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Home Learning Tips for Parents
I think all of us would agree that home schooling is tricky at times and children don't always want to do their school work, which can lead to frustration and stress - this is what happens in my house at least! One reason can be that children see a big list of things...
Hands On Approaches to Well-being
Gateshead Psychology Service have been sharing some great resources and sources of information, one of which is this link to a CAMHS (Children and Adult Mental Health Services) website. It has loads of useful information about how to support children and young people...
Safer Internet Day is on the 9th February 2021…
We have been learning about how to stay safe online...
Birdwatching
In Early Years we love going outside and looking at the birds we see and are very fortunate enough to see the beautiful Red Kites often flying above us. We all got involved in RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch and we all went out to see what birds we could see in our gardens...
Spring Online Book Club now open for orders
World Book Day 2021 is on Thursday 4th March and to celebrate it, Rowlands Gill Primary School will be hosting an online book fair. As we are unable to welcome everyone on-site at the moment due to COVID restrictions, we will be hosting our book fair virtually so that...
Cross-stitching
Today, in our life skills lesson, we have been learning how to do a running stitch and a cross stitch.
Helping out
Looks like one of our children had a very keen pet to help him write his story mountain. I think they were both doing a great job!
Marshmallow 3D shapes!
In our maths lesson today, we were counting how many vertices there are on 3D shapes (that's a tricky word for 'corners'). To help us, we used cocktail sticks for long sides, matchsticks for short sides and marshmallows for vertices and we made a range of 3D shapes....
What and where is the UK? 1.2M Geography
The children have been learning about where the UK is in the world and what countries it makes up. They have worked hard today to explain where the UK is using all of their Geography vocabulary and knowledge. We will be going over this in the coming weeks.
#INSPIRE Virtual Torch Design
Hello Everyone! In conjunction with our Gateshead School Sport Partnership, another virtual challenge has made its way through our school! A few of the children who were in school became our torch bearers last week. It was their job to engage others in being...
The Mayan civilisation – art and DT
In 5/6A we have been studying the Mayan civilisation. Look at what we have created in art and DT during this topic... Traditional Mayan hot chocolate (the secret ingredient is chilli) North and central American inspired clay monkeys Mayan death, event and battle...
Making numbers up to 10
In Early Years, we have been exploring and learning our numbers up to 10. The children have been learning to recognise the numeral and then count out the correct amount of items using a range of items and objects they have found in school and at home. The children...