This afternoon, Year 5 were lucky enough to have a visitor in school! As we haven’t had one all year due to COVID, the children were very excited – as were the staff! Omair from Newcastle Central Mosque came in to help the children develop their understanding of Muslim prayer and worship, with a foc
Dear Parent/Carer, I know I only wrote to you on Sunday, but I am doing so again in order to provide further clarity, as it is amazing how quickly things change. As of this morning, we have closed a second Year 6 class bubble and, as one Year 1 class has returned, the other has had to isolate. T
On Friday, Year 5 went to Gibside! Luckily, the weather was good for most of the day so although we did get a little bit damp at lunchtime, we dried off quickly! The classes split up and took it in turns to undertake the activities: orienteering and the low ropes. When orienteering, the children put
Although we will not be able to have parents at the traditional annual sports day event, we have organised a Sports Week which will take place between Monday 12th July until Friday 16th July. During the Sports Week, the children will take part in a range of activities related to sport, fitness and f
This half term, Year 5 have been watching and learning songs from Rob’s Kitchen, which is a YouTube channel dedicated to learning how to create music without instruments! The children have thoroughly enjoyed attempting different methods, with some of their favourites being the ‘cup songs’ and the bo
All week, the school has been talking about the European Football Championship! Each class in the school has been given a country to support throughout the championships and all of the children are excited to follow their team (and England, of course) throughout their matches. The teams each class h
In Geography this half term, Year 5 are learning all about the world! We started off this series of lessons by discussing how we find something on the earth, and what we would do if the internet wasn’t working when we needed to use Google maps! The idea of longitude and latitude were introduced as a
It is a statutory requirement for all primary schools to have a Relationships & Health Education Policy detailing the supportive provision within each year group. The process of implementation has been interrupted by the pandemic over the last year and a half, but we have a finalised our polic
This half term in English, Year 5 are using a video entitled ‘Ride of Passage’ as a stimulus; it follows Toki – a boy living in a tribe in the rainforest – while he grapples with the idea of hunting animals to gain honour and respect from his tribe members. The video has no dialogue, only music and
Upper Key Stage 2 have enjoyed an afternoon inspired by the poems of Edward Lear and Lewis Carrol. In class they read limericks and nonsense poetry such as The Owl and the Pussycat and Jabberwocky then they headed outside to see if they could create their own verse. Working in teams they were given
