This weeks construction challenge was to build a bridge for a bottle. The children were given three lengths of string for use if they chose. They could use only natural sticks, nothing man-made. The bottle had to fit underneath both upright and lying on its side, and the bridge had to be strong enou
In Science, Year 2 have been learning about food chains. The children have been using some scientific vocabulary such as: predator, prey, producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore and omnivore. The children were keen to make their own food chain. They did this by linking their parts in a paper chain
This week at nursery, the children have been excited to talk about their experiences of bonfire night. We talked about fireworks and created our own firework pictures using marbles dipped in paint to roll across our pictures. We made a pretend bonfire outside and ate marshmallows that we pretend
Year 4 have been creating sketch maps of our local area this week. To ensure they were accurate and to add extra details -such as bus stops, traffic lights and foot bridges- we got out and about with a walk to the Angel of the North! The children (and adults!) had great fun visiting the Angel.  
Over this week, we have taken time in school to talk about the importance of Remembrance Day. This has been particularly important this year with 2018 marking one hundred years since the end of the First World War. On Monday, the children listened to an assembly which shared various aspects about
In Reception, we celebrated Bonfire Night by doing lots of different activities. We made firework pictures, thought of firework sounds, made colourful firework bottles, collected sparkly objects, and made sparkly stars. The children practised writing letters in firework coloured sand. The children l
This half term, Year 5 have been lucky enough to receive specialist basketball coaching from Anthony and Coach C from the Newcastle Eagles! Players from the team also came in to teach workshops about having a healthy body, healthy relationships and a healthy lifestyle! We had a great time, and can’t
In Year 3, the boys and girls have been working creatively in a group to plan their own challenging game. The children were given a choice of equipment and they had to decide on rules and strategies to make their games fair, safe and fun. The boys and girls then described their games to the rest of
Year 6 have started to play netball in their P.E. sessions. They have been learning the difficult art of pivoting when they catch the ball to avoid a foul for footwork. They have been able to use chest, bounce and javelin passes successfully and are beginning to think about space in small-sided game
Year 6 have been learning about verb tenses and what the past and present progressive mean. They played a game with dice where they needed to create a sentence in the correct tense form to gain a point. They were playing really well (past progressive). We are hoping that they remember it (present pr
