Wands and broomsticks, potions and ghosts, Year 6 created all sorts of spooky things for Halloween. Using Formia leaves to make fastenings the children worked together to create some fantastic broomsticks, smelly ones, using thyme, sage, mint and lemon balm. Fluffy ones made from rose bay willow her
This week, the children in Early years took part in a dental health workshop with the ‘Brush Up’ team from Northumbria University. The student dentists worked with the children to demonstrate what happens when you go to the dentist for a checkup, what tooth decay is and how sweet foods can cause d
This week, Year 4 parents joined their children in a maths workshop! The activities all focussed around learning and practising our times tables. First, the children used the Maths Frame multiplication tables check to practise the table of the week and the tables we have learnt this year. The next a
This week the children in Key Stage 1 and 2 enjoyed our Halloween disco. Mrs Taylor, members of our PTA and school staff helped out with the Halloween celebration. The children’s costumes were ‘spooktacular’ so much so that it was difficult to make out who was under the masks and face paint. W
In partnership with Gateshead Council’s Road Safety Team, we were given the opportunity for six children to represent the school in a “Don’t Drink and Drive” World Cup campaign. The campaign was photographed beside the Angel of the North on Tuesday afternoon alongside Northumbria Police and Ty
Today, the Year 5 and 6 children were visited by two representatives from the NSPCC, who delivered workshops about the importance of speaking out and staying safe. They looked at different scenarios and posed questions for children to think about. The children all responded maturely and really thoug
Harvest Festival This year, as part of our Harvest celebrations, we have learnt about the meaning behind harvest through our class assembly times. We found out the importance of gathering crops from the fields. This year we raised donations to send to Feeding Families North East.linking with World F
Friday night is fitness night for some Year 6 children as they stay for an after school fitness session. They do a range of exercise sessions from boxing workouts, to core workouts and always put in 100% effort. getting into good fitness habits at an early age cannot be underestimated as it sets you
It has been wonderful to have some of our Reception parents and carers into school over the last few weeks to take part in a family autumn crafts session. The children thoroughly enjoyed having their families in school to complete a number of craft activities such as making headbands, masks, puppets