NEWS
Spellings rules
Asexual or sexual reproduction?
Safer Internet Day
As part of Safer Internet Day, we read the story of ‘Hanni and the Magic Window’. As a class, the children discussed how they spend their time online and what they could do if they ever feel unsafe or uncomfortable online. The children then worked in groups to think...
Geography
Today in year 6, we explored what it would be like to live as a Mayan. We looked at how geography impacts on different settlements and made a list of pros and cons. We made lists for settlements in the mountains, rainforest, the coast or a cenote.
What is Love?
We have been learning how the Bible describes love in our RE lessons. We found out that Christians believe God is the essence of love. As a class, we demonstrated this by creating a heart of many loves.
Habitats and Micro-habitats
We discussed what a habitat and micro-habitat was before we went out to explore our eco-garden to see if we could identify any living creatures. During our mini beast hunt, we found slugs, wood lice, beetles and worms and discussed why the eco-garden was a suitable...
What is the coastline in Britain like?
School Meal Price increase
Please see attached letter detailing the planned price increase for school meals from 1st April 2023.
Which liquid causes the most damage to your teeth?
Exploring the steel pans
Linked to exploring cultural differences today we had a the opportunity to explore the steel pans. We were then a super audience to Year 5 who shared a beautiful piece of music they have been learning on the steel drums.
Our knitted angel’s first trip!
Today, we received our knitted angel from Gateshead Library to celebrate the Angel of the North turning 25 on Wednesday 15th February 2023. Today, we took our angel swimming to Blaydon swimming pool!
Making rain gauges
Today we continued to look at the Seasons and created rain gauges to see how the amount of rainfall changes across the seasons. We will be measuring them over time and comparing our results.