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Spiralling Decimals
On Thursday 16th February, Year 5 took part in an NRICH maths challenge. The activity required us to use our problem solving and reasoning skills. We competed against a partner to place decimal numbers (to thousands) on a spiral number line. The 1st person to place 3...
Invaders and Settlers
Year 5 had a great time on Friday afternoon during their class assembly. They have been learning all about the Vikings and Anglo Saxons. Using their fantastic acting, singing and drama skills they took us right back in time and showed us what it was like to live in...
Internet Safety
Last week in school we looked at how to stay safe online. We had a range of different scenarios that we had to put onto an age appropriate timeline.
Dazzling Dances! 💃🕺
Year 4 have been working on their street and break dancing skills with coach Rachael. They have been working in pairs and groups to build their 8-counts into structured routines with lots of variation in direction and height. We’ve got some particularly talented...
Fossil making
Year 3 have been learning all about how fossils are formed. They enjoyed making their own fossils using clay, plaster of paris and mini dinosaurs. The children are very proud of their creations and can’t wait to take them home.
Newsletter 10.02.23
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Palaeontologists in the making
The children in Year 3 have been learning about fossils. They used paintbrushes to remove the sand from the dinosaur bones. They then matched it to the correct dinosaur. The children loved looking at some real fossils provided by NuStem. Some wonderful work was...
Safer Internet Day!
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...
Marvellous Measuring!
The children in Year 3 have been working hard in their maths lessons to measure using mm, cm and m. They enjoyed measuring some objects in the school environment thinking carefully about which unit of measure they would use. The children were excellent at making sure...
Solid, Liquid or Gas?
Today, Year 4 have been asking this very important question about a range of materials. The quality of their reasoning and explanations for their opinions has been fantastic!
What a ‘CLASS’ assembly!
This afternoon the children in Year 2 put on a fantastic performance showcasing all their learning linked to their history lesson on The Great Fire of London. Everyone was so proud of them and huge smiles filled the hall. The children took the audience back in time to...
Blazing the Trail – we show excellence!
Well done to all the pupils who entered our recent competition to design a new logo for Gateshead School Sport’s Partnership. These were Barley Mow’s 3 winning entries from Destiny in Year 2, Lilly in Year 3 and Ellie in Year 6. Unfortunately, the winning entry...