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• 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!
• Wednesday 25 June 2025 If you go down to the woods today ... Scarlet's Trip to Kirkley Woodlands! Scarlet Class were very lucky to have the opportunity to visit Kirkley Hall Woodlands today to continue our work with the Royal Forestry Society. We were welcomed back by Jess and took a trip down into the woods. Firstly, we completed a trail, finding all of the reasons why trees are so important for us and our planet. We also got to see some cute woodland bears on the way! Then, we completed some tree identification. We had to problem solve using all of the characteristics of the trees and finding them in the forest. Next, we learned how to work out the age of trees. We got to put our maths skills to work and measured the circumference and divided by a number (depending on the tree). Finally, we were able to make some habitats for some forest friends we might find in the woodlands. All in all, a very busy and productive day in the woods today.
• Wednesday 25 June 2025 Nursery Sports Day 2025! Well done to all our morning and full-time nursery children who completed lots of different activities in our sports day event this morning! We were very proud of all their efforts and how well they all behaved. We hope you all enjoyed the session!
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 Drawing Club Mrs Wallace and Mrs Cook have loved running Drawing Club again this term! The children have thoroughly enjoyed the last eight weeks and have now built up an excellent portfolio of art work to take home and share today after our final session. We are sure you will be as impressed as we are!
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 Bronze class visit Newcastle Castle
• Thursday 19 June 2025 Super Seaside Songs! Afternoon Nursery had a wonderful session with Tiny Tweeties learning lots about the seaside and pirates. They sang, danced and played musical instruments, listening carefully and following new instructions!
• Thursday 19 June 2025 Amazing Art This week Purple class have been practicing their watercolour skills. We are currently working on being more precise with our brush strokes and forming intricate shapes. We developed our skills from last week , with colour, to look at how the shape of the brush can be used to form shapes.
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 Tiny Tweeties Summer Fun! The children in Morning Nursery had a fantastic session singing seaside and pirate themed songs with our friends from Tiny Tweeties. We especially loved being nibbled by the shark and popping the mermaids bubbles.
• Thursday 12 June 2025 Reception's Summer Term Tiny Tweeties visit Reception have had a wonderful introduction to the topic of 'Under the sea' with our friends from Tiny Tweeties. We spent the morning exploring songs linked to the ocean and pirates! We met a mermaid, a pinchy crab and a shark with very large teeth.
• Sunday 8 June 2025 Science Week - Blue and Pink - Axolotl Habitat The children in Blue and Pink class learned about what an axolotl is and where they can be found. They looked at their environment and how they are adapted to living life in the water.
• Friday 6 June 2025 Year 3 - June 25 - Science Week Jade Class have loved celebrating science week! They started the week off with an electricity workshop where they made circuits using buzzers and lightbulbs!
• Friday 6 June 2025 Bronze class Science week We have had a great week! Science week has been about 'Adapt and Change'. On Monday we had a special visitor and we joined in with lots of different experiments. We learned about gravity, the fire triangle, explosions and lots of other fun stuff. Today we have been doing our own experiment - the Skittle Experiment. We made a prediction, wrote what we needed for the experiment and then carried it out. Can you see what we did?
• Friday 6 June 2025 Dissolving Dilemma As part of Science Week, Purple class took part in an investigation into dissolving sugar. The investigation involved adding different amounts of sugar and then timing the rate at which it dissolved in water. They worked very well together and communicated respectfully. At the end of the experiment, they also thought about how they could keep more variables the same, to get more reliable results.
• Thursday 5 June 2025 Amazing Adaptations During Science week Turquoise class have learnt about 'changing and adapting'. Holding a science week is a brilliant way for us to get more science into the busy primary curriculum. We have looked at various animals and the adaptations they need to survive in their habitats. We then used Minecraft to search for axolotls and created their perfect habitat thinking about the adaptations they needed to be made. Finally, we took part in an electricity workshop where we looked at changes to circuits and how this can impact the output. Take a look at some of our pictures.
• Wednesday 4 June 2025 Saltwell Park Fun Run Year 6 had a lovely time at Saltwell Park taking part in the annual fun run. The children showed real resilience and really impressed all of the teachers. The children took on a 2km run around the park, which had some really steep hills. Well done! Once again, the children of Fell Dyke demonstrated excellent behaviour and were a real credit to themselves and the school.
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Silly Science Reception were invited to a silly science workshop with KS1 to celebrate the official Science week. This year we are learning all about adapting and changing.
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Reception Bikeabilty The children in Reception were visited by Mark from the bike ability team. He came to teach us safety when riding a bike and then how to ride safely and quickly. The children used the balance bikes on the yard to learn and then practise this new skill.
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Run run as fast as you can! We have been reading a range of traditional tales in Reception. One of our favourite stories has been 'The Gingerbread Man'. After reading several times we re-told the story using talk for writing. We then spent two weeks carrying out a range of activities including building a bridge for the gingerbread man, creating new characters and a boat using junk materials and writing our own happy endings. At the end of the half term and our topic we decided to make our own ginger person. First the children measured out and mixed the ingredients we would need. Then we used our fingers to get the dough to stick together as it was very crumbly. After rolling out the dough we cut out the shapes and an adult put them into the oven. Once they were cooled we decorated them using iced pens. We sneakily ate our gingerbread men just like the fox in the story.
• Tuesday 20 May 2025 Purple Class Linking Project Purple class took part in an amazing opportunity as part of The Linking Network. We met up with Kenton Barr Primary school to take part in team building games and art projects. Throughout the day, the children bonded over mutual interests and worked very well together. It was amazing to see the children working collaboratively and getting on so well.
• Thursday 15 May 2025 Summer Fun! Nursery having been making the most of the warm weather and exploring some different activities outside. The children loved playing in our outdoor water trays and getting messy in our new sand pit! Summer fun wouldn't be complete without lots of bubble popping!!!
• Thursday 15 May 2025 Supertato to the Rescue! As part of our theme 'Ready...Steady...Grow!' the children in Nursery have been learning about different fruits and vegetables. They have especially enjoyed sharing the story of 'Supertato' and completing lots of activities linked to the book.
• Tuesday 13 May 2025 Identifying structures and making swings in Bronze class Our DT this half term in Bronze class is 'Structures'. We looked at different structures around our school grounds, the materials they were made from and the different shapes we could see. The, in the classroom, we had a go at making our own swing structures using straws and tape. It was quite tricky and we needed lots of perseverance and determination, but we did very well!
• Tuesday 13 May 2025 2D and 3D Shapes in Bronze class Bronze class have been investigating 2D and 3D shapes. We have been sorting 2D shapes using different criteria and identifying polygons. We have talked about the number of vertices and sides on 2D shapes. We then used our 3D shapes to draw around and see what 2D shapes the faces were. We have also made some 3D shapes using nets and different equipment, identifying the vertices, edges and faces in each.
• Friday 9 May 2025 Year 1/2 - VE Day
• Friday 2 May 2025 Stop, Look, Listen and Think! Nursery have been learning how to stay safe when crossing the road. The children had a special visit from Sara who reminded us to stop, look, listen and think each time we approach a road. They learnt how a lollypop person can help us stay safe and how to stand back if we hear any sirens. The children all remembered how important it is to hold a grown-ups hand and walk on the path!
• Wednesday 30 April 2025 Super Science Turquoise class have been working hard in science. They enjoyed carrying out a demonstration where they created a mixture and then videoed the process of separating the mixture. The children used a range of steps including sieving, filtering, magnetisation and using forceps to remove items.
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 Gold Class Investigate Forces Gold Class have been learning about different forces. They carried out an investigation to find out which materials were magnetic. They were surprised to discover that not all metals are magnetic which lead to some interesting discussions and fact finding.
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 Gold Class Are Times Tables Champions! Gold Class took part in the first ever ‘Battle of the Classes’ on Times Tables Rock Stars. They had to answer as many times tables questions as they could in 60 minutes. The answered an amazing 25, 810 questions correctly! They received the TTRs trophy which is displayed proudly in their classroom.
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 Scrumptious Scones As part of Orange Class's DT unit - food, the children tasted a selection of different fruit scones and toasted tea cakes. We did this to allow us to know the different dried fruits we could put into our scones and how they actually taste. We gave everything we tasted a score out of 5. What a delicious afternoon.

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