Seeds, seeds and more seeds! We have started looking at spring/growing this week. We have read the story ‘The Tiny Seed’ and discussed how plants grow and change over time and what they need to grow. The children have planted their own sunflowers this week. Over the next few weeks, we will be ta
In History, Year Two have been learning about King Henry VIII. To begin, the children learned about the infamous King’s family. They found out that his older brother, Arthur, was supposed to be King. However, Arthur became very sick and died, meaning Henry took the crown. They also learned that Henr
Unbelievable, heart-warming, amazing … these are just some of the words that can’t fully describe the generosity that has been shown by our community with the aim to support those affected by the invasion of Ukraine. This week, each day, bags were being dropped off by children and family members s
Continuing our topic on Journey’s, Reception have been learning about some of the animals that live in Africa. We looked at some art work by Edward Tingatinga, a famous African artist, and used this as inspiration to create our own art work. The children carefully drew around stencils of African
Children in Year 4 spent the morning in our Forest School den building in the trees. Previously they have created different styles of natural shelter, including many free standing variations. Using existing trees as a start point and the natural topography of the land, encourages a different set of
There have been some strange goings on in our Forest School today. Early this morning Miss Rowe was doing her usual site check, making sure everything was ship-shape ready for the children. When she came to the fire-pit a little forest feast had been laid out…..berries and seeds, some little biscu
County 5 A side ⚽️ On Wednesday our 5 aside football team took part in the county semi finals representing Felling, we played some excellent teams and finished 2nd overall which means we qualify for the county finals in April this is a fantastic achievement. Y6 Hockey 🏑 🥉 On Tuesday 2 te
This term, Year Six have been considering how to classify living things in Science lessons. The children learned about the five different kingdoms that living organisms are divided into. They then created their own classification keys to sort bees thinking about their observable differences. This wa
Year One have been learning all about Christian churches. They have learnt what happens in a church and features of a church both inside and outside. On Wednesday everyone was really excited to visit St. Ninian’s church in Low Fell. Both classes walked down to the church showing extremely respectful
To finish off our RE topic this term we enjoyed a visit to the IKSON Hindu Temple in Newcastle. Kirtida always gives us such a warm welcome and it is great for the children to be able to put into context and ask questions about the Hindu faith, beliefs and ways that the faith affects people’s live
