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
A huge thank you to the amazing Paul Cookson who visited us today and performed some of his poems.
Despite the rain, our Year 1b and 2b children have had a fantastic day at Gibside today.
Last week the children in our Year 1B class took part in an athletics festival at Gateshead College Academy for Sport. We had a great time taking part in a range of activities including long jump, high jump, hurdles, throwing and sprinting. Each activity involved us learning a skill, playing a game and then competing.
Our Year 1 children have been enjoying their Digital Painting topic in Computing this half term and today we learned all about the Russian abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky. Take a look at our Kandinsky inspired digital art work.
What a great day our Key Stage 1 children have had today. We started our morning making lemonade using lemons, sugar and water. We then chose from different ingredients to make a sandwich of our choice. We had the choice of ham, cucumber or cheese! This afternoon, we went out into the yard with our … Continued
Yesterday, we enjoyed an amazing visit to Long Sands beach in Tynemouth. We started our adventure by travelling on the Metro to Cullercoats, which for many of our children was their first experience of travelling on the Metro. The sun was shining and we enjoyed building sandcastles, playing cricket and football and having our picnic … Continued
Our Key Stage One pupils have enjoyed visits to West Bolden Lodge over the last few weeks. The children used this visit to consolidate their learning about habitats and enhance our science curriculum. We had the opportunity to explore micro- habitats. The children searched for bugs in the forest and went pond dipping in the … Continued
The children in Key Stage One have visited Thornley Wood this week to explore a woodland habitat. We followed the sculpture trail and looked for some of the trees and plants we have been studying in our science curriculum. We had a great adventure and the children enjoyed identifying and sketching woodland creatures. The highlight … Continued
As part of our commitment to sport at Carr Hill, we run an after-school football club every week. The children have really improved their skills and play over this half term and our coach is very impressed with their progress and the children are thoroughly enjoying it. Well done everyone!
