PE
World Book Day
We had a brilliant time celebrating World Book Day in Early Years. We all dressed up as different words and discussed what they all meant. Our focus text for the day was Supertato, we listened to the story, made chips, vegetable printing and lots of other activities...
World Book Day
We had a brilliant time celebrating World Book Day in Early Years. We all dressed up as different words and discussed what they all meant. Our focus text for the day was Supertato, we listened to the story, made chips, vegetable printing and lots of other activities...
Tennis
Year 5 have had a successful unit of tennis, developing their stroke technique and tactical awareness of space when playing games. They have demonstrated increasing accuracy and control over the direction of the ball. They used their previously learnt grip of the...
Orienteering course!
To finish off our orienteering unit, the children were challenged to use the key on the map to plot some missing physical features. Then they had to make their way through a series of cross curricular maths challenges to complete the course. They orientated their maps...
Mini Health Champions
Some of the children in Y5 have been selected to be Mini Health Champions. They attended Mini Health Health Champions Day and listened to an inspirational keynote before breaking into smaller groups and rotating through a variety of fun and engaging workshop sessions...
Y6 Orienteering
Year 6 have started their new PE unit, orienteering! The outcomes for this unit are to be able to: Follow a key and to create a map using a key To use a compass for directions To follow a map efficiently The children started the unit by becoming familiar with how to...
Y5/6 – Basketball
Thankyou to Thorp Academy and their sports leaders who hosted the year 5 and 6 basketball tournament yesterday! All of the games were played in a lovely competitive spirit throughout the tournament. There was some great talent on show with some impressive shots from...
Bee Netball
Well done to our year 5 and 6 students who took part in a competitive netball tournament at Gateshead Leisure Centre, competing against other Gateshead schools, finishing in 4th position. There was a mix of boys and girls and all players experienced playing in...
Multi-skills event
Today 14 children from Reception represented our school in the Gateshead Schools Partnership multi-skills event at Gateshead stadium. It was a super morning and we found the venue to be amazing. Lots of “wows” as we entered the stadium and saw the pitch and track.