Thank you so much to all of the parents who sent in photos of their children reading their favourite bedtime stories. It was lovely to see the range of stories and the look of pleasure on the children’s faces as they were reading! It is so important to try to encourage the children to read as often
In Year 2, our topic in Science this term is ‘Living Things and their Habitats’. We have looked at lots of different animals and where they live (their habitat). We started by sorting animals in to these habitats: desert, arctic, rainforest and ocean. Then, we focussed on one animal, the polar bear,
Over the last term, the Reception children have been on an exciting adventure through the jungle! The Jungle Journey programme aims to develop early fine and gross motor skills. Some of the fine motor skill development activities they have completed include: Tearing paper clothes to add to the
In History, Year 2 have been learning all about The Great Fire of Gateshead. They ordered the key events of the fire on a timeline and lots have remembered the year it happened! The children learnt that the fire started in a factory on Gateshead quayside. The children compared of the quayside from t
This week, the Year One children have enjoyed finding out about Diwali and how it is celebrated by the Hindu community. Our learning journey started by a virtual trip to the Oriental Museum. Ross and his team taught the children all about the gods and deities. We used hand actions to retell the stor
This half term in Year 5, our Science topic involves us studying the different life cycles of mammals, amphibians and birds. So far, we have looked at the life cycle of a human and the life cycle of a frog. The children were very interested to learn about their own life cycle, and had many questions
In Year 2, we have been learning about staying safe online. One way we have learnt to stay safe is to use an avatar instead of a photo of ourselves. This keeps us safe as it means we are not identifiable as ourselves online. We also discussed that this means that we cannot identify other people onli
This week, Year 4 have used a short film as a stimulus for our English work instead of a text or book. We have loved watching The Dragon Slayer which tells the story of a battle between a warrior and a dragon and has a most unexpected ending! To begin this block of English, we made predictions about
As part of our Remembrance events this year, all the children across school have helped create poems about the poppy and Home – learning about the way World War 2 evacuees left their homes and moved out in the countryside, unable to see their families and loved ones, some for up to 6 years. This
This week in Year 4 we have been working on identifying different types of angles. We have been looking at acute, obtuse and right angles and ensuring that by comparing the size to a right angle, we can identify the angle without using a protractor. We started with making our own split pin angle m
