Curriculum

This week, we launched our very first Wheely Wednesday, and it was a huge hit with our Year 6 pupils! As part of the trial, children were invited to bring their own scooters and rollerblades to use safely in the MUGA area during playtime and lunchtime. The excitement was clear from the moment they a

This week, Reception has been full of festive fun! After reading the story Santa Post, the children were inspired to write their own letters. We practised using our phonics to write down our ideas as independently as possible. As part of our learning, we also discovered what happens to a letter once

Today, Reception had a very exciting visit from the trainee dentists from the Northumbria University Brush Up Team! The children were delighted to meet the visitors and learn all about what it’s like to be a dentist. The trainee dentists talked about the different jobs they do each day, from helpi

This week in Nursery we started the first of our Christmas activities. We enjoyed listening to a story called “letters to Santa” and began by thinking about how we could write him a letter. We then used our super mark making skills to record what gifts we would like to receive on Christmas Day.

The children in Year 1 began their first block of Geography this week.    They learnt that we live in England and that it is part of the United  Kingdom.  They enjoyed looking at a map of the world and then looking at the four countries that make up the United Kingdom. The children made their ow

The children in Year 2 have been working hard to design and make their own fire engines.  Firstly, they looked at some toy fire engines and talked about the features, describing which ones they liked and also providing reasons why.  They enjoyed drawing their own engines and labelling features suc

This half term some of the children from Year 4 and 5 have been attending sewing club with Mrs Jennings. Firstly, the children learnt to thread a needle and tie a knot so the thread would not come straight through the material. Then they learnt to sew a single stitch. Binca material was used to use

As part of a Sports England Project we are working with our friends, the residents of Angel Court, in physical workshops. These incorporate strength building and movement to increase flexibility, balance, confidence and social connections for health and wellbeing. We have seen firsthand the impact t

Working as a team so that you are successful can often be a challenge, lots of ideas and personalities to accommodate. Different learning and communication styles, it can be a real struggle and takes practice. A small team may be easier to manage but may lack variety of ideas, a large team can bring

In Maths year One have been learning about shape.  First, we learnt the names of some shapes – circle, square, triangle and rectangle.  We then used these shapes to draw a shape picture.  We were extremely creative.  A shape robot, a train and a castle were amongst the ideas. Later in the week