Over the past half-term, Year 6 have been learning about circuits and conductors. We have talked about the future possibilities when it comes to having good understanding of circuits and the children have acted like electricians to spot problems in circuits and have drawn their own circuit diagrams.
In our Computing lessons this half term, the children in Year 5 have been focussing on networks, systems and communication using the internet. A key focus was how we could communicate remotely, which is something a lot of us have had practise with over the last year or two! The children were able to
Autumn Over the week we have taken a look at the season of ‘Autumn’. The children enjoyed exploring the changes to the trees and the weather outside. We went on an autumn walk, where we hunted for autumn treasures on our school grounds. We found: red, green, yellow, brown, orange, and black leaves,
In Year 2, we have been showing off our fantastic artistic talents. First, we used the primary colours to create the secondary colours. So we mixed red and yellow paint to make orange, blue and yellow paint to make green and blue and red to make purple. Then, we learnt that if we added some white pa
This week has seen the start of our art block of work. It all started with learning about primary colours. Every child coloured a red, yellow and blue primary colour wheel. The colouring was so neat! Next the children investigated how they could print with primary colours. They used obje
The children have been learning about our first festival of the year – Harvest! We watched a video clip on Espresso which explained all about Harvest and what it meant. The children enjoyed watching the combine harvesters plough and cut the farmers fields of the newly grown crops. In Reception we ha
Last week our year 6 cross country team took part in the Gateshead Schools’ Cross Country race. There were 44 teams who took part and our school came third which is an outstanding achievement. Well done to all runners who took part. They received their medals in assembly today. Article
In Computing this half term, Year 4 have been learning all about what the internet is; we’ve been looking at servers, networks, routers and websites and then looking at how people create and compose website information and share things online. For the last couple of lessons, we used Chrome Music L
As it gets ever closer to Christmas, hopefully all of the children have asked Santa for a book to read. Below, are two award winning books published this year. The Littlest Yak (Age 4+) : A brilliant, rhyming picture book that teaches little ones (and big ones) to celebrate their unique talents. Twi
