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Newsletter 23.04.26
The latest copy of our School Newsletter is available to download as a PDF. April 23.04.26
Forest School is back!
Nursery and Reception class were so excited to hear that our Thursday Forest School morning was back with Phil from Muddy Monsters! The sun was shining and the air was lovely and warm, so we couldn’t wait to find out what activities we would be involved in. We built...
Music – Practising our performance
Last half term, Stuart told the children that they would be creating and performing their very own ‘Year 5 The Musical’. We discussed in pairs what a musical is and listed as many musicals as we could. These included; ‘Matilda’, ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Mary Poppins’. We...
Forest School – Easter themed
Today in school, Nursery and Reception class were very excited to take part in Forest School, because it had a very special, tasty Easter treat included! At the start of the session, Phil told us that Oscar Monster wanted to find worms and ladybirds underneath logs....
Easter Week
On the run up to Easter this weekend, Reception class have been super busy with lots of fun Easter activities! On Monday, the children who wanted to enter the Easter Egg competition in school brought in their entries. We have had some wonderful creations ranging from;...
Basketball
In our basketball lesson this week, the children played in teams of 5 or 6, high passing and bounce passing to each other, whilst other members of the other team were defending. A team member was transferred to the other side, if an incomplete amount of 5 passes were...
Easter Card Delivery
The school council have made Easter cards for the residents at Armstrong House in Gateshead. The children enjoyed visiting the residents this morning to deliver their cards. Everyone at the home was delighted to see the children and receive their Easter treats.
Easter Egg Hunt
The School Councillors planned, prepared and led an Easter Egg hunt for our youngest children in Nursery and Reception. The children packed the eggs with easter treats then carefully hid them around our school garden. Children in Nursery and Reception had lots of fun...
Building birdhouses
This half term in DT, we have designed, built and evaluated our own birdhouses. We began by finding out about the different kinds of bird houses and the birds that live in them. Mrs Fraser challenged us to design and build a birdhouse for a blue tit, great tit or...
Pneumatic Devices
This half term in DT Year 3 have been looking at pneumatic systems that use air pressure to make something more. We started by constructing various investigations using straws, syringes and balloons before designing a toy car for 7-9 year olds that included a...