As part of their topic on ‘Leaving a Legacy,’ the children in Year 6 have been studying the Romans and the legacy they left in Britain. The Romans had a huge impact on the local area and this week, we went on a visit to the Roman remains at Vindolana. Over the day, the children went to the Roman Arm
On Wednesday, Year 5 had a very interesting visit from Wonder Dome. During this half term, the children have been fully engaged in their space unit in Science. The children started the topic by looking at the planets within our solar system and identified interesting facts about each planet, inclu
Last Friday afternoon some of our year 5/6 children took part in the Gateshead East Cricket competition which was held at Gateshead Fell Cricket Club . We had thee teams who took part in the competition they all played really well and played cohesively as a team. all teams played
The children in Reception have been getting to know the life cycle of a frog this week. We began the week by reading ‘Growing Frogs’ by Vivian French which details the life cycle of a frog. The children learnt that the life cycle begins with frogspawn, which slowly changes into a tadpole. The Tadpol
Today, Year Two have been rocking out for the day to celebrate the launch of Times Tables Rock Stars. This is an app that helps children to learn their times tables in an engaging way. The children all came into school dressed as rock stars for the occasion and we were very impressed with their fant
This week we have been studying design and technology. It all started by investigating which foods are healthy and which are unhealthy, and sorting foods into a table. The pupils all decided that fruit was a healthy option and we used this as a basis for our design for fruit kebabs. Everyone pri
Year 6’s final topic in school is called ‘Leaving a Legacy.’ As part of this topic, they study the Romans and the impact that they had on life in Britain and particularly in the local area. During the past two weeks, the children have looked at the failed attempts to invade in 55 and 54BC before the
This week Nursery has been taken over by pirates! We went on a pirate adventure to look for treasure. To look for treasure we needed telescopes. The children worked hard in the creative area to make their own telescopes using toilet roll tubes. They spread glue and added different jewels, coloured p
Over this half term, the children have been using the program Scratch to develop their coding skills. They began by learning about the main components – sprites, backdrops and programming blocks before having a go at creating code to make their sprite move. Once they had mastered this, they then a
In Year 4 we have been exploring the way games can be adapted to cater for children with different needs. We played a game of seated volleyball with a lower net and soft ball, along with a few more players on our teams. We also explored some blind football work, using blindfolds and balls with bel
