In our PE lessons this half term the children in Year 5 are learning the rules and skills of cricket. This week, in groups of 4, they played a warm up game involving 6 cones and 3 balls, where they had to accurately place the ball on the opposite side of each cone,...
What a gorgeous, hot, sunny morning it was for Nursery and Reception class to attend Forest School this morning. First, Phil told us that all of the Muddy Monsters were hiding in Forest School so we had to find where Eddie, Chloe, Oscar and Ella were! We then enjoyed...
As part of our history topic on Crime and Punishment through time, we visited Newcastle Castle yesterday. We enjoyed a tour of the castle, first finding out about the history of the castle and its’ role as the sheriff’s court and prison during the medieval times. Then...
Last Friday, the children in Year 5 finished their Tutankhamun Death Masks as part of their DT topic last half term. Over a couple of lessons, the children used blank face masks, along with paper towels and PVA glue to create a lightweight structure on their masks....
In PE this week, Year 6 continued to develop and build on their foundational netball skills. The children learnt basic ball skills which included throwing the ball with accuracy using chest pass, shoulder pass and bounce pass and catching skills. They worked hard to...
Today, Year 2 brought together their learning from both Maths and RSHE to create their very own wellbeing cubes. In Maths, we’ve been exploring 3D shapes, and today we put that knowledge into action by using nets to build our cubes. It was a little tricky joining the...