NEWS & EVENTS BLOG

<p>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 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>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 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 2 have had a fabulous time taking part in The Linking Project. We linked up with friends from Belsay Primary School in Northumberland. We enjoyed meeting with our friends by zoom throughout the year and in person at the Laing Art Gallery. The project has been exciting and interesting and has had so many [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 2 have had a fabulous time taking part in The Linking Project. We linked up with friends from Belsay Primary School in Northumberland. We enjoyed meeting with our friends by zoom throughout the year and in person at the Laing Art Gallery. The project has been exciting and interesting and has had so many [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Monday we were very lucky to have a visit from Angela who works as an optician. She told us all about how to look after our eyes but also how to keep safe in the sun. We learnt about UVA and UVB rays and looked at a model of the inside of an eye. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Monday we were very lucky to have a visit from Angela who works as an optician. She told us all about how to look after our eyes but also how to keep safe in the sun. We learnt about UVA and UVB rays and looked at a model of the inside of an eye. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 3 had a wonderful time today at Broxfield farm in Northumberland. It was amazing to go back to visit the farm in the summer to see how much it has changed since the Autumn. We started the day by going into the oat fields and even saw the beginning of Mr Thompson’s need batch [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 3 had a wonderful time today at Broxfield farm in Northumberland. It was amazing to go back to visit the farm in the summer to see how much it has changed since the Autumn. We started the day by going into the oat fields and even saw the beginning of Mr Thompson’s need batch [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Our KS2 Orchestra had a wonderful performance on Tuesday afternoon where we celebrated music from the 1980s! We have worked so hard on this concert, with all members reading printed sheet music for the first time! Our audience were captivated and sang along!</p>

<p>Our KS2 Orchestra had a wonderful performance on Tuesday afternoon where we celebrated music from the 1980s! We have worked so hard on this concert, with all members reading printed sheet music for the first time! Our audience were captivated and sang along!</p>

<p>&nbsp; In our last forest school session for the year, Year 5 Nurture Group brought together many of the skills they have been learning this year: whittling skills, campfire building and campfire lighting. The children are now so skilled that they needed minimal input from Mrs. Villalobos and they independently built a campfire, correctly layering [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; In our last forest school session for the year, Year 5 Nurture Group brought together many of the skills they have been learning this year: whittling skills, campfire building and campfire lighting. The children are now so skilled that they needed minimal input from Mrs. Villalobos and they independently built a campfire, correctly layering [&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>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>On Monday 3rd July, KS2 were very lucky to have the author James Harris join them for the day. The day started with an assembly and then Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in a workshop run by James. The children learnt about what it takes to become a successful author and illustrator and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Monday 3rd July, KS2 were very lucky to have the author James Harris join them for the day. The day started with an assembly and then Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in a workshop run by James. The children learnt about what it takes to become a successful author and illustrator and [&hellip;]</p>