Curriculum

8Mar2024

On Wednesday afternoon  some of our year 5/6 children  took part in the Gateshead East hockey competition which was held at Lord Lawson school.  We had two teams who took part in the competition  they both played  really well and played cohesively as a team. Both teams played five  games each

7Mar2024

The week, Year One wanted to investigate which material would be the strongest material to build a house for The Three Little Pigs. Firstly, everyone made a prediction of which would be the strongest. Some children thought straw, others thought sticks and others thought bricks. Then, the children us

1Mar2024

This week in reception we have been exploring the South Pole. We began by reading ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers that tells the story of a little boy who finds a lost penguin and must travel across the treacherous ocean to find his home in the South Pole. We discussed what the weather is li

1Mar2024

This week Year Two found out what their new book for this half term would be. They received a special parcel which contained clues to their new story. The children were very excited and were keen to start unwrapping the parcel straight away! After unwrapping the first layer, the children saw a book.

1Mar2024

This week, in Science, we have looked at the human development from birth to old age. We started the week by looking at the seven stages of development (prenatal, baby, child, adolescent, early adulthood, middle adulthood and old age) and investigated the different way your body and mind develops at

1Mar2024

This week in Science, the children have been learning about the main muscles in their bodies. The children first learnt that muscles help our bodies to move, as they are attached to our bones by tendons. The boys and girls learnt the scientific names for the muscles and used the scientific names to

1Mar2024

This term, our class text is a short book, with few words and a great set of illustrated pictures and images. It tells the story of Henry Finch who becomes the first finch have his own thoughts – sparking the imagination in the other finches to fly off and experience life for themselves too. We laun