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Year 2 working from home!

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Well done to Year 2 for their hard work over the past two weeks. Here are some of the activities which the children have been completing;

Fabulous Rainbows!

Year 2 were asked to make a poster showing a message to their friends.

Art work and model making.

Literacy and Maths activities

History work; finding out about our family history.

Den making was a really fun Geography activity, then the children were asked to write an imaginative story about their den; what fabulous story writers and making a den was great fun!

Keep up this fabulous work boys and girls.

Y6 visit the Theatre Royal

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Mrs C. Maxwell • 0 Comments

Year 6 were incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to see ‘Holes’ at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle. This is the text we have been studying this term. This is what some children had to say about it… ‘The acting was excellent – I loved the characters.’ ‘The funniest part was when Stanley was in… Continue Reading

Handwriting Challenge in KS 1

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 1 and Year 2 have completed a two week handwriting challenge to improve their handwriting. Well done to all boys and girls for their hard work. Prizes were awarded to 2 children from each class who had shown the biggest improvement. Continue Reading

World Book Day in the Early Years

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Mrs K. McWeeny • 0 Comments

Nursery and Reception joined together for a range of activities linked to the book ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ . The children worked in their ‘Family Groups’ and took part in crayon hat making, rainbow dancing with ribbons and musical instruments to colourful songs, a colour treasure hunt and some drawing and writing activities. A… Continue Reading

Year 6 – Holes – English Overview

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

Having read a number of texts from different eras (Shakespeare’s Macbeth, WWII Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol) we were keen to look at a more modern story to base our next unit of writing on. Holes, by Louis Sachar, is set in America at around the turn of the… Continue Reading

Traditional Tales in Nursery

Posted on February 25, 2020 by St Lawrence's Primary • 0 Comments

This term Nursery have been focusing on traditional tales. So far we have covered Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs and The Gingerbread Man. We have carried out lots of fun activities, across all curricular areas, related to each story. Goldilocks & the Three Bears We discussed the different characters from the… Continue Reading

Where’s Spot? Writing in Reception

Posted on February 25, 2020 by St Lawrence's Primary • 0 Comments

In Reception the children are just beginning to use their knowledge of phonics and Tricky Words in their writing. We used the ‘Where’s Spot’ story to base our work around because it is a story very familiar to the children and it is very repetitive. Initially we read and enjoyed… Continue Reading

Listening and Sharing in Year 3

Posted on February 25, 2020 by St Lawrence's Primary • 0 Comments

Yesterday we began our new RE topic, Listening and Sharing. To explore our topic, we read and used drama to act out the story of ‘Stone Soup’ using props. We discussed and thought about what it takes to be a good listener. Continue Reading

Family Storytelling with Seven Stories

Posted on February 19, 2020 by St Lawrence's Primary • 0 Comments

Each Friday after school, the children and families are welcome to stay for a story told by Megan, our Reader in Residence from Seven Stories. The children love this opportunity to share a story with their families – older and younger siblings are welcome too. A lovely way to end the week. Continue Reading

Big Spell 2020

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Mrs C. Maxwell • 0 Comments

This week, we held our grand final of the St Lawrence’s Big Spell 2020. For the last four weeks, we have all been working very hard to learn our Spelling lists. We went through several knockout rounds – a big test to show our starting point, a big test to show how much progress we… Continue Reading