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Year 6 History Workshop

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Mrs N. Miller • 0 Comments

Year 6 were immersed in our World War 2 history topic when Richard (“That History Bloke”) came to visit.

Richard brought a number of primary sources from World War 2, which were based on the wartime experiences of a real North-Eastern family. We worked out the various jobs of the people that owned the artefacts and imagined what it would have been like to live in wartime.

We even got to see a real air raid siren in action!

Art Competition in partnership with Northumbria Police

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Mrs B. Russell • 0 Comments

This term our children were invited to take part in a whole school art competition organised by Northumbria Police. The brief was to design a picture with a message to the police. The children produced some fantastic artwork which is going to be displayed at the ‘Pride in Policing’ awards ceremony and then in local… Continue Reading

Year 2 Visit To Broxfield Farm

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 visited Broxfield Farm in Northumberland on Friday 21st October. This visit was part of our Geography work this term about making comparisons between Urban and Rural environments and with our Science work about growing and changing. We looked at the crops with Mr Thompson the farmer; We picked wheat and then we learnt… Continue Reading

Year 5 and 6 learn about real-life scientists.

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

Students from Newcastle University came in to talk about the role of scientists in our world. They explained to students in Year 5 and 6 that the title ‘scientist’ covers jobs from people building computers through chemists and biologist through to engineers. Pupils completed experiments based around their 5 senses – predicting, observing and coming… Continue Reading

Y4 DT: making and evaluating our flavoured breads

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

It was the climax of Year 4’s design and technology unit on flavoured bread today. We spent most of the morning mixing, kneading and proving the bread, before we shaped and added our special ingredients. Our extra ingredients included nutella, spicy sausage, whipped cream, crisps and halal gummy bears. Gillian our school cook baked the… Continue Reading

An Autumn Day at Broxfield Farm for Year 3.

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

We had a wonderful day out at Broxfield farm with Mr Thompson. We felt the wheat in the field, found worms in the ground, visited calves, bulls and cows in the field and ground wheat to make flour. The highlight of our day was making our very own scarecrow! We look forward to returning in… Continue Reading

Teddy Bear invasion in Year 2!

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Yesterday Year 2 were asked to bring their favourite teddy to school. We enjoyed doing lots of activities with our teddy bears. We read our books to them; We did our LEXIA work with them; We did our PE lesson with them, they enjoyed flying on the parachute! In the afternoon we had a visit… Continue Reading

Carl Warner Fruit and Vegetable Art in Year 3!

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

Today we had lots of fun producing our own collage in the style of contemporary British artist, Carl Warner. We discussed Warner’s work, where he uses fruit and vegetables to make landscape pictures. We adapted his ideas with our own to make fruit and vegetable art inspired by our local landscapes and landmarks. We really… Continue Reading

Y6 visit Safetyworks

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

Year 6 had a fantastic morning learning how to stay safe in a variety of different real-life scenarios. Safetyworks, run by Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, gave children the opportunity to practice skills such as road safety, how to use the metro, being web-safe and how to prevent fires in the home. In… Continue Reading