Miss Rowe brought two of our hens, Nora and Silkie, to visit the Toddler group on Friday. As you can see the children were bold and the hens enjoyed all the attention. They even got some treats too. The children were eager to touch the feathers and were surprised at how soft the hens are. We hope th
Our visits to Angel Court continue with printmaker Hannah. This week the residents and children scored nature inspired designs into polystyrene sheets to create print blocks. For inspiration the children picked flowers and blooms from the garden and looked at images of garden flowers and insects.
The younger children in school have been learning about Spikes and Stings and Sticky things this term. This encompasses slightly more risky plants; stinging nettles, brambles, thistles etc. Insects that may cause harm if provoked; bees, wasps, the occasional earwig, and Stick Safety; how we move
This week, Reception have been very busy learning all about recycling. They began by reading ‘Somebody swallowed Stanley’ and discussing why it is important to keep our rubbish out of the ocean. We looked at different materials and discussed what we could recycle and what we could not. The children
The first task of the morning was to check if the wild flower seeds we sowed are starting to sprout. Difficult at this stage to see which are flowers and which are weeds, but nothing goes to waste as we’ll pick the weeds out and give them to the hens. The children were excited to see how quickly t
Our celebration of nature continues at Angel Court. The children and residents used plants they had found in the garden to print with on a large collective piece of art. They could use paintbrushes and pens to add detail. Maisie doesn’t like getting her hands dirty so she directed proceedings. The
This week sees the restart of visits to Angel Court. We are so lucky to have printmaker Hannah back to work with the residents and children. Linking to nature, and our fantastic community garden, the starting point was to look at the book The Secret Garden for some inspiration. The children began by
Nursery had a very busy morning, in class we looked at plants that may be a bit “risky”. Thistles, nettles, brambles etc. Miss Rowe showed the children which insects only live on these plants and why it’s so important we allow areas for these habitats to thrive. We watched a short film about all the
This week, Reception were getting ready for Easter. We started the week by reading the Easter Story and looking at how we might celebrate Easter. We learnt that Easter eggs represent new life and discussed the new life we might see at spring time. The children had a lot of fun painting their Easter
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
