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Category Archives: Year 6

Year 6 Graduate at Newcastle University

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

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Remembrance activities in Year 6

Remembrance activities in Year 6

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

Other Faiths Week: Judaism

Other Faiths Week: Judaism

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

Attendance prize winner at the match!

Attendance prize winner at the match!

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

Creating Emotional Film Music

Mr Olatunji came into school with his ipads and helped Year 6 compose their own music that conveyed different types of emotion.  He highlighted the incredible work of Hans Zimmer, who has been responsible for scores from films such The Lion King, Gladiator and Pirates of the Caribbean.  We used loops and instrument effects to… Continue Reading

Our New Mini-Vinnies are commissioned

Our New Mini-Vinnies are commissioned

After last week’s introductory assembly, this week our selected Mini-Vinnies were commissioned with the help of local representative Mr Wilcox. Our Mini-Vinnies from Years 2-6 are tasked with following the example Jesus lays out in the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37), to help people in need. We will begin by looking around… Continue Reading