Year 6 have been learning about more robust methods of shelter building. This simple debris shelter design is a really effective way of creating a weather-proof shelter, quickly. Miss Rowe had built a small scale model, this was a free standing shelter but this design also works well if you use the
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
As the RSPB Big School Bird-watch comes to an end, we finished our Forest school sessions with the Great Woolly Worm Hunt. This is a fantastic challenge that helps the children to understand how birds feed. In reflection we talk about how time consuming it can be and how tired the birds might get
This is a really interesting challenge that the children threw themselves into with gusto. In class the children were asked “How do I move an object that’s too heavy for me to lift?” They talked in their table groups and came up with some really interesting solutions. We looked at the paramete
After school yesterday some of our year 5/6 Girls took part in a friendly match against Whitemere Primary school which was held at Harlow Green. The girls played some great football, they passed the ball really well and played cohesively as a team. The communication on the pitch was fantastic, wi
This term in PE, the children have enjoyed two different sports – Boccia and Golf. Boccia is an inclusive sport that involves children playing a kind of bowls, aiming balls at the jack that is rolled at the start. It is a sit down sport that ensures children of all abilities can access and enjoy.�
Throughout the half-term, Year 6 have been learning various gymnastics moves and this week they put them all together to create a routine set to the music from ‘Thriller.’ The children have been taught how to keep their body rigid and help in a balance for five seconds; how to perform various rolls;
All this term, children across school have been learning about British birds in their Forest School sessions, this is linked to the RSPB Big School Birdwatch. The children have become very good at recognising the different types, where they might expect to see them and how to tell some of the diff
The children and residents started putting last weeks garden plan into action today by potting up some seeds. First they went into the garden to collect some shale to put in the bottom of the pots for drainage. They then decorated their pots. We are testing out a new soil mix so it will be interest
