Year 5

Over the last half term, the eco kids have been encouraging their class to recycle paper using the recycling box in the classroom. Today, we examined the waste that is being put into the general waste bin and found out that we have succeeded! There is very little paper in these bins which we were re

An important part of learning about British values is understanding how our justice system works. In Literacy, we have been studying Alfred Noyes’ ‘The Highwayman’. We held a courtroom trial of King George’s soldiers. They were found innocent of stealing ale, but guilty of other crimes, and sentence

In Science, we’ve been learning about the different parts of a flower, and using labelled diagrams to show what we know. So in Art, we decided to make observational drawings of the flowers we used. Here’s what we drew… RRSA: Article 29 Science: To draw and annotate diagrams. Art: To use line, ton

This morning the whole school walked to St. Mary’s Church for our Easter service. We all joined in singing Easter songs… thank you to Mrs Marshall, Mrs Smith and all of Year Two who provided us with the story of Easter and musical instruments during the songs! Article 28, 29 and article 30

Once again, Front Street were the largest dance group to perform at The Sage in Gateshead last night for the annual Dance Festival. The children were amazing both on and off the stage and they certainly wowed the crowd with their skills and talents… oh not forgetting their water pistols and the me

We have been finishing our paintings this week. We are all really proud of them. We have given them all our own personal touches and they are all amazing in their differences and styles . Article 29

Wow! Look at the wonderful entries submitted by the talented children from Nursery to Year 6 in our, ‘My North East’ art competition. On view at Whickham Library from now until the end of the Easter break. Why don’t you pop in and take a look?  Article 29

        Thank you to everyone who placed an order at the Usborne Book Fair this week. As a result we have been able to order several new sets of books for the reading scheme. Thank you for your continued support.

Next weekend (Saturday 24th)  it is the annual Easter Egg Hunt  held at the Hermitage garden. It would be lovely to see lots of you there supporting this  community event. It starts at 10am until 3pm. There is a guaranteed chocolate egg  for everyone who completes the hunt. There is a small char

Today we did some collaborative feedback working in pairs to mark, feedback and correct our partner’s work. It proved very intense and great to see some superb supportive paired work.