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• Monday 17 November 2025 Diwali 2025 in Reception The children in Reception learnt all about the festival of light Diwali - a Hindu celebration. They explored a range of rangoli patterns before making their own using coloured sand and glue. They read the story of Rama and Sita before re-enacting with puppets. We explored mehndi patterns and made our own after cutting out templates of hands plus a lot more fun and engaging activities.
• Monday 10 November 2025 Reception's trip to Hall Hill Farm Reception had a wonderful time visiting Hall Hill Farm. We were able to see and feed a range of animals - pigs, cows, llamas, alpacas, wallabies, sheep and goats to name just a few.
• Wednesday 5 November 2025 Super STEMFest Turquoise Class had a great time at STEMFest this year. We explored many job roles, which are local to us. We asked lots of questions and took part in many different activities.
• Wednesday 5 November 2025 Year 3 - November 2025 - Jade Class PE Jade Class have loved their first PE lesson this week. They are very excited to learn all about gymnastics and create some routines together. Have a look at some of their skills.
• Wednesday 5 November 2025 Spooky season in Reception The children in Reception have had a wonderful time exploring Halloween and Autumn in all of its glory.
• Friday 24 October 2025 Nursery's Spooky Fun! The children have had a great week with some spooky activities. They loved exploring the gloop and describing how it felt. They got very creative both indoors and outdoors and especially enjoyed making a Halloween treat to take home. Happy Half term everyone!
• Tuesday 21 October 2025 Reception's first trip into the Forest Reception had a very exciting afternoon exploring the natural world in our forest. We were on the hunt for autumn animals and their homes, observing the changes in the leaf colours both on the trees and on the forest floor and continuing to explore length and height - linked with our maths learning this week.
• Saturday 18 October 2025 Reception Bakery After reading the story 'The little red hen', Reception put on their baker hats and worked together to mix their own bread dough. Once the dough had proofed - it was rolled into individual bread buns and baked. The children then sat together for a whole group snack time to enjoy their creation. Some children opted to have butter on their bun, while others chose strawberry jam. Regardless of choice - there were many happy faces and full tummies.
• Saturday 18 October 2025 The start of Reception The children in Red and Rose class have settled in well to the routines of Reception. They have familiarised themselves with the classroom environments both inside and outside of the classroom and are engaging in their own learning through play.
• Monday 13 October 2025 Afternoon Nursery's Spooky Spell Animal Party! The children in our Afternoon Nursery had a fantastic time when a friendly Wizard and Witch visited us today! They told us a spooky story all about different animals and brought all the creatures along for us to see. The children showed great care and consideration when handling the animals and enjoyed learning new facts about them. They even got to see some magic tricks too! What an amazing time!
• Monday 13 October 2025 Morning Nursery's Spooky Spell Animal Party! The children in our Morning Nursery had an fantastic time when a friendly Wizard and Witch visited us today! They told us a spooky story all about different animals and brought all the creatures along for us to see. The children showed great care and consideration when handling the animals and enjoyed learning new facts about them. They even got to see some magic tricks too! What an amazing time!
• Friday 10 October 2025 Nursery Hedgehog Bread Baking! Inspired by the story 'The Happy Hedgehog Band', the children in Nursery baked some hedgehog bread. They worked together to count out the ingredients and mix them. They observed how the dough changed as we added water and then kneaded it. They shaped the dough and practised using scissors to add the hedgehog spikes. The children loved seeing how the bread had further changed when it came out of the oven! It smelt delicious and they couldn't wait to eat it at snack time.
• Monday 6 October 2025 Movement and Music! The children in Nursery love expressing themselves during our music sessions. They have been developing their gross motor skills by dancing in different ways and working as a team to move and stretch the lycra. The children have been learning lots of songs about Autumn helping them to use new vocabulary. Remember to check out our Nursery notice board to find out our 'nursery rhyme of the week' so you you can sing along at home.
• Friday 3 October 2025 Year 1/2 - October 2025 - KS1 Multiskills Some of the children from Blue and Pink Class travelled to Gateshead Academy for Sport to represent our school at a KS1 sport event ran by the SSP. The event value was “self belief” and our children were enthusiastic and positive, encouraging each other throughout!
• Tuesday 30 September 2025 Awesome Autumn! The children in Nursery have begun to learn about seasonal changes. They read the story 'We're Going on a Leaf Hunt' and noticed how lots of the leaves in the text looked like those in our outdoor environment. They enjoyed finding Autumn leaves and using them in their creations!
• Thursday 25 September 2025 Year 1-2 - September - Blue Class Art The children in Blue Class have been practicing different skills in art. They have been creating different lines such as wavy, zig zag, looped, hatching and cross hatching. All of the children have been taking great care with their work when using their sketch books.
• Tuesday 23 September 2025 Parachute PE! The Nursery children in Yellow Class have loved starting their PE sessions in our school hall. They have worked hard listening to instructions and collaborating with their friends to move the parachute. The especially loved trying to bounce the teddy off the parachute. It really made us all giggle!
• Tuesday 23 September 2025 Super Start! The children have made a super start to their year in Nursery. They have been making new friends and learning how to work together. They have been trying to remember the new rules and routines and how to care for our learning environment.
• Tuesday 23 September 2025 Year 1/2 - September 2025 - Blue Class PE This half term, the children are developing agility and coordination skills to help them with a variety of different sports as they move through school like dance, gymnastics, netball and rugby.
• Tuesday 16 September 2025 Rock Legends What a great start to the academic year! Already children are demonstrating their commitment to learning their important multiplication tables facts!
• Thursday 11 September 2025 Purple Class Programming
• Sunday 7 September 2025 Bronze class Bronze class have settled in well and are getting to know all of the new routines of Year 2. We have been writing about our class teddy and warming our hands up for handwriting with Play-doh.
• Thursday 4 September 2025 Tag Rugby This week Purple class started our first PE lesson for tag rugby. All of the children took part in a game to test their skills. We practiced passing, moving and finding space. We worked really well in our teams, ensuring the ball was passed to different people before scoring.
• Thursday 4 September 2025 Year 1/2 - September - Counting The children in Pink and Blue class have had an excellent start to the week. They have been practicing their counting skills using Gattengo charts and 100 squares. The children have been able to count from 1 to 100, what super mathematicians they are!
• Friday 25 July 2025 Reception - baking up a storm Reception spent the last few weeks of the term exploring their inner chef by designing and making their very own Pizza and decorating cakes to sell at the Summer Fayre. All of this, while still learning through our play and imagination.
• Wednesday 23 July 2025 Reception's Pirate Party Extravaganza Reception have had a wonderful time learning all about pirates, the sea, maps, boats and sea creatures this half term.
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Year 1/2 - July 2025 - Newcastle Castle The children in Pink and Blue class had a great visit to Newcastle Castle.
• Tuesday 8 July 2025 Peter Pan Well done to all of the children in year 5/6 for their SUPERB dress rehearsal of Peter Pan. The talent on display was amazing and it was lovely to see all of the team's work presented so confidently. Well done to all of the pupils and thank you to all of the staff who supported them to achieve this. I know the parents can't wait to see it.
• Thursday 3 July 2025 Reception's Trip to Tynemouth Aquarium Reception had a fantastic trip to Tynemouth Aquarium and to the beach. We learned all about different sea creatures and which creatures we might encounter in our local rock pools. We met a range of sea and land animals, including an axolotl, turtles, tortoises and monkeys.
• Wednesday 25 June 2025 Viking Visitor! Scarlet Class were very lucky to welcome a special Viking visitor into our school this week. He taught us lots about Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. We completed an archeological dig and considered what the sources told us about the past from jewellery to weaponry. Mrs Wilson's favourite part of the day was taking part in The Witan - acting as advisors to the Anglo-Saxon Kings of England. We had to strongly voice our opinions and then make a final vote. Our votes tempted the fate of the Thralls, Churls and Thanes. Mrs Wilson was very impressed with our debate skills and reasoning. Plus, we seemed to have made great choices along the way to keep most people happy. A popular day for us was the battle formation and fighting skills practise. We learned how to be great soldiers - strong attackers and defenders. Finally, we ended the day playing tactics in some Anglo-Saxon games from the past. Mrs Wilson and Miss Binney were extremely impressed with our game play. Such clever minds!

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