NEWS
A meal of thanks
Today Reception celebrated the American thanksgiving, learning about the American traditions then comparing it to traditions of our own. All of the children were thankful for something that meant a lot to them.
Shapes
We have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes in Maths. We have enjoyed working practically throughout the unit by taking part in a shape hunt, then using lolly sticks and string to help us count sides and vertices of 2D shapes. We have used mirrors to find out if...
Meet the Author
Year 2 enjoyed an online meet the author event, where they got to meet with Harry Meredith, the author of the Football Rising Stars books. They found out all about his recent book about Marcus Rashford.
Hands Up Travel Survey
We have been asked to share this link to the annual Hands up Travel Survey so that parents/carers can share their views and ideas about travel to school in Gateshead. Click this link https://forms.office.com/r/8RgNxv9ufG to take part.
HAF sports camp at Whickham School during the Christmas holiday
Please see above the information about an upcoming HAF sports camp at Whickham School during the Christmas holidays. The camp is available for all children who receive benefit related free school meals and live at a Gateshead postcode. All participants will receive a...
Come on England!
Energy Saving Tactics- Working as a Team!
To combat the rising cost of electricity and gas, we have worked together as a school to come up with some ideas as to how we can save energy (and money) as a school. These were the ideas we came up with together and 7B had the important job of writing these out.
FoRGPS Christmas Fair – Friday 9th December 2022
We are pleased to announce that the FoRGPS Christmas Fair will take place in school on Friday 9th December. Entry will be via the KS1 Gates, and the fair will run from 3.15-5pm in Hall 2. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. Raffle tickets will be coming...
Nursery Rhyme Week
The children in Early Years took part in World Nursery Rhyme week, each day the children learnt a new nursery rhyme and performed them for their parents. Monday: The Big Ship Sails. The children created their own big ship when we went to Forest school using the...
Dance!
We are really enjoying our dance unit in PE this half term. We have been counting the beat, moving to the beat and performing our dance moves to others with confidence.
Human and Physical Features
Today in Geography, we discussed what human and physical features are. We know that human features are man made and physical features are natural. We worked in groups to record our ideas and then used our knowledge to sort and label famous landmarks from the four...
Bringing Books to Life
Some of the children in KS1 and KS2 have been attending an after school, Bringing Books to Life with Joanne Etherington. They've had great fun reading Walking Through The Jungle by Julie Lacome, acting out the story and making masks to re-tell the story. Who knows...