On Friday, Year 5 were lucky enough to visit Whickham Thorns. After a warm walk to the venue, we were introduced to our instructors for the day and were ready to begin. We all were able to complete The leap of faith, a climbing wall, archery and an obstacle course. A...
Yesterday, Year 3 were involved in a workshop all about empathy, organised by Gateshead Libraries. We started off by reading a picture book called ‘The River’ which helped us to understand what empathy means. We were then given different scenarios and were asked to...
As part of history topic Year 2 visited the RNLI Grace Darling museum in Bamburgh. A volunteer for the museum spent time sharing lots of information about Grace’s life. We heard how her sea rescue was so unusual for a women in the Victorian era that she became an...
This week in school we have been thinking about our Mental Health, this years focus of Children's Mental Health was 'know yourself, grow yourself'. We have been thinking about who we are, what our talents and skills are and learning to shout about ourselves and...
This year’s theme for Children’s Mental Health Week is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself. We thought about and discussed our strengths, challenges and things that we would like to improve about ourselves. Through celebrating children’s differences and respecting each other...
The theme for Children's Mental Health Week this year is 'Know Yourself, Grow Yourself'. This afternoon, Year 4 created some fantastic art work based on this theme. The children created their own plant growing on the side of a mountain. They established the plant...