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  • 17/05/24

    Year 2 Visit to Newcastle Castle

    Earlier this term, Year 2 visited Newcastle Castle as part of their history learning linked to their topic, ‘Medieval Castles of England‘. We travelled there by coach and spent the day finding out about the history of the castle and exploring the castle keep. We visited The Royal Chap...
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  • 14/05/24

    Seaside Fun in Nursery

    Nursery have been having lots of fun learning about the seaside. After reading the story ‘Sharing a Shell’, the children were very interested in rockpools, so we have been looking up information about which creatures might live in a rockpool and have been making some of our own. W...
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  • 13/05/24

    Healthy Foods in Nursery

    In Nursery we have been talking about foods that are healthy for us. We have been exploring different fruits and vegetables and have enjoyed feeling, smelling and tasting them. We have been using different words to describe the foods, such as sour, sweet, juicy and crunchy.  
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  • 10/05/24

    Reception Library Visit

    On Thursday this week, Reception class were invited to the newly refurbished library at Crawcrook to take part in an ‘Elmer’ themed workshop. We met Kyle who works at the library. He started by reading Elmer to us. We discovered that the story is 35 years old this year!
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  • 09/05/24

    Reception Class Visit The Rising Sun Country Park

    Reception class have visited The Rising Sun Country Park as part of their learning about mini beasts and habitats. We had a glorious day for the visit with our first sunny day this year. As we walked to the pond, we spotted lots of wildlife including rabbits, butterflies and a variety of birds...
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  • 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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  • 26/04/24

    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...
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  • 26/04/24

    Reception Veggie Superheroes

    As part of our ‘Supertato’ work in Reception this week, the children have been designing and making their own superhero characters made with real fruits and vegetables. First, the children designed what their character was going to look like and thought of a name to call it.
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  • 28/03/24

    Learning in Year 3

    Year 3 have had a great half term. Their learning has included writing explanation texts on how to look after a pet dragon, finding out how fossils are formed, discovering what can be found in soil, learning the features of a mountain, handling Stone Age artefacts and of course performing at the Gla...
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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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  • 25/03/24

    Celebrating Holi in Reception Class

    Today we are celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi which is a celebration of colour and welcoming spring time. We have all come to school dressed in our brightest clothes to get our celebrations off to a colourful start! We have been finding out how to prepare for Holi and some of the traditions...
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  • 13/03/24

    Nursery Visit Hall Hill Farm

    Nursery have had a wonderful visit to Hall Hill Farm today. We were able to explore the farm and meet lots of different animals, including sheep, rabbits, alpacas, goats and llamas. We were able to gently hold some of the animals and had a go at feeding some of them too. There were lots of baby anim...
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