Events and Visits
Reception’s Sports Day.
Reception had the best afternoon on Thursday, when they completed their sports day for all their grown ups. We practised our races for a couple of weeks before the event, to make sure we were amazing. We were put in red, yellow, green and blue teams and completed a...
Year 5 Science Workshop at Northumbria University
On Thursday 4th July, Year 5 enjoyed a visit to Northumbria University. Our day started with group challenges, where we had to use a variety of skills to build structures using “octons”. We then met students currently studying at the university and toured the campus....
Mini Police on Patrol
Our Mini Police had a great time yesterday with Adam and Scott. After important conversations about the dangers of engaging with strangers in everyday life and online, the Barley Mow Mini Force explored inside the police van and even had a chance to operate the sirens...
Athletics Festival 2024!
What a fantastic time we had on Friday at this year’s Athletics festival at Gateshead Stadium!! Schools from all across Gateshead came to compete in the events. We had events including the sprint and long distance races, hurdles, long jump, relay etc. It was...
Kingswood 2024
What an amazing time we had at Kingswood! There were so many activities that the children were able to experience: zip lining; climbing high ropes, building structures in the woods; archery; team problem solving; buggy building; and learning how to safely create a...
Super Scientists
Year 2 had an amazing time at 'The Centre of Life'. We became scientists for the day in a real laboratory! We discovered how scientists use their senses to study chemicals. It was fascinating observing what happened in each experiment. We used lots of scientific...
St Mary’s Lighthouse
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 on the beach making sand art then we explored what it was like to be a lighthouse keeper and his assistant 125 years ago and then...
Take One Picture 2024
Whole School Art Day In conjunction with The National Gallery in London, on Friday, Barley Mow Primary School pupils once again took part in the annual Take One Picture art project. This involves studying an art work from the gallery's collection alongside other...
Olympic 2024 Celebrations
To celebrate this year’s Olympics in Paris, the whole school took part in a range of activities. The children were able to create their own torches at home and there were some fantastic entries. The winner from each class was awarded their very own medal. During the...
Perfect Planting
We have been very fortunate to receive some funding from North East Nature Park to develop more green areas within our school grounds. In partnership with Oases, we have created some planters which the children will use to grow plants, fruits and vegetables. The...
Restart a Heart
The children in Year 6 took part in a workshop called ‘Restart a Heart’, which has been created in collaboration between the Newcastle United Foundation and the North East Ambulance Service. Within the workshop, the children showed that they know which number they...
Gibside
Reception had the most amazing time outdoors at Gibside today. We started our day at the walled garden, on a mini-beast hunt. We explored the grounds and found spiders, ladybirds, worms and more using our magnifying glasses and pots to observe them closer. Reception...