Reception

This week Reception have been learning all about Diwali. We read a Diwali story and learned about Rama and Sita, we made diva lamps in the playdough area, crafted paper plate diva lamps, spent time outdoors drawing rangoli patterns with chalk and used our fine motor fingers to create cotton bud rang

The school council were  pleased to host a visit from our local MP for Blaydon, Liz Twist. Liz received a guided tour of the school from our councillors from year 5 & 6. She was very impressed with the confidence of the children and how proud they all were of our school. The rest of the school

We were very lucky to receive a visit from some student dentists this week. We read a story which taught us how important it is to brush our teeth, we found out what food and drinks were good or bad for our teeth, we got to practise our brushing skills on model teeth and even got to dress up as dent

This week we celebrated national poetry day. We listened to a book full of poems, looking out for all the rhyming words. We also enjoyed using our dough disco time to get our fingers ready for writing- all whilst listening to nursery rhymes. Article 28, 31.

Very kindly, a huge amount of gorgeous books have been donated to our library. Thank you Olive, the children will love looking at them.

This year the theme for National Poetry Day was ‘Refuge’. During assembly the Reading Ambassadors read a selection of poems around this theme. The children remembered that the current Children’s Laureate was called Joseph Coehlo. The library has many poetry books that the children can choose t

Today we all went outside for ‘Fitness Friday’.  We enjoyed moving to the music using pom poms and ribbons to work on our gross motor skills. There were some great dance moves. This will happen every Friday afternoon, we can’t wait for next weeks session! Article 28, 31

What a week we have had! We have been getting to grips with our new routines and our environment, learning what we have to play with and making a whole load of new friends. Take a look at just some of the things we’ve gotten up to this week: Articles: 28, 31.        

We really enjoyed our first Muddy Monsters session! We read a story outside with our Muddy Monster teacher Phil, then we were able to make a den, role play in our mud kitchen, use our imagination with animals and construction materials, and experiment pushing cars down guttering ramps at different h

Last week we enjoyed our first ever fishy Friday! We certainly did enjoy it. This week we’ve tried many different new meals, having a try to see what we do and don’t like. We can’t wait to try our lunches next week! Articles: 28, 24