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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.

Other Faiths Week: Judaism

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

We celebrated the end of our week of RE work on Judaism with a whole-school assembly this week. Each class, from Reception to Year 6 has spent their their RE lessons this week covering different aspects of the Jewish faith. It was lovely to see the connections growing as we progressed through the presentations. We… 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 visit Byker Library!

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

What an exciting afternoon we had! We visited East End Library on Shields Road, linked to our work on ‘Luna Loves Library Day,’ by Joseph Coelho. Our lovely librarian read a fantastic picture book to us, ‘Luna Loves Art,’ also by Joseph Coelho and part of the ‘Luna’ series. We then got the opportunity 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

Attendance prize winner at the match!

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Thanks to our friends at Byker Community Trust, school was able to offer a very special prize for our lucky attendance prize winner at the end of last half-term: tickets to St. James’ Park. What is more, they got to see Newcastle United’s triumphant 4-0 win over Crystal Palace. This fantastic experience was truly deserved,… Continue Reading

Farewell to Father Shaun

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Today we bid a fond farewell to Father Shaun, who is leaving our parish. Our First Holy Communion children from Years 5 and 6 planned a special Celebration of the Word to thank Father Shaun for his time with us and to wish him well in his journey forward. We took as our text Romans… Continue Reading

Laing Gallery Portrait Workshop in Year 2!

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

We had an exciting workshop today with Kevin from the Laing Art Gallery. We looked at the famous artist Pablo Picasso and interpreted some of his portraits. We thought about how do people draw portraits? We firstly learnt the rules of drawing a face before thinking about how we would break these rules to create… Continue Reading

Year 2 Mock Baptism at St Lawrence’s Church with Father Shaun.

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

This morning, we were very lucky to experience a Mock Baptism at St Lawrence’s Church with our Parish Priest, Father Shaun. It was such an amazing experience, not only to see the Baptism but also to have time in church to talk to Father Shaun and ask him questions. Hetty and Johan played the roles… Continue Reading

Autumn Music Week!

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

Last week was our Autumn Music Week Across school. In all classes, we covered Listening and Appreciation, listening and responding to particular greats and legends of different genres of music. It gave the children the opportunity to listen to and respond to varied music they may not normally listen to. Continue Reading