Super Sketches

Super Sketches

This term, Year 4 are learning about the Ukrainian born artist and painter, Sonia Delaunay. We have looked at a range of her portraits to start with and noted her use of bold, bright colours that are not naturally found in portraits. We sketched a few mini sketches,...
Orienteering with Year 6

Orienteering with Year 6

Year 6 had a very hot but great day at Gibside yesterday. Gateshead’s school sports partnership got some schools in the area together to compete in an orienteering challenge. Using the whole of Gibside’s grounds we used a map with a key to locate markers around the...
Hindu Beliefs

Hindu Beliefs

Year 1 have started our new RE unit ‘What do Hindus celebrate?’. We learned that Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world. We found out that Hindus worship lots of different gods, even though they believe that there is one Great Power. We learned about...
Amazing Animals

Amazing Animals

There are so many different animals in the world that each can be sorted into a different group or class. Year 1 have been learning about the different classes of animals and finding out their characteristics. We enjoyed sorting animals into the correct class and...