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• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Christmas Events Please see below for dates and times for key events for children and parents in the run up to Christmas.
• Friday 15 November 2024 Children in Need The children in nursery had a wonderful day dressing up and completing Pudsey themed challenges for Children in Need 2024!
• Wednesday 13 November 2024 Reception's Celebration Assemblies Autumn 1 Every Friday in Reception, Red class and Rose class come together to celebrate the children's success and achievements of the week.
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 KS1 Sponsored Run Well done to our children in Key Stage 1 who raised money for Children in Need by completing a one mile sponsored run around the school grounds! It was lovely to be cheered on by spectators on Springwell Road! A huge thank you also to our super Y5 Playground Leaders who supported the children on the run. And finally thank you to the parents, carers and families who have donated to the cause.
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Robinwood Update Another fantastic day. The children have been really settled and given the activities their all. We're sure everyone will sleep well tonight!
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Robinwood - Day 2 The children continue to have a fantastic time at Robinwood. It really is non-stop! A few more pictures from this morning are available below. Apologies if we've missed your child out, there just isn't a lot of time to compile images to send out during the day - a bigger post will follow soon.
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Super Sportsability 15 children from Orange Class attended a Sportsability festival at Gateshead International Stadium. The children took part in 8 different activities. The children demonstrated all of our Fell Dyke values. We are very proud of them all. Take a look at what we got up to.
• Monday 11 November 2024 Robinwood - Day One The children have arrived safely, been well fed and had a fun day of activities. We will post more on Tuesday but, for now, here are a few pictures from today.
• Monday 11 November 2024 Happy Diwali This week we are learning about the festival of light - also known as Diwali.
• Monday 11 November 2024 Remembrance day in Reception Reception have been learning about the significance of poppies. We learnt all about wearing a poppy, who we are remembering and why. The children then used collage materials and the technique of scrunching to create their own poppy. They have been displayed outside of our classrooms for everyone to share. At 11am today we held our 2 minute silence as a sign of respect.
• Friday 8 November 2024 Awesome Art The children in Blue Class have started work on their inspiration page for their artist this half term, Friedensreich Hundertwasser. They chose pictures that they liked, along with words they thought best described the artwork. The children loved using their sketch books!
• Thursday 7 November 2024 Go bananas for red words! The children in Pink and Blue class love it when the weekly banana delivery comes. It is another fun opportunity for the children to get in that practice of reading red words. Miss Cameron gets to work with her trusted sharpie adding lots of words to the fruit for the children to read at break times.
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Something Spooky This Way Comes... Nursery had a wonderful time preparing for Halloween. They listened to and retold spooky stories and explored lots of interesting activities in our learning environment. The children especially enjoyed making their own potions and observing the frozen witches fingers!
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Super Soft Play Nursery have started off this new half term exploring the soft play in the school hall. They used their gross motor skills to crawl, climb and jump their way around an obstacle course.
• Monday 4 November 2024 Reception Stay and Play Reception held their first stay and play of the year in the last week of Autumn half term. It was lovely to see so many parents in the classroom exploring all of the spooky challenges which were set. The children loved having their nearest and dearest to support them. Here are just some of the wonderful pictures from the morning. We hope to see you all next time!
• Friday 1 November 2024 Autumn in Pink Class What a great first half term we have had in Pink Class! We have particularly enjoyed developing our computing skills, showing off our creative skills in the construction areas and learning about The Great Fire of London in history. We have loved learning about animals and living things and can’t wait to continue this learning in science next half term!
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Orange Class Visit to Live Theatre The children in Orange Class had a fantastic visit to the Live Theatre today in Newcastle. We started off the visit with a lovely photo opportunity on the Millennium Bridge before starting the workshop. The children loved the workshop and came up with a very imaginative story.
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Partitioning Numbers in Jade class Jade Class have loved partitioning numbers on the yard using chalk and base ten. They took turns rolling a dice to make a three digit number then represented it in a part whole model. Once they had represented the number they used chalk to draw the addition sentence below.
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Phases of the Moon The children in Orange Class had a great time learning about the phases of the moon. The children used Oreo’s to represent the 8 different phases. Take a look below.
• Tuesday 22 October 2024 Nursery Spell Party! Nursery welcomed some exciting visitors today. We listened to a story and met some of the animals from that story. The children were very brave and used their gentle hands to touch and stroke some of the animals.
• Monday 21 October 2024 Purple Class Visit 'Live Theatre' Newcastle Year 5 had a fantastic morning out at the Live Theatre in Newcastle recently. After a lovely autumnal walk along the quayside, they took part in a creative writing workshop where they said 'YES!' to every idea going. Eventually, the ended up with the bones of a story, all about a talking birthday cake (you really had to be there), before continuing the narrative in their own unique ways.
• Tuesday 15 October 2024 Happy Hedgehog Bread After reading the story 'The Happy Hedgehog Band' the children in Nursery baked their own hedgehog bread. They used their maths and fine motor skills to measure, mix, knead and shape the dough. It tasted delicious too!
• Tuesday 15 October 2024 Searching a Microhabitat As part of our Science topic, Living Things and their Habitats, Bronze class went in search of living things in some microhabitats of our forest. The best places to find insects were under old logs and at the bottom of trees. We found spiders, centipedes, snails, slugs and some woodlouse. Back in the classroom we made a pictogram of our findings.
• Tuesday 15 October 2024 KS1 Athletics Some of the children in Pink and Blue class represented our school at a recent athletics festival. The children competed in different events such as throwing, sprinting, long jump and high jump. The children were all excellently behaved and demonstrated just how amazing we are at Fell Dyke!
• Tuesday 15 October 2024 Cool Coaching During our first half term in Gold Class the children have been coached by Jed from Active Futures. The children have learned different ways to pass the ball, the rules of the game and have taken part in a mini tournament.
• Thursday 10 October 2024 Excellent Experience Turquoise class had a great time exploring the forest. We are currently focusing our writing on a novel titled Thornhill. This is a suspense story set in an abandoned house. During one of our lessons, we went down to the forest to experience how the character Ella would have felt in the garden of the abandoned house. We thought about what she would see, how she would feel and what she may hear. We then used this to produce a fantastic piece of writing.
• Friday 27 September 2024 Forest Fridays As well as exploring their new classrooms the children in Reception have also spent Friday afternoon exploring our school forest. Each week we have learnt about the different rules when entering the forest, walking near the fire pit and going up and down the hills.
• Tuesday 24 September 2024 Welcome to Nursery! The children have made a wonderful start to their time in Nursery. They have been working hard to learn new routines and become more independent. They have had lots of fun making new friends too!
• Sunday 22 September 2024 Fantastic writing in Blue Class The children in Blue Class have a fantastic attitude toward their learning.
• Friday 20 September 2024 Welcome to Reception The children in Reception have had a wonderful time exploring their new classroom both inside and out. They have all settled into their new rules and routines and have made some lovely friendships. The staff have loved getting to know their new children and are looking forward to the rest of the year.

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