Six members of Year 5 were lucky enough to spend the day at the new Baltic Campus of Gateshead College to take part in the final of the Boardroom Challenge, against seven other local schools. They presented their fundraising idea to a panel of local councillors, bank managers and two representatives
Year 6 enjoyed a meal together at Primevera on Low Fell as they celebrate their last week at primary school. It was lovely to see the children enjoying themselves and socialising (when they weren’t on their phones). It was one of a number of events in this last week to mark the end of their time at
On Monday, Year 4 learnt about the history and importance of Bastille Day in France. In addition, we looked at how the national day is celebrated by French people. In the afternoon, Year 4 looked at how the French Impressionists developed the artistic technique of Pointilism and the children enjoy
A huge well done to Mrs Blinkhorn’s and Mrs Old’s class for their fantastic ideas and print making skills. These are the posters that are going to be used to promote and celebrate the World Transplant Games 2019. The organisers have selected pieces of artwork from each school who took part in the p
To recognise those who have been working exceptionally hard all week, children in Reception now have the chance to be rewarded with juice and biscuits with Mr Malik. To achieve this, children will demonstrate hard work, polite manners, good behaviour and a positive attitude to everything they do. Th
Today, the whole school took part in the Soccer Aid Playground Challenge. The School Council and our Rights Respecting Group planned the Playground Challenge. Everyone showed off their football skills while completing the obstacle course. Alongside the Playground Challenge, each year group ran the d
What a fantastic afternoon! The whole of KS2 showed just how fantastic they are with brilliant behaviour, amazing athletics and super sportsmanship! Determination, resilience and team spirit were all clearly demonstrated by the children. The children were all split into 4 teams-the last four countri
Year 6 have been completing a design technology challenge over the last week. They had to design and build a Roman Chariot that would hold 15 cubes and travel 10 metres. Firstly, they carried out research and looked at the purpose of the chariots. They then had to produce three designs and combine t
Year 6 enjoyed running a mile and completing a soccer skills challenge to raise money for UNICEF. It was excellent to see the enthusiasm that they had and also the understanding they had of the importance of thinking of others and the need to raise money to help those less fortunate. There were cert
Each week, three children will be selected by their teachers to have a very special award: Hot Chocolate with Mr Malik. These children will have constantly been trying their best, been respectful, polite and friendly, helped others and produced work to the highest standard they can. This will no
