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  • 27/03/24

    Greek Day

    To celebrate the end of their unit of work about Ancient Greece, Year 6 held a Greek Day today. We looked at the legacy of the Ancient Greek civilisation and were surprised at how many things from modern day life stem from Ancient Greece. The children also turned their hand to some Greek writing, cr...
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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

    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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  • 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 Visit The Victoria Tunnel

    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 Tyne river. It was originally built to transport coal f...
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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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