County 5 A side ⚽️ On Wednesday our 5 aside football team took part in the county semi finals representing Felling, we played some excellent teams and finished 2nd overall which means we qualify for the county finals in April this is a fantastic achievement. Y6 Hockey 🏑 🥉 On Tuesday 2 te
This term, Year Six have been considering how to classify living things in Science lessons. The children learned about the five different kingdoms that living organisms are divided into. They then created their own classification keys to sort bees thinking about their observable differences. This wa
Year One have been learning all about Christian churches. They have learnt what happens in a church and features of a church both inside and outside. On Wednesday everyone was really excited to visit St. Ninian’s church in Low Fell. Both classes walked down to the church showing extremely respectful
To finish off our RE topic this term we enjoyed a visit to the IKSON Hindu Temple in Newcastle. Kirtida always gives us such a warm welcome and it is great for the children to be able to put into context and ask questions about the Hindu faith, beliefs and ways that the faith affects people’s live
In RE, the boys and girls are enjoying learning about the Jewish faith. They began by locating Jerusalem and the Western Wall and discussed why these are special places to Jewish people. They then identified objects which would be found in a synagogue and learned about their importance. On Wednesday
The digital programmes that the children have access to are incredibly important in developing reading fluency and comprehension skills. Studies show that those children who use them regularly, will make accelerated progress. It is excellent to see the vast majority of children engaging with these p
This week, the reading recommendations are non-fiction books. Often, when we think about reading for pleasure, we discuss stories that the children have read, but many children, and adults alike, love the opportunity to find something out from a book. Being able to research and discover information
In PE, Year 2 are learning how to play Handball. This week, the children practiced dribbling the ball. They had to make sure they kept their eye on the ball while looking in the direction they were travelling in. Once the children were confident, they had to dribble the ball around a cone. This was
As part of their work in Geography, Year 5 have been spending some time investigating longitude and latitude. They easily identified major lines of longitude or latitude, for example, the equator and the Greenwich Meridian, however things became more tricky when we started using co-ordinates! To b
This term Year One are learning all about non-fiction books. On Monday the title of the book was revealed – Let’s Build a house. To launch the book, the children had to use equipment found in the classroom to build a house, the only criteria being that they must include walls, a roof, windows
