June 5th is ‘World Environment Day’ led by the United Nations with the aim of raising awareness and putting actions into place which will help protect the world in which we live. There are many ways in which our lifestyles have a negative impact upon our environment. However, there are many ways i
In Year One the children have been reading The Light House Keepers Lunch and their job today was to design a disgusting sandwich to keep the annoying seagulls away. They had great fun smelling a variety of pungent foods and thinking of adjectives to describe each one. Article 12 – We all have the
This term Year One are reading The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage. The children looked at different objects from the story including a picnic basket, a cat and various items of food. Also, they created a scene from the story and acted out the voices of Mr and Mrs Grinling and
In Science, Year One are learning all about plants. The children investigated different kinds of plants that they could find on the field. They even looked at some books to find out what species of plants they had found. Article 28: We have the right to a good quality education.
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
This week, Years 1-5 all enjoyed a taster session from Destination Jodo. All the children across the year groups thoroughly enjoyed themselves during these sessions. The children were given leaflets about the Judo clubs that are run in our local area. Article 29 – We all have the right
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.
This week we have been learning about signs of spring. We have been on a nature walk, drawn pictures and created a flip out frog. The children all learnt about the different stages of a frog life cycle.
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
