This year, the children in Year Five have had the opportunity to learn how to play the guitar as part of their extra-curricular activities. Over the term, the children have worked with talented guitar teacher Mr Strong to learn the names of the notes on the guitar and the finger positions. They al
It has been a very busy half term for our girls football team. They have taken part in 2 competitions over the last couple of weeks. The first one was held at Gateshead Power League in Dunston there were 32 teams who took part. We played some group games which we won our group and then it was the kn
Last Week our two year 5 and 6 cricket teams took part in the Gateshead SSP Cricket Tournament which was held at Felling Cricket Club. Both teams played really well as a team especially when they were fielding communication between players was really good to hear. Every child had a go at batting and
This week, the children in Year 5 have worked hard to write a narrative extract based on Oranges in No Man’s Land. Last week, the children began by looking at an example narrative extract, evaluating the layout, language and composition. The children identified language features such as relative c
Today, the boys and girls in Year Two transformed into rock stars to launch a new Maths app – Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS). The children looked fantastic with coloured hair, bandanas and even tattoos. The children listened to a short assembly all about TTRS and couldn’t wait to get started. When t
This term in RE, the boys and girls have been learning about the sacrament of baptism. They began by learning about John the Baptist. They were able to retell his story using visual prompts and explain its significance for those of the Christian faith. Understanding John the Baptist told people to
In Year 6, this week the art unit of work has focused on sculpture. To begin the unit of work, the children looked at the work of a famous sculptor – Henry Moore. This allowed the children to see how he had created sculptures and how the outline shapes were more important in their artwork than lot
Nursery have been on an adventure across the seven seas and became PIRATES! This week we have been learning about pirates. We learnt that they travel across the sea on boats to find hidden treasure on islands. We used our creative skills to make boats from junk modelling resources. We had to test th
Thank you to all the parents, carers, grandparents and family members who came to our Year 4 Art Exhibition and Sharing Assembly this week. After a brief introduction about the curriculum, it was great that the children could tell you about the art they had done, the skills used and their work with
This week in Reception, we have been reading The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. The children loved joining in with the repeated phrases in the story and were amazed that the Gruffalo was scared of the tiny mouse. In the story, the mouse tells the animals what the Gruffalo’s favourite foods are. So
