Events and Visits
Swords, Shields and Segedunum!
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.
Fantastic Fun at Ford Castle
For our residential this year, the children in Year 5 and Year 6 had the opportunity to visit Ford Castle in Northumberland. The children who came on the residential took part in a challenge course, zip lining, group games, rifle shooting, trapeze, water raft making,...
Key Stage 2 Sports Day
Key Stage 2 have had a fantastic Sports Day this morning! The children demonstrated great teamwork, resilience and respect. Well done!
RNLI Visit
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 shout...
Beach Trip
Year 6 had a fantastic day at the beach celebrating the end of SATs. We built sandcastles, played frisbee and rounders, dug holes, visited the park and most importantly ate ice cream!
Nursery Love Mini Beasts!
To finish off the term, nursery have been learning about mini beasts. We started off our topic by completing a work shop with Northumbrian wild life trust. We were able to explore mini beasts in investigation jars. We looked at honey bees, spiders, dragonflies and...
Mad about Mini-Beasts.
Reception have been learning all about mini-beasts for their current topic. We started our learning by welcoming Alex from the Northumberland trust into our class, who bought some special friends with her. Alex kindly showed us different preserved insects and taught...
Mini Police are Flying High
The Mini Police were thrilled to be invited to the National Police Air Service at Newcastle Airport. Police officers Jake, Adam and Brian transported our mini squad in police vehicles to meet the aircrew. At the airport we met Sam and John, the Tactical Flight...
Year 4 Swimming
We are nearly at the end of Year 4’s swimming lessons and they have thoroughly enjoyed their weekly sessions. The improvement in their swimming ability from September is absolutely amazing- not only their skills, but their confidence in the water has grown and grown!...
VE Day
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.
Bugs ‘n’ Stuff Workshop
We loved having Guy from Bugs n' Stuff come to visit us in school during our Science Week. Every class had the opportunity to look, touch and hold a wide variety of creatures - a giant millipede, cockroaches, a gecko and a python to name just a few! We saw how a...
Science Week – The Story of Earth Assembly
As part of our Science week activities, Reece from the Street Scientists team , who is a student at Newcastle University, came into school and shared an assembly with our children in Years 1 - 6 about the story of Earth. He showed the children, using ropes, the...