A huge thank you to the amazing author Naomi Barley who visited our Reception and Year 1 children today. We had the opportunity to listen to Naomi read her brand new children’s book “The Zig Zags”. We also enjoyed discussing and drawing the different characters from the story.
Wow! Year 3 have excelled in their skills in Design Technology. We have researched, designed, templated and practised skills so that we can make our own bendy bags. We came up with our own design brief and target audience. We decided what could be kept inside the bag from lip balms, playing cards to glasses. … Continued
Our Year 2 children had an amazing visit to Kirkley Hall last week!
What a fantastic day we had on Friday to celebrate this years NSPCC’s Number Day! The whole school enjoyed a day dedicated to Maths and we managed to raise lots of money for the amazing charity! – take a look at our photos below to see what we got up to! Nursery Our children in … Continued
We had a fantastic day at Kirkley Zoo! Our day started by meeting some of the reptiles at the zoo. We got to meet a wide reptiles inclusion a bearded dragon a cockroach and a corn snake called Susan. Next, we got to visit the aquarium and the walk of life area of the zoo. … Continued
In English this week, our Year 2 children have been enjoying the text ‘Handa’s Hen’ by Eileen Browne. We have come across lots of new vocabulary and today we went on a vocabulary hunt to crack a secret code! Some new vocabulary which we have explored included flowering, Bullfrog and Sunbird.
As part of our WOW day last week in Year 3, we went into the hall and used authentic African drums and instruments to play games and appreciate music from all over Africa, from the Sahara in the North to Ghana in the West!
In Year 5, the children have been studying the different ways to separate materials in their Science lesson last week. They took part in their own experiments which investigated the processes of sieving, filtering, evaporation and magnetism.
To launch our Africa topic in Year 3, we have recreated masks from various parts of Africa. We looked at their design, purpose and meaning. We made some wonderful, bold masks and shared them with our friends.
Last week, both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 were invited to a music workshop, sharing local music by our wonderful Gateshead’s Music Service.
