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Christmas Party 🎅🏼
Nursery and Reception had a lovely Christmas Party. We danced and played lots of games. We took turns during pass the parcel and we cheered on our friends that won prizes. The children then enjoyed some lovely party food. Finally, we had a surprise visit from Santa!...
Let’s build a city!
As part of our geography unit about our local area, year 1 have been thinking about the towns and cities near us. Many of us have visited Newcastle, Sunderland or Durham. We talked about some of the human and physical features that we would expect to find in a city....
Winter is here!
As part of our science work about seasonal change, Year 1 enjoyed a cold and frosty walk around school looking for signs of winter. We talked about how the weather had become much colder and how we had to wrap up in coats, scarves and gloves to stay warm. We noticed a...
Super Sewing 🧵🪡
Year 2 have tried really hard at sewing and using a needle during our DT lessons. To start it was really tricky threading the needle and sewing a running stitch but we practised and showed great perseverance and our sewing skills have certainly improved. Our challenge...
Marvellous Magic!
Last week, the Rotary Club kindly gifted us a visit from a magician. As you can see from the pictures, the children (and staff) had a great time. A huge thank you to the Rotary Club of Birtley for this wonderful gift!
Festive Fun ❄️
We have been exploring lots of festive fun in Early Years. We made fake snow with cornflour and oil, decorated the Christmas tree, made baubles and Christmas wreaths, explore our Elf Shop and lots more. We read the story ’The Nativity. The Story of Baby Jesus’ by May...
Christmas Nativity
Nursery and Reception were phenomenal in their Christmas Performance this morning! We are so proud of all the children. They were able to remember all the words to the songs, they remembered the actions and their words. They have all worked so hard over the past 3...
Marvellous Music
Nursery and Reception had a special treat this week. Mrs Christie the music lady came to visit us with her ukulele. We followed the instructions really well and had fun practising repeated patterns, tapping our knees and clapping our hands to the rhythm of the song....
Incredible Ice
Nursery and Reception have been exploring the effect of the changes in temperature. They noticed water freezing outside and enjoyed using their senses to describe what they could see, feel and hear. Some of the ice was so thick we used warm water to try and melt it....
The Blue Cross
This afternoon Year 1 had a special visit from ‘The Blue Cross.’ We looked at how to look after our pets at home. We discussed animal welfare and explored a micro chip up close!
Brilliant Bibs!
As the final product of their 'jewellery designers' topic, Year 4 have created their own silver bib necklaces. They took inspiration from Ancient Egyptian designs, and the Egyptian jeweller, Azza Fahmy. They fused both ancient symbols with modern materials and created...
Born in a Barn
This morning, Year 1 and Year 2 put on a fabulous performance of Born in a Barn. The children were all amazing and sang and acted beautifully. We are all extremely proud of them.