This half-term, Year 5 have had the opportunity to develop new skills and take part in PSHE and French lessons. In 5B, the children have been learning French. The children have been learning ‘La Date’. They have practised how to say the day of the week and month in French, building their confidenc
The children in Year 2 enjoyed a visit from Mel who works in the STEM team at Northumbria University. She began the workshop by asking the children to think about how they could look after the environment. She talked about fossil fuels and how they are found underground. The children were then
For the last couple of weeks, the children in Year 6 have studied different artists and styles of portraits and have then incorporated this learning into a producing a final piece. The children have learnt about how Picasso used a Cubist style, that was abstract and produced as if from different ang
This week, Year 3 have been developing their reading fluency through Reader’s Theatre, using our end-of-day class text. The children focused particularly on adding expression to their reading, thinking carefully about how characters might be feeling and how this should be reflected in their voices.
Rain doesn’t stop the children embracing their natural world, as you can see they have been very busy in their Forest School sessions. Making prey houses camouflaged from birds of prey. They also completed the RSPB Big School Birdwatch and were really surprised how many birds they saw despite the we
This week in Reception, we have been learning all about People Who Help Us, and we were very lucky to welcome some very special visitors into our classroom, our families! We invited parents and carers to come in and tell us about the jobs they do, and we were amazed by the wide range of interesting
This week in DT our Year 4 children have been busy developing their sewing skills by creating their very own hand puppets! The project began with the children exploring different puppet designs. They sketched their ideas, selected suitable materials and planned how they would join their fabric piece
Last week, Brother Khadim, from Newcastle Central Mosque, visited Year Two. He spoke to the children about Islam and what it is like to be a Muslim. Brother Khadim explained to the boys and girls how Muslims live their lives, including praying five times a day. Before prayer, Muslims perform Wudu
This half term Nursery have been learning all about different ways of moving and finding ‘safe spaces’. Today in PE, we have been working hard to move around the hall in a variety of different ways. We re-capped moving from one line to another pretending to be aeroplanes, giants, crabs and giraffes.
This week, Year 5 have been busy writing sentence stackers in preparation for their next piece of writing based on The Explorer. Today, the children were introduced to the language feature similes. They learnt that a simile compares one thing to another using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’. After
