To launch their new English novel, the boys in girls in Year 3 have worked in groups to construct their own version of The Iron Man. The children have not read the story so they used clues from pictures and the text to predict what he looked like. They worked really hard to create their models whi
As the chocolate eggs in shops will be an indication of, we are now in the run-up to Easter. Today, Reverend Mark came into school to talk to the children about the religious lead up to this special time of year for Christians. Through Reverend Mark’s assembly, the children learned about Shrove Tu
I would like to say a huge thank all the parents/carers and a family members who have added their names to the national Parliament Petition regarding school funding. As a result of the support from school communities, this issue will now be debated in Parliament on Monday 4th March. Hopefully, alo
On Tuesday, year 4 enjoyed a fantastic visit to the ISKON Hindu temple in Newcastle. They listened to songs about the different Hindu gods and goddesses and learnt about traditional Indian musical instruments. The loved dressing up in traditional Indian saris and turbans, having their hands painted
In Art, Year 6 children have been learning about the Cubist art movement and how Gutav Klimt used repeating geometric patterns in his work. For their final piece, the children produced a background using collage techniques and a portrait in the Cubist style.
The children in Reception have been learning about road safety today. They learnt how to cross the road safely and what to do when walking near a road. They even got to dress up! We said a little rhyme to help us ‘Stop, look and listen before we cross the street’.
Children in Year 3 have been learning all about the Stone Age in class, but it’s always good to have a little taste of the real thing in our Forest School. To mark the end of this topic, we made a campfire, using wood that the children had collected and dried over the last few weeks. Around the fire
Some very lucky Year 5 students got the opportunity this week to go down to Joseph Swan to take part in a Young Sports Leaders training programme! During the afternoon, they took part in games and then made up some of their own, with the help of some of the Year 8 children from the school. Hopefully
Year 2 have been learning about the properties of 2D shapes and lines of symmetry. In their Forest School session we began with an ice-breaker, the children put themselves in pairs, spiders behind one line and ladybirds facing them behind another. The ladybirds began moving slowly and the spiders ha
