by Mrs Gaukrodger | Jul 15, 2025 | Classes, Events and Visits, History, Latest News, Year 3
Year 3 had an incredible time during our visit to the Roman Fort – Segedunum. We explored the fascinating remains of the Roman wall and fort, gaining a real senses of what life was like for Roman Soldiers stationed there.
by Mrs Armstrong | Jul 3, 2025 | History, News, Year 5
For our history topic this term, Year 5 are studying ancient Greece. We have been learning about city-states such as Sparta and Athens and how each state was ruled by either a monarchy, oligarchy or democracy government. In order to find out about what life was like...
by Mrs Docherty | Jul 2, 2025 | Events and Visits, History, News, PSHE
On Thursday, Year One had a special visitor – Martin, a volunteer from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. He talked about the people who help us to stay safe in the water and what to do if we see someone in trouble. We learned how to float on our backs and...
by Mrs Raine | Jun 18, 2025 | History, Year 6
We have been debating whether the Suffragette’s actions were worth the cost of imprisonment and in Emily Wilding Davison’s case, death. We debated this ensuring we listened carefully to the previous point and building/ contradicting this. We stood either side of the...
by Mrs Lewis | Jun 10, 2025 | English, Geography, History, Latest News, News, Year 1
What a fantastic day we have had! Today we visited St Mary’s Island as part of our English unit ‘The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch.’ We began the day rock pooling, we managed to catch some fish, edible crabs, shore crabs, hermit crabs and even a star fish that looked just...
by Mrs Raine | May 9, 2025 | Events and Visits, History
The children have had a wonderful day celebrating VE Day. They have learnt World War 2 songs, created VE Day flags, looked at images of how VE Day was celebrated in Birtley and had our own streets party in the hall.
