Welcome
On behalf of all the staff, the children and Governors, I would like to warmly welcome you to Barley Mow Primary School. We are very fortunate to have a wonderful school building, which is fully accessible to all.
At Barley Mow we aim to create a happy, caring and supportive ethos in which every child is valued and given the opportunity to realise their full potential. We have high academic, social, sporting, cultural and behavioural standards and we are extremely proud of the achievements of our children.
Children are at the centre of everything we do. We aim to foster a love of learning which we hope will stay with them throughout their lives.
The family community of Barley Mow is central to our beliefs. Families and the wider community play a vital role as co-educators and we encourage close links between home and school.
I hope that through our school website, you will be able to gain an insight into our school. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to arrange a visit or gain further information.
Nicola Watson (Head Teacher)
Attendance
- Nursery 91.53%
- Reception 97.65%
- Year 1 95.79%
- Year 2 98.82%
- Year 3 95.71%
- Year 4 85.65%
- Year 5 95.88%
- Year 6 94.67%
News
✨ Times Tables Superstars! ✨
Year 4 have been working so hard on their times tables and have been making fantastic progress! These children in particular have more than doubled their scores on their times table booklets from their baseline to their final check! We are so proud of them and love...
Informal multiplications
Today, Year 4 were working on their informal written methods for completing multiplication calculations. They looked at how they could use their knowledge of partitioning, number lines, place value charts and exchanges to work out the answers to a range of questions...
Little Readers 📚📖
Nursery had a very special visitor today. Joanne from Gateshead Library came in to talk to us about her job as a Librarian and how important reading is. Joanne read us some of her favourite books and after we had read the stories together we sang some Nursery Rhymes...
Little Movers
The children in Nursery and Reception have enjoyed their PE lessons with Jemma during their Little Movers sessions. They have been learning to move their bodies to music and keep in time with the beat. They have also learned steps to build on a routine and perform...
Chinese New Year 🐰🎊
Nursery and Reception have currently been learning about Chinese New Year. We have learnt about their traditional Chinese clothing, dances and music that they use and had a go ourselves at making a dragon from junk modelling to preform the dragon dance with musical...
Vikings
Year 5 started their new topic on the Vikings. We recapped what life was like in Anglo Saxon Britain at the point of the Viking invasion. Next we looked at their place in British History, ordering them alongside key events that we have studied in previous year groups.
Our Classes
