by Mrs Fraser | Oct 6, 2024 | Curriculum, English, School News, Year Six
Our unit of work this week in English was Performance Poetry. We listened to, rehearsed and performed a number of poems about plastic pollution. We enjoyed working in groups to decide on the different techniques that we were going to use when performing the poem...
by Mrs Fraser | Oct 6, 2024 | Curriculum, School News, Year Six
On Thursday morning, Year 6 enjoyed another sunny morning at Forest School with Phil from Muddy Monsters. We learnt how to safely chop some kindling to build a fire and how to light it with flints. We focused on fire safety and how to move safely around the fire when...
by Mrs Fraser | Sep 30, 2024 | Curriculum, School News, Science, Year Six
This half term in Science, we are learning about the circulatory system and how blood gets around our body. This afternoon, after looking at diagrams and reading about the different parts of a mammal’s heart, we enjoyed dissecting hearts to take a closer look!...
by Mrs Fraser | Sep 24, 2024 | Curriculum, Geography, School News, Year Six
In Geography this afternoon, we revisited the different needs that people, families and communities have such as employment, education and shelter. We enjoyed a walk to Gateshead town centre to carry out a fieldwork study to investigate how our local area meets the...
by Mrs Fraser | Sep 20, 2024 | Collective Worship, Curriculum, Religious Education, School News, Year Six
This morning, Year 6 led the whole school and Year 6 parents in collective worship, focusing on new beginnings and the Christian value of hope. The Bible tells us that hope is an attitude of mind that we develop through faith in God and each other. Desmond Tutu said...
