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Year 4 Poetry Recital
For their poetry recital, Year 4 researched and practiced the poem, 'The Sound Collector' by Roger McGough.They practiced adding emphasis and capturing the rhythm of the poem without leaning too much on the rhymes. https://youtu.be/AC6QCZQSKN0 They also wrote their...
Library Visitors. 📚
Today for World Book Day, Reception had a special visit from some Librarians that work in our local Library. The Librarians told us all about their special job at the Library and about looking after all the books. Then we spoke about what costume we were wearing for...
Gateshead Library Visit Year 2.
Year 2 have had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day and listening to lots of different stories. We even had a visit from staff from Gateshead Library. They shared with us their favourite stories. One was called Octopus Shocktopus by Peter Bentley. This is a...
Newsletter 03.03.23
Newsletter-3.3.23Download
Poetry
Please watch Reception answer questions and perform the poem ‘Where Does the Bounce Come From?’ By Michael Rosen. Reception also performed their poem to Nursery. To listen to the full poem, please click the link below. ‘Where Does the Bounce Come From?’ By Michael...
Visit to Angel of the North and Newcastle Keep
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,...
Features of Persuasion
We discussed the meaning of the word ‘persuasion’ and what the purpose of persuasive writing is. We looked at examples of persuasive writing and noted the differences between this genre and narrative writing. We highlighted all the features we could spot and discussed...
Super Sculptures
In Year 2 art lessons the children have been looking at different sculptures by the sculptor Antony Gormley. We found out his works include our own Angel of the North. We thought about how the sculptures made us feel and we experimented with tinfoil to make our own...
Brilliant Bookmarks!
Year 4 have been working very hard this half term on their DT project, to design and create a corner bookmark to engage reluctant readers!They looked at a range of available designs and analysed their effectiveness to meet their success criteria and then came up with...
Little Learners.
This has been such a busy half term for us and we have been learning about a lot of new topics. Both Nursery and Reception started this term by learning all about Chinese New Year. Nursery have then been focusing on traditional tales, which included The Three Billy...
Mini Police
This afternoon our Mini Police team have enjoyed making posters about community issues. These will be displayed in our local community so keep your eyes peeled.
Chinese Dragon Dancing
This half term Year 5 have been working with our dance coach Rachael. They have been working individually, with partners and as a group to come up with traditional dragon and lion dances.