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  • 11/11/24

    Remembrance

    Today we demonstrated our school value of respect. We all made our own poppy and created a Remembrance garden. We all visited to have some time for reflection and think about the bravery of all those who have and still continue to keep us safe. Our Year 5 and 6 children also visited The Cenotaph...
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  • 23/10/24

    Year 1 Beamish

    In history this term, Year 1 have been learning about what life was like for their grandparents and great grandparents. As part of this topic, we visited the new 1950s village at Beamish Museum. First we spent some time visiting the police house and semi-detached houses from Sunderland. We g...
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  • 20/10/24

    Year 1 Design and Technology

    Year 1 have designed and constructed their own windmills. First they found out about different types of windmills such as wind turbines and flour mills. They then created the structure, turbine and axles and assembled them. The children then evaluated them against their design criteria. They were so...
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  • 10/10/24

    Numbots morning

    On Wednesday, we re-launched Numbots in Key Stage 1.
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  • 22/09/24

    A busy start to Year 1

    What a busy few weeks! In RE, Year 1 children have been learning about Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish festival which is celebrated in October. In class, the children have been learning about the different traditions people do during the festival. One of those traditions is eat...
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  • 29/02/24

    Year 1 Multi-Sport Festival

    What a fun day Year 1 have had at Gateshead Stadium attending a Disney Multi-Sport Festival. The children took part in lots of different activities, working on their co-ordination skills, throwing and catching and balancing skills.
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  • 28/02/24

    Reception and Year 1 Theatre Visit

    Today Reception and Year one had a very exciting morning with a visit to the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle to watch a performance of ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’. We all thoroughly enjoyed the show. There was lots of audience participation, and we enjoyed spotting all the different characte...
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  • 16/01/24

    Year 1 Design And Technology

    In Design Technology the children have been learning different techniques to join two pieces of fabric together. In this lesson they experimented with glue, pins and staples. The children will use these techniques over the term to create their own hand puppet.   
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  • 20/12/23

    Key Stage 1 Christmas Party

    Today Year 1 and 2 enjoyed their Christmas party. We danced, sang, played games and even had a visit from the Big Man himself!  
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  • 20/12/23

    Key Stage 1 Nativity

    Last week Year 1 and 2 performed ‘It’s A Party’ for their friends and family. Key Stage One children blew the audience away with their fantastic acting and singing. They performed so well and we are incredibly proud of all of them. We hope you all enjoyed the show...
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  • 28/11/23

    Anti-Bullying Week – Make Some Noise!

    The theme of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week was Make Some Noise and during the week we encouraged the children to make some noise by discussing what bullying is, what we can do to make sure bullying doesn’t happen at our school and what the children’s should do if they experience b...
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  • 26/11/23

    Year 1 Village Walk

    In Geography this half term we have been learning about our locality. As part of this unit we went on a village walk around Greenside. The children used their observational skills to identify human and physical features such as houses, the gym and the war memorial. Despite the rain, Year 1 thoroughl...
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