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Year 3 Leading Mass at St Lawrence’s Church!
<p>Today we lead and presented Mass in church today. It was our third time and we all really enjoyed the experience. We sang our hymns, ‘Bind Us Together,’ and ‘Walk in the Light,’ beautifully. Every child played an active role, either by taking on a reading, bringing forward the Offertory or a revenant part of […]</p>
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Year 3 Leading Mass at St Lawrence’s Church!
<p>Today we lead and presented Mass in church today. It was our third time and we all really enjoyed the experience. We sang our hymns, ‘Bind Us Together,’ and ‘Walk in the Light,’ beautifully. Every child played an active role, either by taking on a reading, bringing forward the Offertory or a revenant part of […]</p>
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Using Electricity for Science and Design Technology
<p>Year 6 spent a day exploring electrical circuits before making their own working nightlight. The children used electrical kits to experiment with circuits before looking at how reducing the voltage – through reducing the number of batteries – slowed down a motor and dimmed a lightbulb. They looked at symbols used by scientists and electricians […]</p>
Jan 27, 20231 min read
Celebrating Chinese New Year in Year 3 with Tangrams!
<p>To celebrate Chinese New Year this week, we had a very fun maths lesson today playing with Chinese tangrams. They are Chinese jigsaw puzzles and we had to think pragmatically to create new pictures from the pieces.</p>
Jan 27, 20231 min read
Sharing and Grouping with Remainders in Year 3!
<p>Check out some photos from our sharing and grouping maths lesson today. We are thinking about tricky remainders and using our times table knowledge.</p>
Jan 27, 20231 min read
NEU Strike Wednesday 1st February
<p>Attached is information about strike action which is due to take place on Wednesday 1 February. A copy of the letter was sent home to all parents in paper form and also shared on Class Dojo. Strike Wed 1 Feb</p>
Jan 26, 20231 min read
St Lawrence’s First Poetry Weeks
<p>For the last two weeks, all of our KS1 and KS2 classes have been learning about poetry. They have written their own free verse poems and learnt how to perform poems using volume, rhythm, expression and actions. This afternoon, each class performed one of the poems and some children even read their own free verse […]</p>
Jan 24, 20231 min read
Notification of Potential Strike Action
<p>Notification of Potential Strike Action</p>
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Computer Scientists of the Future
<p>Year 6 had an amazing time at the Royal Grammar School coding Lego robots. They took part in a series of hands-on activities thanks to the the Digital Schoolhouse Workshop. They discovered how to program the robots and ensure they carried out a variety of commands. Children also had to ensure that they showed resilience […]</p>
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Year 2 visit St Lawrence’s Church
<p>Today Year 2 visited St Lawrence’s Church. We have been learning all about books in our RE work this term. Today we went to church to find out about the books that are used in church. Father Shaun showed us over twenty books and told us all about how they are used in church at […]</p>
Jan 19, 20231 min read
Y4 Shipbuilding at the Discovery Museum
<p>Y4 enjoyed a fantastic Shipbuilding workshop as part of our Changing Jobs module in Humanities. We learned about some of the jobs that were common on the River Tyne 100 years ago, and tried our hands at being loftsmen, riveters and ship designers. We also learned a little bit about how ships’ engines use the […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Seven Stories Workshop in Year 3!
<p>We were so excited to have our first workshop with our friend Charlotte at Seven Stories today. We played some games to get to know Charlotte and to think about our favourite books. Charlotte read a beautiful story called ‘Not Just a Book,’ by Jean Willis and Tony Ross. We then made our own pieces […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Forest School Campfire
<p>As the weather is currently getting rather chilly, we are practicing our campfire skills. Last week we learnt how to build a campfire and what safety measures we need in place. We learnt how to use fire steels to get a spark to start our campfire. Once we were all nice and warm sat around […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Forest School Campfire
<p>As the weather is currently getting rather chilly, we are practicing our campfire skills. Last week we learnt how to build a campfire and what safety measures we need in place. We learnt how to use fire steels to get a spark to start our campfire. Once we were all nice and warm sat around […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Forest School
<p>Unfortunately it was one group’s last session at Forest School this week. We have had a wonderful time over the last couple of months. We have learnt how to tree climb safely, how to build dens, done nature art, learnt how to safely light a camp fire and put it out, and best of all […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Forest School
<p>Unfortunately it was one group’s last session at Forest School this week. We have had a wonderful time over the last couple of months. We have learnt how to tree climb safely, how to build dens, done nature art, learnt how to safely light a camp fire and put it out, and best of all […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Weekly KPI Practise in Year 3 Maths
<p>We are continuing with our Key Performance Indicators in maths this half term. Our objective this week is to be able to confidently add and subtract numbers up to 999. We revised setting out column methods, borrowing and carrying before trying some tasks which included snakes and ladders games, reasoning challenge cards and dice games. […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Weekly KPI Practise in Year 3 Maths
<p>We are continuing with our Key Performance Indicators in maths this half term. Our objective this week is to be able to confidently add and subtract numbers up to 999. We revised setting out column methods, borrowing and carrying before trying some tasks which included snakes and ladders games, reasoning challenge cards and dice games. […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Cinema Composers
<p>Mr Olatunji came into school with his ipads and helped Year 6 compose their own music that conveyed different types of emotion – just like we hear on cinema score such as Harry Potter or Star Wars. We used loops and instrument effects to create the thematic pieces before introducing our own motifs. We created […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Cinema Composers
<p>Mr Olatunji came into school with his ipads and helped Year 6 compose their own music that conveyed different types of emotion – just like we hear on cinema score such as Harry Potter or Star Wars. We used loops and instrument effects to create the thematic pieces before introducing our own motifs. We created […]</p>
Jan 18, 20231 min read
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