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Judaism Week in Year 3: The Synagogue.
<p>Yesterday we learnt about the synagogue, the place of worship for people of the Jewish faith. After learning about the key features of the synagogue, today we designed our own synagogues in groups using large paper and pictures of the key features including; the Torah, Ark, Bimah, Yad, Rabbi and Tallit. We discussed what it […]</p>
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Judaism Week in Year 3: The Synagogue.
<p>Yesterday we learnt about the synagogue, the place of worship for people of the Jewish faith. After learning about the key features of the synagogue, today we designed our own synagogues in groups using large paper and pictures of the key features including; the Torah, Ark, Bimah, Yad, Rabbi and Tallit. We discussed what it […]</p>
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Nursery Autumn visit to Jesmond Dene
<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’s Corner before sitting down for a drink and snack! On our return, we listened to the story ‘Leaf […]</p>
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Nursery Autumn visit to Jesmond Dene
<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’s Corner before sitting down for a drink and snack! On our return, we listened to the story ‘Leaf […]</p>
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Year 6 History Workshop
<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 […]</p>
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Year 6 History Workshop
<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 […]</p>
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Art Competition in partnership with Northumbria Police
<p>This term our children were invited to take part in a whole school art competition organised by Northumbria Police. The brief was to design a picture with a message to the police. The children produced some fantastic artwork which is going to be displayed at the ‘Pride in Policing’ awards ceremony and then in local […]</p>
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Year 2 Visit To Broxfield Farm
<p>Year 2 visited Broxfield Farm in Northumberland on Friday 21st October. This visit was part of our Geography work this term about making comparisons between Urban and Rural environments and with our Science work about growing and changing. We looked at the crops with Mr Thompson the farmer; We picked wheat and then we learnt […]</p>
Oct 22, 20221 min read
School Newsletter 21 October 2022
<p>School newsletter 21-10-22 </p>
Oct 21, 20221 min read
Year 5 and 6 learn about real-life scientists.
<p>Students from Newcastle University came in to talk about the role of scientists in our world. They explained to students in Year 5 and 6 that the title ‘scientist’ covers jobs from people building computers through chemists and biologist through to engineers. Pupils completed experiments based around their 5 senses – predicting, observing and coming […]</p>
Oct 21, 20221 min read
Y4 DT: making and evaluating our flavoured breads
<p>It was the climax of Year 4’s design and technology unit on flavoured bread today. We spent most of the morning mixing, kneading and proving the bread, before we shaped and added our special ingredients. Our extra ingredients included nutella, spicy sausage, whipped cream, crisps and halal gummy bears. Gillian our school cook baked the […]</p>
Oct 21, 20221 min read
An Autumn Day at Broxfield Farm for Year 3.
<p>We had a wonderful day out at Broxfield farm with Mr Thompson. We felt the wheat in the field, found worms in the ground, visited calves, bulls and cows in the field and ground wheat to make flour. The highlight of our day was making our very own scarecrow! We look forward to returning in […]</p>
Oct 21, 20221 min read
Teddy Bear invasion in Year 2!
<p>Yesterday Year 2 were asked to bring their favourite teddy to school. We enjoyed doing lots of activities with our teddy bears. We read our books to them; We did our LEXIA work with them; We did our PE lesson with them, they enjoyed flying on the parachute! In the afternoon we had a visit […]</p>
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Carl Warner Fruit and Vegetable Art in Year 3!
<p>Today we had lots of fun producing our own collage in the style of contemporary British artist, Carl Warner. We discussed Warner’s work, where he uses fruit and vegetables to make landscape pictures. We adapted his ideas with our own to make fruit and vegetable art inspired by our local landscapes and landmarks. We really […]</p>
Oct 17, 20221 min read
Y6 visit Safetyworks
<p>Year 6 had a fantastic morning learning how to stay safe in a variety of different real-life scenarios. Safetyworks, run by Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, gave children the opportunity to practice skills such as road safety, how to use the metro, being web-safe and how to prevent fires in the home. In […]</p>
Oct 14, 20221 min read
Subtracting big numbers in Year 3!
<p>This week in Year 3 we have been looking at subtracting big numbers. Sometimes, we even have to borrow values from different columns when working with hundreds, tens and ones. To help us out, we have been using concrete resources and place value mats. This helps us to visualise our maths, it’s so much easier […]</p>
Oct 14, 20221 min read
Hedgehog Habitats with Oscar in Year 3!
<p>We had a wonderful morning exploring the natural world on our door step! We went on a nature trail around our yard and field. We worked in groups of three to search for signs of hedgehogs. We had a go at building our own hedgehog homes and looked for slime trails of slugs which are […]</p>
Oct 14, 20221 min read
Y4 Science
<p>Year 4 had an exciting visit today. As part of our Living Things and their Habitats units we looked at the ways in which human changes to our environments can sometimes pose a danger and sometimes offer opportunities to living things. We set about providing an opportunity for local wildlife by helping to build hedgehog […]</p>
Oct 14, 20221 min read
Autumn in Year 2
<p>Year 2 have enjoyed a fabulous day today linking lots of areas of the curriculum together around the theme of Autumn. We started the day going for a nature walk around our school grounds and looking for signs of Autumn. We then came back to class and thought of lots of adjectives to describe Autumn. […]</p>
Oct 10, 20221 min read
Mini First Aid and CPR Training for St Lawrence’s Pupils
<p>As part of Safety Week in school, we invited Sarah-Lou from Mini First Aid to come in and teach us how to take care of ourselves and others. She taught us the basics of first aid as well as how to deliver CPR to a person in need. This is the second year in a […]</p>
Oct 7, 20221 min read
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