Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• New Website Launched!

  Sat 26 Feb 2022

  Welcome to our brand new school website! We have created the website to keep parents up to date with school news and notices, and to showcase some of the great things our pupils are achieving. The website is extremely easy to edit by all staff at the school, so check back soon for new updates!

• Off By Heart

  Fri 18 Feb 2022

  This week marks the end of our poetry project ‘Off by Heart’. The children have done brilliantly learning all of their poems ‘Off by Heart’. Each class has recorded their favourite poem.

   

  Please see our class pages for the videos.

  

• Science week

  Thu 17 Feb 2022

  This week is Science week and our theme this year is growth.

  In Reception, we have been discussing how growth isn’t always something that you can see (on the outside) but often is something that happens on the inside (personal growth- like learning to ride a bike). To start the week, the children looked at personal growth and were given the task of drawing a portrait of their friend. As a group we then talked about the ways in which we could improve our drawing e.g. focusing on proportion and shape. The children were then asked to draw a second portrait of their friend. The children were amazed to see how much ‘growth’ they have made in such a short space of time.

   

  During the second activity the children focused on physical growth (growth you can see). The children were each given a plant pot and a Runner Bean and as a class talked about what the bean would need in order to grow. The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this activity and are excited to take care of their plant and watch it grow.

  

• Year 2b @ Northumberland College Zoo

  Thu 17 Feb 2022

  Year 2b have had the most fantastic time at Northumberland College Zoo today which we visited as part of our Science ‘Animals and their habitats’ unit of work. First, our guides Emma and Callum gave us a tour of the zoo – they were both very impressed with how well behaved and knowledgeable the children were about the different world habitats. We saw a range of animals including fish, bush dogs and even wallabies. After lunch, we completed a workshop where we were lucky enough to handle and feel some amazing animals. The children were very sensible and brave. We met Pikachu the corn snake, Holly the python, Spike the bearded dragon, a hissing cockroach, a tarantula and finally a stick insect. Our favourite was a black and white Tegu who roamed around the area and was very curious to see us all. Have a look at our amazing pictures below.

  

• Matt Goodfellow

  Thu 17 Feb 2022

  To mark the end of our poetry project the children had a very special visit today from the poet Matt Goodfellow. Key Stage 1 had a fantastic time listening to Matt’s funny stories about his family, his life as a teacher and joining in with his poems. Matt even inspired us to write our own poems which we continued after the session.