Year 6

On behalf of staff and governors, we wish you all a safe and fun summer.  We look forward to seeing everyone again on Tuesday 3rd September 2019, ready for the challenge of a new academic year.  

Year 6 enjoyed a meal together at Primevera on Low Fell as they celebrate their last week at primary school. It was lovely to see the children enjoying themselves and socialising (when they weren’t on their phones). It was one of a number of events in this last week to mark the end of their time at

Today, the whole school took part in the Soccer Aid Playground Challenge. The School Council and our Rights Respecting Group planned the Playground Challenge. Everyone showed off their football skills while completing the obstacle course. Alongside the Playground Challenge, each year group ran the d

What a fantastic afternoon! The whole of KS2 showed just how fantastic they are with brilliant behaviour, amazing athletics and super sportsmanship! Determination, resilience and team spirit were all clearly demonstrated by the children. The children were all split into 4 teams-the last four countri

Year 6 have been completing a design technology challenge over the last week. They had to design and build a Roman Chariot that would hold 15 cubes and travel 10 metres. Firstly, they carried out research and looked at the purpose of the chariots. They then had to produce three designs and combine t

Year 6 enjoyed running a mile and completing a soccer skills challenge to raise money for UNICEF. It was excellent to see the enthusiasm that they had and also the understanding they had of the importance of thinking of others and the need to raise money to help those less fortunate. There were cert

Last week, some of our fantastic Year 6 athletes walked to Lyndhurst Bowling Club to take part in a tournament against different local schools. All the children had lots of fun trying out this new sport and both teams came third! Article 29 – We all have the right to develop our talents and abilitie

Today, 24 of our amazing Athletes competed in an athletics festival at Gateshead International Stadium. The children competed against 48 other schools in a range of track and field events. We had some fantastic results as well as the children showing maturity and skill in their events! We had an ama

Year 6 enjoyed a trip to the Roman fort of Vindolanda. They were able to explore the ruins and discover what the different buildings had been used for. it was interesting to see a real archaeological dig taking place, where the first pair of Roman boxing gloves has been discovered. The children then

Year 6 have had fun learning some Shakespeare this week. They have been looking at the play ‘Macbeth’ and have acted out the famous scene between Lady Macbeth and her husband where she is convincing him to murder King Duncan. They also really enjoyed creating their own Shakespearean insults to call