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  • 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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  • 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

    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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  • 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!  
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  • 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...
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  • 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.  
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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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  • 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.  
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  • 18/10/23

    Times Table Rock Stars Launch Morning

    Yesterday, Key Stage Two launched Times Table Rock Stars for 2023-24. The children were invited to come to school in their rock star costumes and they all looked brilliant and ready to rock! We started the morning getting warmed up with some Super Movers times table dances in the hall and then br...
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  • 16/10/23

    Year 5 River Study - Hamsterley Forest

    Year 5 visited Hamsterley Forest as part of their Rivers geography unit to carry out some field work. In the morning, we looked at the features of a river as we walked through the forest. In groups, the children carried out a field sketch and created a river depth profile. In pairs, Year 5 crea...
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