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Category Archives: PSHE and Citizenship

Year 6 Graduate at Newcastle University

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

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

Remembrance activities in Year 6

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

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

Dog’s Trust Visit St Lawrence’s

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Mrs R. Woodley • 0 Comments

We were visited by Rachel from the Dog’s Trust. Following a whole school assembly with Rachel, she then came to our classes to talk about safety around dogs. She gave us five dog rules: 1 If a dog is sleeping, leave them alone. 2. If a dog is eating, leave them alone. 3. Try to… Continue Reading

Year 2 trip to Broxfield Farm!

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

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

Year 6 First Aid and CPR Refresher

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Last week, Year 6 were able to take part in a First Aid refresher. We looked at our DR ABCs, practiced CPR and learnt about how burns should be responded to. Continue Reading

Taking Care of Teddy

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Mrs R. Woodley • 0 Comments

Sarah-Lou from Mini-Fist Aid came into our class today to talk to us about keeping safe. We helped her clean up the cut on Teddy’s leg and put an ice pack on his head after he had banged it. Sarah then read us a story about a boy called Freddy. Freddy’s Mum had collapsed in… Continue Reading

Year 6 at Borrowdale

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Last week, Year 6 had a wonderful residential three-day trip to Borrowdale in the Lake District. We spent our time pushing ourselves to achieve new things; our activities included rock climbing, orienteering, ghyll scrambling and canoeing on the beautiful Derwentwater. Throughout our time at the residential we worked hard to build our resilience and work… Continue Reading

Talking about Families in Year 1

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Mrs R. Woodley • 0 Comments

In our RE lessons, we have been focusing on the love and care shown to us in our families. We looked at some pictures of families and talked about our own family set ups.. We have also thought about the different roles people play. Some of us role played what families do in our role… Continue Reading

Safety Week in Year 6

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

Year 6 had a brilliant 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 and how dangerous bin fires can be in the community. In… Continue Reading

Linking Project In Year 2

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 have had a fabulous time taking part in The Linking Project. We linked up with friends from Belsay Primary School in Northumberland. We enjoyed meeting with our friends by zoom throughout the year and in person at the Laing Art Gallery. The project has been exciting and interesting and has had so many… Continue Reading