Last Thursday one of our Year 5 and 6 Football teams took part in the Felling schools FA cup. The team played excellently in all their games and played really well together as a team. We had to go to penalties to see who would go through to the final……and we came out victorious and qualified f
The children have fully embraced this terms Forest School theme All About the Team. With new teachers and new classes and some being mixed, it’s so important to support the children through this time. We want to help them to build strong relationships, open up to new experiences and treat others wit
Friday Afternoon one of our year 5 and 6 Tag rugby Teams took part in the Gateshead School Sports Partnership Tag Rugby Gateshead finals. Our team played so well as a team and have been unbeaten all the way from qualifying rounds all the way through the finals. We have finished 2nd in the whole of
This week Year One have been introduced to poetry. The children began the week by listening to, and performing a poem about a Volcano. We learnt the poem as a class and added actions. After this, we watched videos of volcanoes exploding and then even made our own volcano. The children gasped as th
This week, Year 3 had a wonderful time exploring the world of poetry! We began by listening to some of Michael Rosen’s lively and funny poems — the children loved his playful use of rhythm and expression. Inspired by his words, we then explored a new style of poetry: diamante poems. The pupils
The Gardening Club have been busy in our pond area, laying new stones in for the path, cutting back some of the trees and beginning the task of revitalising the ponds. When Miss Rowe and Bob first put our ponds in, around 10 years ago we had an abundance of frogs and toads in all three ponds. We wou
This half term, Year Six have been looking at 3D modelling during computing lessons. The children have been using the Tinkercad programme to develop editing skills and manipulate shapes on screen. Firstly, they examined the similarities and differences between working digitally with 2D and 3D grap
We have had a great week learning all about Harvest and enjoying the story Oliver’s Vegetables. We went on autumn walks, collecting leaves and natural materials to make lovely autumn pictures. At snack time, we tasted a variety of fruits and vegetables, and even used some to create paintings. We v
This week, the children have been learning how to find number bonds to 10. They all used double sided counters to help them work systematically. The children started with 10 red counters on a tens frame and wrote the first calculation: 0 + 10 = 10. After each calculation, they turned over one counte
Reading Plus is a programme used in Year 4 – Year 6 to develop the reading fluency and comprehension of the children. Since September, the children have been using the programme in school and also for homework. This week, the first children in school reached the landmark of 50,000 words. This is a h
