Today, five teams of year 5 children attended a basketball tournament organised by Newcastle Eagles. Each team played five matches and many baskets were scored. Team two made it through to the knock out stage. Despite their excellent effort and attitude, they did not win. The children competed fanta
The children in Reception have been very lucky and have been chosen to visit Southernwood Residential Home with Little Movers. The children will go in small groups for series of visits to the home to take part in some inter generational classes. This will take place over the next few weeks. We went
This week, we had some special visitors in Reception. Some of our grown ups came into to see what we get up to at school. Our workshop focused on physical development and how important it is for our bodies. We enjoyed some gross motor movement in the hall with Little Movers. This included dancing, s
This half term, the boys and girls in Year 3 have been developing their basketball skills and learning about what makes a great basketball player. They have played a range of games allowing them to progress from learning how to control the ball to passing and dribbling with accuracy. To finish, Year
This half term, Year 6 have been learning the skills of hockey and using them in small-sided games. They have mastered how to hit, stop and dribble the ball – although there have been lots of bruised shins along the way! It has been pleasing to see them creating their own drill to practise the skill
For the last two weeks, Year 5 children have enjoyed having a basketball coach from Newcastle Eagles for their PE lessons. A range of skills were practised and developed including, dribbling, defending and shooting. The children also took part in small-sided games where they showed good sportsmanshi
In Science this term, Year 2 have been learning all about how animals (including humans) change as they grow. We have learned the names of adult animals and their young, how different animals have different life cycles and how to identify whether an animal is a mammal, amphibian, bird or reptile. Th
To celebrate Chinese New Year our nursery children learned about the Chinese Lion Dance. They watched some footage filmed in Hong Kong of the incredible acrobats performing the traditional dance. They had great fun, on a very windy day, dancing and playing instruments, their performance was filmed s
The Christmas tree challenge encourages the children to use their imaginations, skills and wider knowledge of the world to create a tableau. They can use any resources that they might find, the only restriction that that they must incorporate a Christmas tree into the scene (but it can’t be used as
Over the last few weeks children in Year 2 have been discussing similarities and differences between boys and girls. It has been interesting to hear their thoughts on whether gender affects ability and how that may change as we grow older. Across the Year group it was heart warming to hear the opini
