This week Year One invited parents and carers to join them to make toys from the past. They worked together to make a cup and ball, a thaumatrope and a paper spinner. They had lots of fun. A big thank you to parents and carers. Article 21: We have the right to relax and play.
We have had an absolutely fantastic response to our Easter Egg design competition this year as you will be able to see from the pictures below. There is a vast array of designs, some topical, some humorous but all showing skill, creativity and hard work. The judging will take place tomorrow and th
Beamish was brilliant. All of the children rode on a tram, took part in a Victorian school lesson with a very strict teacher and also had to help clean a miner’s pit cottage. They even had time to visit the farm and some of the shops down in the town.
We would like to say a huge thank you to our school community for the generosity shown in raising money for Comic Relief this year. In addition to the money raised through the ‘Sponge the Teacher’ activity (£273.44) we also collected £352.78 from non-uniform. As a result, we raised an amazing to
Year 6 began the week with some fantastic den building. Their first challenge, in this block of work, was to make a free-standing den. Not as easy as it may sound. Getting the initial framework takes thought, co-operation and perseverance. The children need to understand the materials they have avai
The children had great fun this week creating Pirate Ships from our Christmas trees. The Pirates were fed sea biscuits, pirate stew and grog made in the galley. As you can see they were very busy and they even had a pirate band singing sea shanties.
This year, to support Comic Relief, we have been telling jokes and making each other laugh. A big thank you to everyone who has donated money in our staff buckets this week . The four phase winners of the best joke competition had great fun sponging Mr Malik with wet sponges after he received the mo
Work continues at Angel Court, our boxes are now varnished so they can go outside and the wooden toys have been given a few coats of linseed oil to protect them. The children and residents have worked really hard, so we have a full set of boxes for school and a set for the residents. Some of the toy
The children in Year One made an amazing effort for Red Nose Day this year. They had fun decorating biscuits and making Red Nose Day portraits. They also enjoyed the joke competition!
Year 2 enjoyed the windy weather making wind streamers that they could take home.
