On Wednesday, Year 5 and Year 6 were visited by Professor Neil Beattie from Northumbria University. Professor Beattie is Professor of Energy Innovation and the Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Northeast Universities. He spoke to the children about careers in sus...

Our fantastic team of Anti-Bullying Ambassadors came up with the great idea of creating an indoor lunch club for children who wanted a break from the yard and would like to play with our ambassadors inside. At lunch club, the ambassadors have created a relaxed space in the library where children fro...

In Design Technology, Year 6 have been designing and making their own waistcoats. The children decided to design a waistcoat for Sunny our school mascot. They created their designs, cut the patterns and sewed the fabric together to make their waistcoats. They then added pockets, buttons and patches...

After listening to the story of ‘Erik and the Sea Dragon’, Year 5 worked in groups to create a freeze-frame so that the rest of the class could guess the scene and how the characters must be feeling from their facial expressions. This supported their understanding of the story and helped...

Year 6 have been investigating how light travels in science this week. The children were equipped with a length of hosepipe, a torch and some red cellophane and were tasked with making a red light shine out of the hosepipe. After some trial and error, they discovered that light only travels in a str...

The visit to Northern Stage to see Cinderella with Y2 to Y6 on Tuesday was a delight! It was a magical show and a great early experience of the theatre for the children. They found it very funny when the characters clambered among them and enjoyed the interactive elements too. The children’s...