Curriculum

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

This half term, as part of the topic, ‘How Precious Life is..’ the Year 6 children have been learning about the history of coal and how important it was to the local area. Initially, the children learnt about the significance of the coal mines in the North East. They considered what coal was use

In maths this week, year 4 have been finding the perimeter of polygons. They have used the features of regular polygons to calculate perimeter by using their times tables knowledge. For irregular polygons, they have explored different addition strategies to find the most efficient method. Calculatin

After a block of calculating, we are enjoying a couple of weeks getting stuck into measurement. We started this week revisiting the smaller units of length (mm and cm) and then extending this on to metres.  Within measurement, we look at how to record measurement, how to measure something and draw

This week, the Year One children started their Design and Technology block, with a focus on weaving. Our project is to design, make and evaluate a table mat. The week started with conducting some research about table mats. The children were able to look at table mats and say what materials they thou

The snow and ice certainly played its part in slowing down our planned work for the yard but could not stop it!  With hard work, determination and reliance, Bill finally completed his work creating our newest play area. With the small apparatus removed, a large soft surface area has been developed

As part of our whole school STEM Week, Reception had a fantastic time taking part in exciting science activities. We were very lucky to be visited by Mrs Old, our Science Leader, who helped the children explore forces through fun, hands-on learning. The children investigated pushes and pulls using a

This week, our school has been buzzing with creativity, problem-solving and innovation as we celebrated STEM Week. Every year group took part in exciting hands-on activities designed to develop skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, and it has been fantastic to see our pupils thinking