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Monthly Archives: October 2019
Zoolab Visits Year 1!
The children in Year 1 were visited by Rob from Zoolab who came in to show us a range of animals to help us with our work in Science. We talked about different groups of animals and discussed some of their habits and what they eat. We got to hold a giant snail, a Madagascan… Continue Reading
Y6 Evacuated to Beamish Home Farm
As part of our WW2 topic this term, Year 6 went back in time to find out what it was like to be evacuated from a city to the countryside during the war. We were met by Farmer George and put straight to work, making carrot cookies, putting up the blackout on the windows and… Continue Reading
Meet Our New School Council and Eco Squad
After a democratic vote as part of our ‘British Values’ week, our new School Councillors and Eco Squad were announced in assembly today. We are looking forward to them being the voice of our school and ensuring that we continue to be as eco-friendly as possible. Congratulations to all new members! Continue Reading
Anti-smoking talk
Year 6 had a very important talk from the school nurse about the dangers of smoking. The class have been learning in science about how their heart and lungs work but have now also been made aware about how cigarettes can cause terrible damage. This not only includes problems if they are silly enough to… Continue Reading
Year 3 trip to the Hancock Museum
We had a wonderful day today at the Hancock Museum for both our humanities and science topics. For science we explored the precious gemstones section of the museum and also enjoyed a rocks and minerals workshop. For humanities we explored the early prehistoric section of the museum and completed activities relating to Stone Age to… Continue Reading
Stone Age Cave Art in Year 3
We had so much fun today creating our own Stone Age Cave art. We looked at examples from real Stone Age caves and thought about the different art materials Stone Age people would have had to use, they definitely would of made use of anything they had! We crushed different berries to get different colours… Continue Reading
Year 3 trip to Broxfield Farm
Year 3 had a wonderful time today at Broxfield farm in Northumberland. We started the day by feeding some cows and learning different facts, including different types and names of cows. We then ventured into the fields and saw learnt how a combine harvester cuts the ears of wheat ready to be processed. We had… Continue Reading
Year 4 at the Laing
As part of our Autumn art topic, we visited the Laing Art Gallery for a printing workshop. We started by looking around one of the galleries for inspiration. We looked for anything that we thought represented autumn in the pictures. We found leaves, plants, trees, fruit as well as abstract images and colours. After that,… Continue Reading
Bringing WWII alive for Year 6
History man Richard came in with dozens of WWII objects and information to help us really understand what life was like for people living in Britain at the time. We looked at sources, from identity cards through to work objects, of three members of the Palmer family from Gateshead. The father was an Air Raid… Continue Reading
