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Nurture Group from Year 3 and Year 4 had a fabulous afternoon out to Scotswood Community Garden, where they took part in pond-dipping, learnt about bees and pollination and went on a mini-beast hunt! The children were beautifully behaved and an absolute credit to the school and their families. 
Year 3 had a wonderful time today at Broxfield farm in Northumberland. It was our first trip since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. We started the day by going on a tractor ride into a field of cows! We then ventured into the fields and saw learnt how a combine harvester cuts the ears… Continue Reading
We have been fascinated watching the caterpillars grow and change into cocoons but the most exciting bit has been to watch them hatch into butterflies. Today – we had to let our beautiful painted ladies go and spread their wings in the Outdoor Area. Fly butterflies Fly! Continue Reading
Year 2 took a trip to Broxfield Farm where we learned all about the countryside from the local farmer; Mr. Thompson. Year 2 were very excited as we travelled to the countryside and were able to point out all the animals they saw and describe the rural habitat. While at the farm we took… Continue Reading
Today, nurture group were tasked with finding the oldest tree in the school grounds. A tree expands by roughly 2 cm a year, so we worked out that if we measured all around the tree trunk and divided the measurement by 2, we could work out the age of the tree. We used tape measures… Continue Reading
Great excitement in Reception today as we received a box full of teeny tiny and very wriggly caterpillars! The children carefully transferred the small and delicate creatures into individual pots that contain special caterpillar food. The children were fascinated in watching them as they wriggled and climbed around their pots. Continue Reading
Today in Year 5, we began our new topic, Properties and Changes of Materials.! We learned that any substance that can be used to make something is a material and materials can be split into two categories: natural and man-made materials. In this lesson, we focused on the properties of materials. Each material has its… Continue Reading
The children in Reception have been reading a story called ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’. We decided to use some of the fruits in the story to make our own fruit salad. At one point in the story Oliver tries to balance a pineapple on his head! We tried to do it too – but it is… Continue Reading
Nurture Group is currently looking after some caterpillars which will grow into Painted Lady butterflies. To make sure they have plenty of food when we release them, we have planted a butterfly garden in the Key Stage 1 yard. This is mainly made up of herbs such as marjoram, oregano and thyme which apparently these… Continue Reading
We had an exciting experiment in Year 1 this week. We investigated the density of different liquids by carefully pouring them into our containers. We started with honey followed by golden syrup, washing up liquid, coloured milk, coloured water and finally vegetable oil. Look at our results below!!!! Continue Reading
