Year 6 have a lot to juggle at the minute with SATs revision, but in gymnastics the focus was on balancing and staying still. The children have been working with a partner and in small groups to create balances on the floor and apparatus – working on different levels and balancing using different bo
In science, year 6 have been looking at living things. this week, they were given pictures of different organisms: bees, butterflies and birds. They had to create a classification key to sort the creatures using their observable differences. Some of the creatures were more difficult to classify than
In Music, Year 4 have been looking at singing songs with actions. This week they sang the Sea Shanty ‘John Kanaka’ and performed a whole class dance. It was extremely fun for all!
Yesterday, two teams of Year 4 rugby players went to Gateshead International Stadium to take part in a rugby tournament. Both teams played incredibly well and had a lot fun! Amazingly, both teams came second in their groups, well done teams!
Another huge congratulations to the year 5/6 hockey team, who took part in the finals on Wednesday! They came second overall meaning they go on to the county finals next week! Well done team! I
The boys and girls in Year 3 have been learning about the Jewish festival of Purim. Lots of people like to dress up during Purim and it is custom to wear bright colours. The children have learned all about the different traditions and have made their own masks to celebrate. The boys and girls had gr
This week in Year 5, we have been working hard to understand how to use iMovie! Our Geography work has been based around biomes, which are different parts of the world with different climates, plants and animals. We worked in groups to research a different biome, with a focus on the Middle East, an
We would like to say a huge thank you to our school community for the generosity shown in raising money for Comic Relief this year. In addition to the money raised through the ‘Sponge the Teacher’ activity (£273.44) we also collected £352.78 from non-uniform. As a result, we raised an amazing to
Yesterday, some of our amazing KS2 runners took part in the Gateshead Primary Schools Cross-Country at Watergate Forest park against over 70 other teams! The children all thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Congratulations to to one of our Year 5 girls who came 3rd in her race!
Year 6 began the week with some fantastic den building. Their first challenge, in this block of work, was to make a free-standing den. Not as easy as it may sound. Getting the initial framework takes thought, co-operation and perseverance. The children need to understand the materials they have avai
