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Year 6 Graduate at Newcastle University

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Year 6 pupils graduated on Friday after a week long course of activities centered around WWII,

The children started the day with a tour of Newcastle University campus before presenting  group talk to their families in the Old Library.

The children had studied about WWII heroes Anne Frank, Billy Strachan, Alan Turing and Violette Szabo.

After their presentations they put on the mortar boards and gowns to accept their graduation certificates

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Creating Maps in Year 1

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This week in geography we have been drawing maps of the classroom. To do this we used a key with symbols representing the different areas of the classroom. These included: home corner, reading corner, red table, blue table, green table and teacher’s desk. We began by moving large versions of the symbols around on the… Continue Reading

Teddy Bear Hospital Visit Year 2!

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We had a wonderful visit from the Teddy Bear Hospital this afternoon! The Teddy Bear Hospital is made up of medical students from Newcastle University. We took part in four different activities: healthy eating and exercise, inside my body, sensory play and what to expect at the doctors or hospital. We arranged the internal organs… Continue Reading

Remembrance activities in Year 6

Remembrance activities in Year 6

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Year 6 had the opportunity to attend a beautiful Service of Remembrance at St Lawrence’s Church today, along with children from Byker Primary, veterans of the armed forces and the charity Launchpad, which works with ex-service people. We also spent time contributing painted poppies for a local Remembrance Day service. Our week of remembrance activities,… Continue Reading

Experimenting with rocks in Year 3

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Year 3 have really been enjoying their ‘rocks and soils’ science topic. We have looked at different rocks and learned how sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks are formed. We experimented on 6 different types of rocks to see how permeable they were and how durable and tough they were. After that, we learned a new skill:… Continue Reading

Year 2 trip to Broxfield Farm!

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We had an amazing trip to Mr Thompson’s farm, Broxfield, near Alnwick. We started off our trip by exploring our way through his brand new pumpkin patch. It was fascinating to see the seeds inside a pumpkin and to find out how they grow. We then visited the cows in their shed. We learnt that… Continue Reading