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January 2024

  • 27/01/24

    Northumbria University Visitor

    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...
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  • 26/01/24

    Year 2 3D Sculptures

    In art lessons this term, Year 2 have been designing and creating 3D sculptures. In their first lesson, the class explored a range of ‘superhero’ poses to inspire their 3D sculptures. Then the children used wire and plasticine to turn their ideas into a three dimensional model. Year 2 en...
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  • 23/01/24

    Key Stage 2 Lunch Club

    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...
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  • 23/01/24

    Key Stage 2 Anti-Bullying Ambassadors

    During our School Council elections, one of our candidates stated that they would like to set up a group of Anti-Bullying Ambassadors. It was lovely to see their idea develop when we set up our very own team of Anti-Bullying Ambassadors during Anti-Bullying Week. The children all wrote about why the...
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  • 23/01/24

    Year 6 Waistcoats

    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...
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  • 23/01/24

    Years 5/6 Book Club

    In the Autumn term, children from Years 5 and 6 took part in a book club with a science twist to it. The children were reviewing a range of books which we had been given to judge in the Royal Society’s Children’s Book Prize. Over the term, the children read all of the books and awarded t...
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  • 18/01/24

    Year 5 Freeze Frames

    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...
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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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  • 10/01/24

    Investigating how light travels

    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...
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January 2024