Events and Activities

Thank you to all parents, carers, children and staff who have supported the school with our Christmas Shoebox Appeal. We hope you enjoyed packing them!

A huge thank you to everyone who sent in donations to raise money for Children in Need.  We welcomed a surprise visitor to our school; Pudsey Bear visited every class, and he even had time to pop into our toddler group and cake sale.

This weeks construction challenge was to build a bridge for a bottle. The children were given three lengths of string for use if they chose. They could use only natural sticks, nothing man-made. The bottle had to fit underneath both upright and lying on its side, and the bridge had to be strong enou

Over this week, we have taken time in school to talk about the importance of Remembrance Day.  This has been particularly important this year with 2018 marking one hundred years since the end of the First World War. On Monday, the children listened to an assembly which shared various aspects about

This half term, Year 5 have been lucky enough to receive specialist basketball coaching from Anthony and Coach C from the Newcastle Eagles! Players from the team also came in to teach workshops about having a healthy body, healthy relationships and a healthy lifestyle! We had a great time, and can’t

This term, our Early Years team held the local authority’s Early Years cluster meeting. The meeting involved working with an artist from the Baltic Gateshead and exploring shapes through different kinds of artwork. People came from local schools and everyone enjoyed investigating and trying out some

This year, we are taking part in Operation Christmas Child! This is a global project in which gift-filled shoe boxes are distributed to children in need around the world. Gifts to put in the shoe boxes range from toys, clothes or even something homemade! A full list of items that can be included and

Last month we launched a recycling campaign in school  linked to national recycling week (week beginning Monday 24th September).  We had two ‘Waste Awareness’ assemblies where the children learnt about the benefits of using rechargeable batteries, how to recycle batteries responsibly as well as th

Our Computing Club is extremely popular.  The children have enjoyed visiting websites and creating posters and powerpoints with Mr Hewett.

Our choir meet with Mrs Reynolds every week.  They have been practicing the following songs: ‘Try everything’ ‘One in a Million’ ‘No wars will stop us singing’ ‘Remember Me’ Their enthusiasm and singing talent is fantastic and the sound of their singing brightens up our school on Thursday lunchtime