This week in Reception, we read the story Squirrel’s New Years Resolution. The children shared their experiences of Christmas and new year at circle time and we talked about things we would like to achieve in the coming year. The children had some great aspirations such as, learning to swim or ridin
This week, Year 6 have been having lots of Christmas fun as they prepared for Santa at the weekend. They have made cards, calendars and baubles and danced, played games and eaten at their party. It has made them all feel festive and ready for a break after a hard term of work! Article 31: We all hav
We started this project in 2021 as a legacy collectable for children who move through our school. This year we introduced a new set of baubles for each year group so that the children can collect one each year as they get older, and hopefully keep them way into the future. Reception / Nursery an
Across school at the end of term, all the children take part in a quiz using the app Mentimeter. This quizzes them on all things to do with foundation lessons such as History, Geography, Art, PE, Science and more….The classes ring out with cheers and drum rolls. The children are really used to t
The Year One children were invited to take part in a Christmas drawing competition with Tesco Gateshead. The pupils were asked to draw pictures showing a Christmas scene of their choice. The children enjoyed drawing pictures of snowmen, Christmas trees, presents and of course, Santa Claus! They trie
We headed out into the clear, crisp, frosty morning, first a game of sticky feet. Whenever the leader shouts “Sticky Feet!” the children group together, joining up their feet. Once in the circle we talked about woodland creatures, the children pick an animal and discuss it’s recognisable characteris
The children in class 2B have enjoyed Art Club this half term. They got creative through a range of cutting, colouring and drawing activities. In December, they experimented with tie dying, They tied a piece of white fabric using elastic bands and then used a dip dying technique to colour thei
Our Forest School wanted to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth by taking part in the The Queen’s Green Canopy, this project is proud to be creating a living legacy with over a million trees planted in Her Majesty’s name across the nation during the first planting season, October 2021 to March 20
It has been a busy few weeks at Angel court, where the children, residents and artist, Neil Canavan, have been building the new henhouse. It takes pride of place in the Platinum Parterre sensory garden we’ve created to celebrate the Queens Jubilee. This community space encourages the residents to co
This week, the children in Reception have been taking part in National Nursery Rhyme Week. This year, the suggested rhymes were B-I-N-G-O, The Big Ship Sails on the Alley, Alley, o, Twinkle, Twinkle, 12345 Once I Caught a Fish Alive and 5 Little Speckled Frogs. The children enjoyed performing thes
