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Happy World Book Day!
It was wonderful to see so many children dressed up for World Book Day last week. We celebrated by dressing up as our favourite book characters and bringing in our favourite books. In our special World Book Day assembly, we unveiled 400 new books that The World of...
We are Solar Physicists!
As part of our STEM week, we had a visit from Mel at NuSTEM to talk all about the role of a solar physicist.We learned that 'solar' means to do with the sun and about what elements we can find in our sun. We looked at the light spectrum and discovered that only some...
Brilliant Balances
This half term, Year 4 are working on their gymnastics skills.This week, they worked in pairs, to complete balances and holds. Working on their tension holds and ensuring that they counter balanced each hold. They had to have great communication with their partner in...
Stem Superstars
Year 3 have been structural engineers this week. The used a loan box from NuStem to build bridges. We then tested the bridges with a 100g weight. Three of the groups managed to build a bridge that held the weight. I’m sure you’ll agree that the bridge designs are...
Creative Costumes!
Look at Year 3 in their world book day costumes! Don’t they look fantastic? Thank you to parents and carers for the huge efforts.
The Dreadful Menace
In English, Year 5's poetry unit has focused on The Dreadful Menace (anon) which was used in the advert for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. As well as analysing the poem and writing our own verses, we learnt it off by heart. We performed the poem for Year 6 and...
Online Safety Session
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...
Knowing and learning with nustem
The children in Nursery and Reception were lucky enough to have a visit from Mel from Northumbria University. Mel introduced our nustem session focusing on being a marine engineer. We learned that we need to be curious, creative and resilient when completing our...
We Are Botanists! 🌹🌸🪷
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...
Thank you Morrisons!
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...
Year 2 Poetry Performance 🦉🐈🛶
Year 2 have read the classic poem ‘The Owl and the Pussy Cat’ by Edward Lear as part of our poem unit. The poem was first published in 1870 and is still a firm favourite today. The children had great fun practising and learning the poem by heart. We tried really hard...
Year 6 Poetry Recital
Year 6 did an amazing job learning and reciting In Flanders’s Fields poem by John McCrae in celebration of World Book Day. https://youtu.be/dmMSxYnGzcI