In History, Year Two have been learning about King Henry VIII. To begin, the children learned about the infamous King’s family. They found out that his older brother, Arthur, was supposed to be King. However, Arthur became very sick and died, meaning Henry took the crown. They also learned that Henr
This half term, both classes in Year 5 have enjoyed learning new French vocabulary and phrases based on dates and birthdays on the unit Quelle est la date aujourd’hui? When learning French, the children have the opportunity to practise and develop their speaking, listening, reading, writing and phon
Continuing our topic on Journey’s, Reception have been learning about some of the animals that live in Africa. We looked at some art work by Edward Tingatinga, a famous African artist, and used this as inspiration to create our own art work. The children carefully drew around stencils of African
Children in Year 4 spent the morning in our Forest School den building in the trees. Previously they have created different styles of natural shelter, including many free standing variations. Using existing trees as a start point and the natural topography of the land, encourages a different set of
There have been some strange goings on in our Forest School today. Early this morning Miss Rowe was doing her usual site check, making sure everything was ship-shape ready for the children. When she came to the fire-pit a little forest feast had been laid out…..berries and seeds, some little biscu
This term, Year Six have been considering how to classify living things in Science lessons. The children learned about the five different kingdoms that living organisms are divided into. They then created their own classification keys to sort bees thinking about their observable differences. This wa
Year One have been learning all about Christian churches. They have learnt what happens in a church and features of a church both inside and outside. On Wednesday everyone was really excited to visit St. Ninian’s church in Low Fell. Both classes walked down to the church showing extremely respectful
To finish off our RE topic this term we enjoyed a visit to the IKSON Hindu Temple in Newcastle. Kirtida always gives us such a warm welcome and it is great for the children to be able to put into context and ask questions about the Hindu faith, beliefs and ways that the faith affects people’s live
In RE, the boys and girls are enjoying learning about the Jewish faith. They began by locating Jerusalem and the Western Wall and discussed why these are special places to Jewish people. They then identified objects which would be found in a synagogue and learned about their importance. On Wednesday
The digital programmes that the children have access to are incredibly important in developing reading fluency and comprehension skills. Studies show that those children who use them regularly, will make accelerated progress. It is excellent to see the vast majority of children engaging with these p
