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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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  • 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

    Year 2-6 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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  • 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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  • 09/11/23

    Year 6 at Newcastle Central Mosque

    After learning about Islam in their RE sessions last half term, Year 6 had the opportunity to visit Newcastle Central Mosque. When we arrived, we were greeted by Brother Khadim who welcomed us into the Mosque. He talked to us about the features of the Mosque and the five pillars of Islam which the c...
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  • 09/11/23

    Year 6 Visit The Victoria Tunnel

    After our visit to the Mosque and a quick lunch break, Year 6 headed to Ouseburn to The Victoria Tunnel to support the children’s learning in their history unit of World War Two. The Victoria Tunnel is a preserved 19th-century waggonway under Newcastle, stretching from the Town Moor to the...
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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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  • 06/10/23

    National Poetry Day

    We celebrated National Poetry Day on Thursday 5th October. Each class was given their own poem to read and perform in our National Poetry Day Assembly. The children had great fun learning a wide range of poems: nursery rhymes, limericks, tongue twisters, rhyming couplets, classic poetry and narrativ...
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  • 28/09/23

    KS2 Cross Country

    Yesterday, all children in KS2 took part in our annual cross-country event on the Temp Field. Each session started with a warm-up lead by our fantastic sports leaders, who were confident and clear in their delivery and got the children’s bodies ready for exercise. All Children demonstrated a f...
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  • 26/09/23

    Year 6 Tag Rugby

    This afternoon, Year 6 walked down to Ryton RFC and competed in a tag rugby competition. The fixtures were in a round robin format and each team played 6 matches. The children played excellently and the two teams finished in 4th and 6th place. The adults present were so impressed with the teamwork o...
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  • 22/09/23

    Year 6 Macro Photography

    Year 6 are really enjoying their new art unit working with a different medium. So far, they have used photos to create their own photo montage and this week they have been experimenting with macro photography. The children used cameras on their ipads to take photos of a range of fruits and vegeta...
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  • 12/09/23

    Derwent Hill Day 2

    After a good night’s sleep, everyone was ready for breakfast this morning which was cereal, porridge, toast and a full English breakfast. With full tummies, both groups started with gorge scrambling as the first activity of the day. The children were driven to Honister Gorge and then scramble...
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