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Hello everyone, I hope everyone is well.  As the children are self-isolating and will be absent from school on Monday 2nd, Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th of November,  I have set some tasks to complete at home which link to the work Mrs Hopkins’ class will be doing. Our topic this term is Dinosaurs

Gateshead Council has announced support over half-term for families in receipt of Free School Meals.  This support is for those who receive a free school meal due to financial means-testing and not as part of the infant free school meals programme. Any family who currently receives means-tested fre

This week, the Reception children have enjoyed finding out about Autumn both at home and school.  It was great that so many children enjoyed  Autumn walks with their families last weekend and then brought in the Autumn treasures that they found to explore with their friends.  The children made le

With Halloween being in the half term we decided to celebrate Halloween this week to get us excited for our half term. When looking at Halloween we have based this around the stories of ‘What’s in the Witch’s Kitchen?’, ‘Funny Bones’ and ‘Spinderella’.   We have discussed what Hallowe

Today the new Rights Respect Officers gathered for their first meeting of the academic year. We discussed World Food Day and looked at the vast amount of donations displayed in the main office. We had a visit from one of the volunteers, Keith,  who works at The People’s Kitchen. He shared lots of i

In RE, Year 2 have been learning all about Christian weddings. The children learnt that Christians often get married in a church, exchange rings/vows and eat cake. The children had to pretend that they had been a guest at a Christian wedding and made a thank you card for the bride and groom. Inside

Over the last couple of weeks, the children having being doing some impressive artwork. They have developed their shading techniques and have looked at how to create reflections and show light, shadow and movement. This culminated in a final piece of work showing a World War Two plane flying over th

In the summer our lovely willow hens had a revamp, and are looking splendid in their new outfits. Now our firepit has had a make over too, thanks to our talented friends at Sylvan Skills. The old willow fencing has been replaced with hazel to make a more robust screen from the elements. Our nature g

On Thursday afternoons Miss Rowe takes the children in Year 3 for both Forest School and PSHE sessions. This terms PSHE topic has been focused on what makes good friendships. How do we co-operate with each other to improve our relationships? What should a good friendship look like? What do we do whe