Last week, Year 1 visited the Shipley Art Gallery, where they took part in Rememberence Day crafts. The children created their own poppy designs and had a fantastic time!
In literacy, Year 3 have been exploring inverted commas and where to place them in sentences. We used macaroni to represent inverted commas and tested our knowledge in pairs. We had lots of fun working together and exploring speech. We can't wait to use some in our future writing...
Yesterday some of our children took apart in a Sportsability session at Gateshead stadium ran by Gateshead School Sports Partnership . The children practiced a lot of new skills. They played boccia, goalball (blindfolded football) and many other things. The children were fantastic and had a fabulous...
As part of Year 5’s DT project of making a pop up book, we have been trialing different paper folding mechanisms. Today we looked at the paper sliding mechanism and the effect this would have for the reader. We will be designing and creating our project over the next few weeks. We can’t...
Yesterday, Year 1 and Year 2 took part in an exciting construction workshop led by ESH. The children learned about incredible buildings from around the world and explored the different skills and equipment that construction workers need to do their jobs! Everyone enjoyed learning new things and disc...
This morning Year 3 had their first session with Newcastle United Foundation for the year. We were exploring defence techniques and had lots of fun trying to get through the defenders. We practiced our listening skills, team work and resilience. Well done Year 3 - we can't wait to see what else...
Yesterday, the Early Years children had a music session from Gateshead Music Service. The Nursery enjoyed playing musical instruments, movement with scarves and singing. They are really excited for the next session.
Yesterday, we celebrated Diwali in school! We worked with Jammi Arts to weave wool and make mandalas. Here are some photos from our workshops. Happy Diwali to all who celebrate!
In History, Year 5 have been debating in 'court'.
We were given the question "Was Henry VIII right to close the monasteries?". Half the class debated that Henry VIII was correct, half the class debated that he was wrong.
The class were brilliant at listening and r...
On Wednesday we welcomed our Early Years parents into Nursery and Reception for our first Stay & Play of the year. It was wonderful to see everyone enjoying time in the learning environment, completing Autumn and Halloween activities and having fun.
We have more dates in the diary for later i...
Congratulations to our girls’ Y5/6 football team who came in 2nd place in the final leg of their tournament with Gateshead School Sports Partnership today.
The girls played a round robin of 7 games and played some lovely football, working hard for each other on the pitch. Their attitude...
Last Friday we took part in Just One Tree day. The aim was to raise awareness of the importance of trees and protecting the environment. The children took part in a range of activities across the day. Thank you to everyone who made a donation we raised £108.62