NEWS & EVENTS BLOG

<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Libraries Spring Term 1 2024 Newsletter We have attached the latest newsletter from Newcastle Libraries. There are lots of exciting events happening over the spring term which you can attend! More detail can be found by following these links Children and Young People | Newcastle City Council Newcastle Libraries Events | Eventbrite &nbsp;</p>

<p>We were visited by Rachel from the Dog&#8217;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 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Over the last few weeks, the Nursery children have thoroughly enjoyed looking after our caterpillars and watching them transform into butterflies! . They have observed the changes and learned all about the life cycle from an egg to a butterfly. We have read lots of non fiction and fiction books to help us, including &#8216;The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As a school we were delighted to take part in the first Bishop Bewick Art Exhibition. The event is to help celebrate our key values of being stronger together and greater than the sum of our parts. Each class took part and spent a day working together to produce some fabulous pieces of work for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Nursery children had a great time celebrating our new King and Queen. They enjoyed learning about our Royal Family and taking part in lots of &#8216;royal&#8217; activities, including pretending to be the King! They made their own crowns and we had a picnic and played party games. &#8216;God save the King!&#8217;</p>

<p>This week our Nursery children celebrated the 25th anniversary of World Book Day with a variety of events in school to promote reading. The children were invited to come into school dressed either in clothes they like to wear while reading or as their favourite book character. We launched a &#8216;story in a box&#8217; competition, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Our wonderful Open The Book team returned to school this week to act out the Christmas story. They dressed up and involved lots of boys and girls to retell the Nativity Story. It was an essential part of our Advent preparations for Christmas. Thank you and a very Merry Christmas to our Open The Book [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Today we came to school wearing odd socks to celebrate how we are all different and unique. We listened to the story &#8216;Simon&#8217;s Sock&#8217; by Sue Hendra &amp; Paul Linnet and then decorated our own pair of odd socks. We discussed what it feels like when somebody is being unkind to us or somebody else [&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>This term the Nursery children took part in their first educational visit and were very well behaved! We went to Jesmond Dene to look for signs of Autumn. We collected leaves and visited the animals in Pet&#8217;s Corner before sitting down for a drink and snack!  On our return, we listened to the story &#8216;Leaf [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; EYFS and Key Stage 1 took part in The Annual Lenten CAFOD Appeal; Walk Against Hunger. We walked 1/2 a mile together remembering those in the world who do not have enough to eat daily. The money which we have collected will be sent to CAFOD. We thought about what it was like to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last week it was lovely to be able to welcome our parents back into Nursery for our first Stay and Play session since Covid began!  We decided to also make it a celebration for Mother&#8217;s Day. The children loved having their mams and dads come to play with them at Nursery and they enjoyed showing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week Nursery and Reception Class celebrated World Book Day by focusing on the story &#8216;The Smeds and The Smoos&#8217; by Julia Donaldson &amp; Axel Scheffler.   The Nursery children dressed up in blue like the Smoo characters in the story and the Reception children dressed in red like the Smeds. We took part in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We have enjoyed a busy few weeks in Nursery!  The children have learnt lots of new skills and taken part in a range of activities linked to our &#8216;All about me&#8217; and &#8216;Autumn&#8217; topics. We have read many stories but a particular favourite was &#8216;Leaf Man&#8217; by Lois Ehlert.   The children were introduced to printing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There were smiles and laughter all around when our Nursery and Reception children visited the Northern Stage Theatre to see &#8216;The Three Bears&#8217;!  They watched and listened so well as the story was acted out and they had great fun dancing to the music and joining in with the actions.  What a wonderful day we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Nursery children enjoyed their first educational visit to Jesmond Dene! We explored the area for signs of Autumn and collected leaves of different colour, shape and size.  The children were excited to have snack in the woods before visiting the animals in Pets Corner.  Even the bus journey was a highlight!  A wonderful morning [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Nursery children have enjoyed exploring our painting area.  They have used thick brushes and chosen from a range of coloured paints to create their first paintings which we have displayed in the classroom. We have some budding little artists in Nursery!</p>

<p>This term, Nursery have enjoyed taking part in a Circus Stories Programme.  They have listened to and joined in with some fabulous stories read by Megan from Seven Stories and they have been taught some new and exciting circus skills such as plate spinning, flower sticks and juggling by Paul from Circus Central.  We have [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last Term, our Nursery children enjoyed looking at Traditional Tale Stories.  We talked about the different characters and how each story has a beginning, middle and end.   We did lots of exciting activities linked to each story including making up our own characters,  choosing our own ending to the story and tasting yummy gingerbread men.  [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some children from EYFS and KS1 have been attending school during this lockdown period. They have been working hard and completing the same work as the children who are working from home. Here are some of the activities which they have been doing. &nbsp;  Fun in the snow! Super Literacy and Maths. Amazing art work. [&hellip;]</p>