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Teddy Bear Hospital Visit Year 2!

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

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 inside an apron of the body, learnt a little bit of sign language and tried some activities blind folded, to test our senses. We also had a look at some doctor’s equipment including stethoscope, heart rate monitor and blood pressure monitor.

Experimenting with rocks in Year 3

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Mrs N. Miller • 0 Comments

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!

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

Exploring Autumn in Year 1

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mrs R. Woodley • 0 Comments

We had such a great day when Oscar visited us from the ‘Nature Detectives’. We went outside to explore the changes that take place around our school in the season of Autumn. As we explored, we noticed the changes in the trees as well as the different mini beasts living in our school grounds. Continue Reading

Zoolab Visit Year 1

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mrs R. Woodley • 0 Comments

Today we were visited by Rob from Zoolab. Rob brought different types of animals so that we could understand further how to group them into categories e.g. mammals, reptiles, amphibians etc. He also talked about what the animals eat, using the vocabulary carnivore, herbivore and omnivore herbivore omnivore. What an exciting afternoon! Continue Reading

Now Press Play in Year 2!

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

We had our first Year 2 Now Press Play experience today! We went to an alien planet to advise the inhabitants how to eat healthy and how to look after themselves. We had to think about exercise, keeping clean and the different food groups. Continue Reading

Y4 Litter Pick

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

As a class we talked about different habitats across the globe (desert, mountains, ocean, river, countryside etc) and which species was causing the most problems for other animals – humans! We talked about how in particular our demands for food and computer technology, such as mobile phones or games consoles, has led to huge areas… 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

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

Dt puppet making in Year 2

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

Year 2 have really enjoyed designing and making a finger puppets this term as our DT project. We chose a poem to learn and then designed a finger puppet to go with our poem. We choose the colour felt which we were going to use to make our puppet. We used a template to make… Continue Reading