01/05/24
Year 5 Visit to York
Year 5 have been learning about the Railway Revolution and Vikings in the Autumn and Spring term. The children were very excited about going on the train despite the early morning meeting time!
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Year 5 Tennis
Year 5 have been given opportunities to work co-operatively with others as well as independently. They have been able to practise balancing skills using tennis balls and tennis rackets. Their tennis coach has involved the class in a wide variety of skill development in order to play mini-games of te...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 23/01/24
- 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 23/12/23
Upper Key Stage 2 Christmas Party
On Tuesday afternoon, Year 5 and Year 6 donned their party clothes and had their Christmas party. They did lots of dancing, played some festive party games and had some delicious food. A great time was had by all!Read Full Story - 23/12/23
Theatre Visit
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...Read Full Story - 19/12/23
Poetry Performance in Year 5
After considering the author’s use of language in the poem ‘From a Railway Carriage’ by Robert Louis Stevenson, year 5 worked in groups to perform the poem whilst also thinking about feelings, thoughts and actions of characters in the poem.Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 18/11/23
Investigating Gears
Year 5 used their investigation skills to make gears during a science lesson. The children investigated how changing variables affects the way in which the gears move.Read Full Story