Year One had a fantastic time at Beamish this week and luckily, the weather remained dry. The children were thrilled to be going on a coach at last and after an immensely exciting bus journey, we arrived at Beamish. We tried to visit as many places at Beamish as possible. The children visited th
In R.E. the children have been learning about Pentecost. Year 6 were all familiar with the Easter Story, but the events after Jesus’s ascension to heaven were something new to them. They enjoyed finding out about key symbols and their relevance and then completing a storyboard to show the key events
Year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to be visited by the local MP for Gateshead Ian Mearns on Friday. He has been the MP for Gateshead for the past 13 years and has served as a local Councillor for the Saltwell area for over 40 years. Ian shared with the children some of the work that he had done around
In geography this term, the children in Year 3 have been learning about our local area. First, they researched rural and urban areas to identify these different areas. In order to investigate how Harlow Green has changed over time, the children studied a range of historical maps of the area. They we
This unit, in Design and Technology, we have been looking at different food groups, produce from Brazil and made the final product alfajores. We started the unit by getting the children to look at their food diaries and investigate which food groups they could identify in their diet. We recapped the
This week, we had a special visitor in school. Nurse Wendy, who works at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Gateshead, visited Reception and Year 1 to talk about what happens if you have to visit the hospital. She reassured the children that there is nothing to worry about if you have to visit the
Great excitement in our Forest School this week as Oliver’s tree surgeons came in to carry out some routine work. The children were very curious to know who these “orange men” were, so in class Miss Rowe explained why woodland needs active management to ensure that the trees are healthy and safe. We
This week in PSHE, we have explored the way of communicating. We started by looking at the different ways people have communicated throughout history and how this has changed to the modern day. Then, we explored the terms ‘secret’ and ‘confidential’ thinking about what they mean and where we have he
In Year 4 this term, we have been learning all about mountain ranges. The children have used Google Earth to locate them in the world, as well as using street view to take a walk around the mountains (which they thoroughly enjoyed!). While exploring Google Earth, the children learnt facts about the
Year One have enjoyed learning to measure this week. We started off by investigating some items that are heavy and some items that are light. Next we used balance scales to compare the weight of two objects. We discovered that when we weighed a heavy object, the balance scale went down whilst a ligh
