This week, Year 5 begun working on our Geography unit: Rivers! We started the week by discussing rivers local to us, and we were amazed to see how many rivers there were in the UK! We then branched out to the world. The children were given a map with various rivers identified on it, and they used th
This week, the Reception children have enjoyed finding out about Autumn both at home and school. It was great that so many children enjoyed Autumn walks with their families last weekend and then brought in the Autumn treasures that they found to explore with their friends. The children made le
Our new block of topic work in Geography is all about where we live. Today the children thought carefully about this and during discussions decided that this could be their address or their town or village. Some even realised that this could be the name of a country, England. We used a globe t
In Geography, Year Two have been learning all about maps. The children went on a hunt around school and found lots of interesting map symbols, including a picnic site, a firepit and a polytunnel. From their hunt, the children recalled the location of each symbol and plotted them onto a map of the sc
The staff in EYFS have been overwhelmed by the amount and variety of home learning activities that the children have posted to Tapestry and our e-mail this week. It is evident that parents have been working hard to come up with new activities to make learning fun and keep their little ones busy. T
Today, Year 5 enjoyed a visit to Sunderland Winter Gardens to learn more about our topic of ‘Life in the Rainforest’. We took part in a fantastic workshop called ‘Animal Adventures’, and followed a trail around the Winter Gardens. We looked around the exhibition and found lots of animals tha
Children in Year One were excited to bring in and share pictures of their homes. Every child did a fantastic job of talking about their house and it’s features. We also read “Handa’s Surprise” and compared how houses in Kenya are different to houses in the UK. Look at our amazing wor
Our topic title for the Spring term is ‘Healthy Life, Happy Life!’ In Geography this term, we have studied rural Uganda and compared and contrasted this to life in Gateshead. The children have used images to explore schools in rural Uganda and used all of their learning to reply to a child from Ugan
Year 4’s topic this term is Aiming High! We are looking at how mountains formed and what better way than using vinegar, balloons, sand, tissue and Kit Kats! We made fault-block, dome, volcanic, fold and plateau mountains. Can you work out which is which? Article 28 – we have the right to a good qu
In Geography this week, the children in year 5 have been learning about South America. They located the continent on a globe before using atlases to find the names of the continents and their capital cities. Using iPads the children researched statistics for each of the countries, such as population
