Year 5 – Book Talk!

A very special suitcase arrived in Year 5 last week! Inside were lots of interesting black and white illustrations which the children have been studying. These illustrations have been taken from our class novel, ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan. They have been making very careful observations of what they can see in these images then … Continued

Key Stage 1 WOW Day

Our Year 1 and 2 children started off the half term with a brilliant WOW Day to introduce their new topic ‘A Village in Africa’. The children got involved in lots of different activities which included making African inspired necklaces and masks with Mrs Edge and Mrs Morris. The children thoroughly enjoyed exploring African music … Continued

Kindness at Christmas

With Mrs McNally in PSHE this week, our Year 3 and Year 4 children have been focusing on Showing Kindness at Christmas. Christmas is a time when people make an effort to be generous, loving and kind to others. We thought about different ways we could make a difference during the festive period and created … Continued

Carr Hill Winter RUNderland – Week 2

Well done to all of the classes taking part in our Winter RUNderland challenge. In the last 2 weeks, children from across the school have taken part in a variety of physical activities, including swimming, the Daily Mile, yoga, football, basketball, and much more. We saw children from across the school take part in 5,900 … Continued

Panathlon Foundation Deaf Multi Sport Event

Last week, five of our Year 5-6 pupils attended the Multi Sport event at the Lakeside Centre in Killingworth. This was a perfect opportunity for our children to practise their sign language and learn so much more about communicating with sign language. As usual, our children were exemplary, and managed to come away from the … Continued

Carr Hill Winter RUNderland – Week 1

Our first week of our Winter RUNderland challenge saw children from across the school take part in 2,300 minutes of physical activity across the week! This is an amazing start to our challenge! Santa was so impressed by our efforts to help his reindeer, that he sent us all postcards! Keep a look out for … Continued