by Miss Howe | Mar 9, 2023 | Classes, Computing, Early Years Foundation Stage, Events and Visits, Information, Latest News, News, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
This morning, we offered parents and carers a face-to-face online safety information session. We discussed the results of a recent KS2 internet use survey and how to keep our children as safe as possible when online.We directed parents and carers to our ‘Digital...
by Mrs Chapman | Mar 8, 2023 | Latest News, News, Science, Year 1, Year 2
This week as part of our STEM week, Year 1 and 2 became botanists with Mel from NUSTEM. Botanists study plants and their environments. They study how plants live and grow. We investigated a plant called a Venus flytrap. It was fascinating learning facts about this...
by Mrs Chapman | Mar 8, 2023 | Early Years Foundation Stage, English, Latest News, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
We had a wonderful surprise this week from our local supermarket Morrison in Birtley. To help us celebrate World Book Day, they kindly donated some amazing stories for our school which we will share amongst classes. Thank you to Morrisons for supporting our community...
by Mrs Docherty | Mar 2, 2023 | Events and Visits, Geography, History, Year 1
Year 1 enjoyed a fantastic day out as part of our geography work on local landmarks and our history work on castles. We loved visiting the Angel of the North which is celebrating its 25th birthday and also spotting local North East landmarks such as the Tyne bridge,...
by Miss Howe | Feb 7, 2023 | Classes, Computing, Early Years Foundation Stage, News, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.This year, Safer Internet Day celebrated with the theme ‘Want to Talk About it?’ to encourage and inspire national...
by Mrs Docherty | Jan 20, 2023 | News, RE, Year 1
This week, as part of our RE work, the children in Year 1 each brought in a book that is special to them and shared their books with the class. We talked and wrote about why our book is special and then drew a picture of the cover. We then found out about special...