Now is the time of year that we need to prepare our Forest School for the seasons to come. Showing the children how we can make our site sustainable and realising their own environmental impact is an important aspect of our Forest School. We spent the afternoon collecting leaves for mulching, repair
In Science this week, we have been looking at electricity. We have learnt what electricity is and also looked at two different types of electricity; current and static. Over the next few weeks, we will also be looking at different ways to generate energy including renewables such as wind and solar.
This week we have been very busy at Nursery celebrating the festival of Halloween. We discussed what Halloween was and looked at different ways we can celebrate the festival, such as dressing up, Trick o Treating and carving pumpkins. Our story of the week has been ‘What’s in the Witches Kitchen’. T
We have had a super spooky week in Reception this week as part of our topic. The children have enjoyed learning all about Halloween and why we celebrate it as a festival. We have had so many different activities to take part in too like; Painting pictures with spaghetti broomsticks, and mixing their
The teachers have been amazed at year one’s creative writing this week. Over the term the children have been taught to write different sentences about dinosaurs. They have learnt how to use a capital letter and how to include powerful adjectives in their writing. This week year one had to put all of
In PSHE, Year Two have been learning about the importance of community. They learned that a community is a group with something in common. The children recognised they were a part of lots of communities – football teams, dancing classes and the area where they live. This week, the children discussed
This term some of the Year 6 children have been attending a futsal club on a Thursday morning. It has been great to get clubs up and running again! The children have been practising their futsal skills such as passing, shooting, dribbling and other football skills. Article 29 – We all have t
This term some of our year fours have been attending a Basketball club on a Thursday afternoon . The children have been practising their basketball skills such as passing, shooting, dribbling, defending and attacking. The children have worked really hard in every session. Article 29 – We all hav
This term we have been looking at the Christian faith, focusing on the Miracles of Jesus and Christian pilgrimages. We looked at the well known miracles like Jesus calming the sea, feeding the five thousand and healing the sick, and then had a good class discussion as to whether modern miracles exis
This afternoon, Year Six were given the opportunity to take part in a fantastic singing taster session to promote Gateshead Youth Choir led by singer Sharon Durant. The children had lots of fun singing mash-ups of songs such as Old Town Road and Montero, Rip Tide and the Cup Song. They played clappi
