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Godly Play
Year 1 have spent the afternoon with Mrs Cooper in Godly Play. They have listened to a story from the Bible and used created play to represent it. 
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Year 2 visit Discovery Museum
Year 2 visited the Discovery Museum today. We enjoyed trying out all of the experiments in the Science Maze. After lunch we had a fun time in the circus exhibition. In the afternoon we took part in a history workshop about the Great Fire of Newcastle. We learnt all about life in Victorian times and we acted out the story of the fire. Continue Reading
Science Experiment extravaganza!
Year 1 and Year 2 took part in an amazing day full of exciting Science experiments. We worked in six groups carrying out experiments. We learnt such a lot throughout the day and had a really exciting time. Continue Reading
RSPB Visit
The children were visited by a member of the RSPB to talk to them about birds. Continue Reading
A visit from Mr O!
As part of Year 5’s music curriculum this term, we have been focusing on the work of Lin-Manuel Miranda, in particular his use of Hip Hop and Latin music, in his musicals Hamilton and In the Heights. Mr O visited us to help us explore the genres further through various iPad apps. We began by… Continue Reading
Farmer Thompson Visits Year 5
Mr Thompson, a farmer from Northumberland, came to visit us in school on Tuesday 26th February as part of the Country Trust Project. He brought with him a friend, another farmer from Northumberland. They came to talk to us about contrasting locations; we compared how different the farm/countryside is to the city. Mr Thompson told us about how seeds and… Continue Reading
Dissecting Lilies
As part of our Science topic on plants, Year 5 had a go at dissecting lilies. We have been learning about reproduction in plants and found out that a flower has both male and female parts. There are two types of reproduction: sexual and asexual. Living things that use sexual reproduction have sex cells called… Continue Reading
Energy Saving Poster Competition
Some of our children created some amazing posters to remind everyone in school how important it is for us to save energy. Congratulations to those who created our winning posters! Continue Reading
World Book Day Celebrations in KS1
World Book Day 2019 On World Book Day we dressed up as different book characters. We brought the book where our character is found. We spent the day listening to and talking about stories by different authors. We learnt a lot about the authors. We also enjoyed some quiet reading time. We… Continue Reading
Coke and mentos experiment
As part of science week this year, Year 5 were lucky enough to have a visit from Technology Tom. He conducted an experiment to show us how gases can be dissolved in liquid. He demonstrated this using a bottle of diet coke and a tube leading to a beaker of water. As we tapped the… Continue Reading
