we have looked at different types of skeletons and also the muscles and tendons that allow us to move. We started looking at classifying living things as vertebrates or invertebrates, then looked at skeleton types

Reception have had a busy and exciting time learning about Africa. We started by reading We All Went on Safari and A is for Africa, which helped us learn about African animals, landscapes and daily life. We then enjoyed Tinga Tales and explored the colourful artwork of Edward Tingatinga. The childre

This week Year One have been learning about the life cycle of a frog. The children started their learning journey by watching a video of a real-life frog grow. The children were amazed at the different growing stages of a frog – frogspawn, tadpole, froglet and frog. The pupils created a frog mobil

In R.E. Year 6 have been learning about why Jewish people celebrate the story of Passover. The children enjoyed finding out about the different plagues that were sent and discussing which they felt would be the worst. However, once they understood the serious nature and the repercussions they realis

On Tuesday, the children in Year 5 took a visit to Newcastle Central Mosque to continue their RE unit.  Throughout the day, the children recapped what they had already learned about in school about the Islamic faith. The children were able to see the minbar (where the Imam who leads the prayers and

This week in their Art lessons, the children in Year 2 have been using their creative skills to design and make a bag.  They began by exploring how to print with fruit using different coloured paints.  They were then set a challenge to draw some designs of their own.  They thought about which two