This week in school, we have celebrated World Book Week. On Monday, we visited Dunston Activity Centre’s library. The children explored the library, reading stories together with their friends. Mrs. Bullerwell read a couple of stories to the children including...
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World Book Week in Reception Class
What a fabulous week we have had in Reception class celebrating ‘World Book Week’. Earlier in the week, we were so excited to see our parents and carers in school. They came into our class to listen to us read stories. They also read stories to us along with our...
World Book Week in Year 3
This week Year 3 have enjoyed celebrating World Book Week. We started off our week by walking to Dunston Library to have a look around before choosing a book to bring back to school and read. We were able to look at how the library was organised and learnt about the...
Year 5 Collective Worship – Chinese New Year
On the last day of term in Spring 1, Year 5 led their very own collective worship in front of the rest of the school as well as their parents and carers. The theme for their collective worship was based on ‘Chinese New Year’. We spoke about how Chinese New Year is the...
Year One: What The Ladybird Heard
Year One have enjoyed exploring What the Ladybird Heard this half term in English. Through shared reading, drama, and discussion, children built vocabulary and confidence. They planned and wrote their own narratives, imagining new adventures for the clever ladybird....
Planning a formal letter
On Friday morning in English, Year 5 began planning the writing of a formal letter. Our piece of writing this half term is based on ‘Shackleton’s Journey’. The children are writing a letter, pretending to apply for a job on board Shackleton’s ship, ‘The Endurance’, to...





