Miscellaneous

Our fantastic Boccia team took part in the county finals yesterday. They represented Gateshead, along with another team, against teams from all over the North East. They had lots of fun!  

Yesterday, two teams of Year 4 rugby players went to Gateshead International Stadium to take part in a rugby tournament. Both teams played incredibly well and had a lot fun! Amazingly, both teams came second in their groups, well done teams!  

We would like to say a huge thank you to our school community for the generosity shown in raising money for Comic Relief this year. In addition to the money raised through the ‘Sponge the Teacher’ activity (£273.44) we also collected £352.78 from non-uniform.  As a result, we raised an amazing to

Year 6 began the week with some fantastic den building. Their first challenge, in this block of work, was to make a free-standing den. Not as easy as it may sound. Getting the initial framework takes thought, co-operation and perseverance. The children need to understand the materials they have avai

The children had great fun this week creating Pirate Ships from our Christmas trees. The Pirates were fed sea biscuits, pirate stew and grog made in the galley. As you can see they were very busy and they even had a pirate band singing sea shanties.

Work continues at Angel Court, our boxes are now varnished so they can go outside and the wooden toys have been given a few coats of linseed oil to protect them. The children and residents have worked really hard, so we have a full set of boxes for school and a set for the residents. Some of the toy

Year 2 enjoyed the windy weather making wind streamers that they could take home.

Forest School was combined with World Book Day and PSHE week for Year 3. After reading The Day the Crayons Quit in the morning, we then spent the afternoon investigating colour. The children went outside to collect natural and man-made materials. Back in class they then worked in groups to sort the

As part of our World Book Day Celebrations, Year 4 shared their love of books with our Reception children. Children were paired up, then given a little time to chat and get to know one another, before reading some of their favourite stories.  It was a lovely session with all the children completely

Year 2 had a very exciting afternoon, first they took part in a cooking demonstration delivered by Nick the chef, from Cooking for Life. Nick helped them to understand how to make exciting and nutritious food. Then they came outside to our Forest School where the fruit kebabs, that they had prepared