This term in Geography we look at mountain formation and the different types of mountains you can find around the world. This ties nicely into our book (When The Mountains Roared) and also our living things focus in Science. Fault block, fold, volcanic and dome – we conducted some simple demonstra
This half term, Year 5 have been enjoying gymnastics during their P.E. lessons. The children have practised combining and performing gymnastic actions, shapes and balances fluently and effectively to make sequences of movement. To begin, the children practised key shapes such as the pike, straddle,
Our Year 4 Basketball Team bounced, passed and shot to glory this week, winning their tournament and coming first. They competed against 9 other local Gateshead and Low Fell schools. The children have been attending clubs and then an early morning coaching session with Mr McMann in the run up to t
This week, Year 2 have been learning how to keep our teeth clean. The children learnt the steps to brush our teeth. These were: First, squeeze a pea sized amount of toothpaste onto your toothbrush. Next, brush the front of your teeth. Then, gently brush the outside of your teeth and the back teeth.
In Science this week, year 5 began a new topic on the life cycles of animals and plants. This topic builds on lots of previous learning about the characteristics of different living things, how they are classified, their habitats and needs for survival. The children grouped animals by their similar
Year One have been so excited to use the laptops this term. It all started with the children learning the different parts of a computer – screen, keyboard, trackpad and mouse. Then the children were given individual log ins and, even though it was tricky, everyone was able to successfully log in. Ne
This week we have been learning about units of measurement for length and distance. Starting with kilometres, we worked on conversions to metres, then moved onto metres and centimetres and finished the week with centimetres and millimetres. This leads onto the next stage all about perimeter. We
This week in maths, Year 6 have been learning about percentage. It is an area of maths they were only 25% confident in before we started, but now they are 100% super stars! They have worked hard to become familiar with percentage and fraction equivalents and have then used these to calculate any per
In Literacy this week we read the story “The Train Ride” which focuses on a train journey to the seaside and a variety of things that may be seen, out of the window, along the way. The children were set a challenge to recall the story through pictures and sequence them in the correct order from
As part of our topic, ‘Stronger Together’, the boys and girls have been learning about the Stone Age. This week, they have focused on Stone Age art. The children have learned about the importance of cave paintings to historians as a way of learning about life in the Stone Age and they explored the m
