NEWS & EVENTS BLOG

<p>Over the last week, the children have noticed some new signs around the KS1 and KS2 yards. We have new maps, maths displays and poems all around school. We hope they will inspire our pupils to become new geographers, scientists and poets!</p>

<p>We followed instructions and looked at photographs to create our one model of Stone Henge. We discussed the different features of the structure including the Altar Stone to wonder and explore reasons for building such a structure. We wondered how people during this time were able to carry such heavy stones.</p>

<p>We really enjoyed our first Now Press Play experience. We experienced a day in the Stone Age; we ventured through a flint mine, shot a bow and arrow, completed a cave painting and saved our family from a woolly mammoth.</p>

<p>Year 6 had a fantastic time composing and performing their own jazz compositions using ipads.  Mr Olatunji helped them choose and select various programs to achieve a mix of harmony and rhythm that this genre of music needs. IMG_0940 We began the lesson by looking at the history of jazz, with African Americans in New [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The children enjoyed making poppies to celebrate Remembrance Day. Every class used a different medium and technique to create their poppies, which were all brought together to make a whole school art display in the school entrance.  Well done everybody, what a super effort!</p>

<p>Reception class loved learning about the season of autumn. They looked closely at the changes the environment and investigated autumn vegetables such as pumpkins. Everyone enjoyed our class trip to Jesmond Dene to hunt for signs of autumn and when we returned to school the children even used their super writing skills to label some [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Reception enjoyed learning about Bonfire night. They used art resources to create a bonfire whilst talking about how to keep safe, created their own firework pictures by copying patterns of fireworks in chalk on to black paper and they even showed off their blending skills by writing words such as &#8216;pop&#8217; to describe the sounds [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 6 graduated from University on Friday after an amazing week learning about WWII. The pupils really grabbed the opportunity to find out what life is like as a student, touring Newcastle University campus as well as presenting their projects in a lecture theatre. Dozens of family members turned up to see the children receive [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 6 had another brilliant day with Into University. We looked at some artefacts from World War 2 and thought about what they might have been used for. We put ourselves in the shoes of evacuees and thought about what we would take with us in our suitcase. We displayed some excellent teamworking skills by [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 6 started a week-long project about WWII as part of a scheme to encourage youngsters in the area to think about attending university when they are older.The Into University organisation runs homework clubs and works closely with schools across the country showing pupils what they can gain from getting a degree.Year 6 looked at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 6 were immersed in our World War 2 history topic when Richard (“That History Bloke”) came to visit. Richard brought a number of primary sources from World War 2, which were based on the wartime experiences of a real North-Eastern family. We worked out the various jobs of the people that owned the artefacts [&hellip;]</p>

<p>day we enjoyed working in small groups to produce a presentation all about a piece of natural geography in London, the River Thames. We researched using the internet, books and fact sheets and collated our ideas on sugar paper. We then took it in turns in our groups to present our ideas to the class. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 2 have been learning all about significant people in history in or Humanities lessons. In Geography and Science we have been looking at contrasting localities and habitats. We visited Bamburgh to bring to life all that we had learnt. On our journey we saw all four of the localities which we have been studying [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 2 have enjoyed learning all about the reign of Queen Elizabeth ll as part  our history unit about Famous People. We compared the the reign of Queen Elizabeth ll with Queen Victoria. &nbsp; We drew portraits of the Queen and then we looked at the work of Andy Warhol and the Pop Art style [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We have really enjoyed learning all about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in Year 3. We have took part in lots of activities to learn about this special event. We looked at the Queen’s reign so far since 1952 and we learnt about the immediate Royal Family. We also zoomed in on the Queen’s reign during [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We were very lucky today to have a visit from Claire, an audiologist from the team at NE1 Hear at the Freeman Hospital. Claire talked about the different parts of the ear, let us try a bone-mounted hearing aid, taught us how to look after our hearing and even showed us the inside of one [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 1 and Year 2 had an exciting morning taking part in St Lawrence&#8217;s Big Quiz. The children were put into teams and were asked questions based upon what they have learnt in History, Geography and Science. Mr Brown, our quiz master, asked questions set by Miss Murray and the children worked together in their [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What an exciting morning we had today! We took part in our first ever Big Quiz. The Quiz involved working in teams to answer key questions from our previous History, Geography and Science topics. The topics covered included: The Stone Age, Newcastle and London and Animals Including Humans. There were also some bonus rounds which [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Today we had a wonderful trip to Beamish Museum! We were transported back in time to the Victorian era, as we dressed up as Victorian school children. We experienced a Victorian lesson in the Beamish Board School where we had to work completely in silence! Next we walked into the town and visited the terraced [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We are really enjoying our Victorians topic in Humanities! Today we learnt all about a significant Victorian the inventor and engineer, George Stephenson. He is often called the ‘father of the railway,’ and was born locally in Northumberland. We opened up his suitcase and started to think about who he was and why he is [&hellip;]</p>