If you are year 4 and above we would like to invite you to join our ‘New Percussion Ensemble’. This will be held in the William Shield Room at the Dryden Centre each Wednesday, term time only, from 16:30-18:00pm and is free of charge. The start da
Today, we acted out scenes from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. We worked on our volume and tone of voice, and looked at how to use actions instead of props. Can you guess which scenes we performed?
In Science, we’ve been looking at different forces. We used parachutes to learn about air resistance. We investigated how air resistance changes, depending on the surface area of the parachute you are using. We designed an experiment, built our parachutes and tested them. We then constructed line gr
Tickets are available from the Sage Gateshead Box Office Tel: 0191 443 4661 or online please follow the link below: http://www.sagegateshead.com/event/angels-of-the-north-201746545/ Angels of the North concert 27.11.17
We are aiming to make our yard more active! We’ve had some great new games painted and the year 6 buddies are running lots of games and sports over lunchtime. We are working hard for our active 30 minutes a day!
This week we have been looking at poetry all in build up to National Poetry Day. We studied a poem all about freedom and flight, then worked in groups to write our own version based on something we chose that could fly or float. We worked amazingly well together, coming up with two new lines each th
Local Poet Rowan McCabe came into school to talk to us about poetry and how he feels free when he writes and performs his poetry. He spent time in class with Years 4 and 5 and the children loved it! We all enjoyed hearing his animal rap poems and lots of children were keen to ask questions. Maybe w
There will be a Book Fair held next week 25th Sep – 29th after school each night. Please pop in for some early Christmas presents!
The new government targets are for all primary children to enjoy 60 minutes of exercise a day! 30 minutes should be encouraged at school, and 30 minutes at home. This year all P.E. lessons will start with a fun, high intensity cardio based game to get our pulses up! Here we are enjoying good old
The family Learning Workshop was a HUGE success today. Thank you to all who attended. Here is a glimpse of them at work
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