Today, our Key Stage 2 Rights Respect Officers visited the People’s Kitchen in Newcastle. They met a volunteer who gave them a tour and described how they support adults in the local area. They found out that in 1995, a lady called Alison Kay had an idea to provide food for people who were una
This week, Reception have enjoyed taking part in a variety of Halloween activities. Mr Bones, the skeleton, came to visit Reception and we learnt the names of some of the main bones in our body and talked about why we need bones. The children made their own skeleton pictures by snipping paper an
This week, the children have studied two different types of poems. Firstly, the children studied renga poems, which is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry with alternating stanzas. Within renga poems, the first and third lines have 5 syllables and the second, fourth and fifth lines have 7 syl
Yesterday, Year Two visited St Mary’s Heritage Centre in Gateshead. This was linked to their History topic – The Great Fire of Gateshead. To begin, the children learned about the building they were visiting. Just from looking around, the children quickly identified that the building used be a church
This week, the whole school has had a change from their normal English lessons and there has been a focus on writing and performing poetry. This is an important element in the National Curriculum and one that enables children to develop their creativity and confidence performing in front of others.
Over the last two days, the children have enjoyed getting ready for Halloween. A huge number of children from Years 1 , 2,, 3, 4, 5 and 6 enjoyed our Halloween discos. They played party games and danced with their friends. Many children came in Halloween costumes which were ‘spooktacular’.
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During their final week in English, year 4 have had the opportunity to experience writing in different ways. The week began with an introduction to Kenning Poetry, which links to our Viking History topic. Kenning is an old ‘Norse’ word meaning to ‘express a thing in terms of another’. For example, a
This week, we have been getting scary! We scooped out the slimy innards of our pumpkins and then carved faces into them. We then chopped up vegetables to make pumpkin soup. Some children thought it was delicious and asked for more but others were not so sure. We read ‘Room on the Broom’ by Julia Don
Today, the children in Year 3 enjoyed an amazing visit to the Great North Museum. They spent some time in the Egyptian gallery looking at the exhibits about Egyptian life and in particular the Afterlife section. Here they explored mummified people and were fascinated by the two women, Bakt en Ho
