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
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.
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
What a great afternoon our KS1 children have had at their Christmas party.
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
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
A huge thank you to all parents and carers who managed to come to our Key Stage One Christmas Craft afternoon. It was lovely for the children to spend time with you all having fun making their crafts.
What a lovely day we’ve had today for our Christmas Craft Day. Today has consisted of making our annual Christmas calendars and cards. We also made a special Christmas decoration! We are all now looking forward to Wednesday for our parents Christmas Craft afternoon!
Winter RUNderland is our Christmas themed, physical activity challenge, that all of the school can get involved in. Every Christmas Eve, Santa Claus travels around the globe to deliver presents to all of the worlds’ children. Of course he doesn’t do this alone and relies on his trusty reindeer to help him! They get tired … Continued
Last Friday, we spent time during the day thinking about the power of ‘positive noticing’. Positive noticing is a simple, practical and highly effective system to help raise the self-esteem of our pupils. We spent the day encouraging pupils from Nursery to Year 6 to positively notice one another! There was a buzz around the … Continued
