This morning, Year 3 and Year 4 were visited by the fantastic Nick, the chef! He showed us the importance of a balanced diet and healthy eating (and eating sugary/fatty foods in moderation!). We learnt how small swaps can help us lead a healthier life, and by drinking more water we will only feel hu
Year 2 had a very exciting afternoon, first they took part in a cooking demonstration delivered by Nick the chef, from Cooking for Life. Nick helped them to understand how to make exciting and nutritious food. Then they came outside to our Forest School where the fruit kebabs, that they had prepared
Year One loved yoga! We were lucky enough to work with Sarah from Yoga Bugs and together we zoomed off to space to find Tim Peake. We learnt to stretch and balance our bodies on this amazing adventure. It was so much fun!
This week, Year 5 were lucky enough to visit Sunderland Winter Gardens to learn more about our topic of ‘Life in the Rainforest’. After setting off bright and early, we took part in a fantastic workshop called ‘Animal Adventures’. We looked around the exhibition and found lots of animals that live i
The year 2 boys showing off our quality compost. The Composters may not be pretty, but designed and built by some of our Year 6’s, they are proving to be very successful. Lined with black plastic to help generate heat, the compost is rotated to ensure waste is fully decomposed. Composter 2 is now
Year 3 created a ‘Winter Wonderland’ in their Christmas tree challenge. Meanwhile a rock band took over the stage on the drums and some of the boys sorted our new den building material.
As the chocolate eggs in shops will be an indication of, we are now in the run-up to Easter. Today, Reverend Mark came into school to talk to the children about the religious lead up to this special time of year for Christians. Through Reverend Mark’s assembly, the children learned about Shrove Tu
I would like to say a huge thank all the parents/carers and a family members who have added their names to the national Parliament Petition regarding school funding. As a result of the support from school communities, this issue will now be debated in Parliament on Monday 4th March. Hopefully, alo
Children in Year 3 have been learning all about the Stone Age in class, but it’s always good to have a little taste of the real thing in our Forest School. To mark the end of this topic, we made a campfire, using wood that the children had collected and dried over the last few weeks. Around the fire
Year 2 have been learning about the properties of 2D shapes and lines of symmetry. In their Forest School session we began with an ice-breaker, the children put themselves in pairs, spiders behind one line and ladybirds facing them behind another. The ladybirds began moving slowly and the spiders ha