Beamish visit

by Mr Brown | Nov 10, 2025 | News, Snowdrops, Tulips

As part of our climate-change project with Beamish Museum, Year 4 welcomed Helen into school to talk about the industrial history of Gateshead, and about carbon capture and offset in the 21st Century. The children learned all about how our local area became a thriving...

Good Vibrations

by Mr Brown | Nov 4, 2025 | Bluebells, News, Snowdrops, Tulips

To kick off our new science topic, children in LKS2 have been exploring sounds and the vibrations that create them. Each class has used various musical instruments and observed how the vibrations created, when musical instruments are used, transfers into sound waves....

Informed or Overwhelmed: Children and the News – Information for Parents

by Mrs Hope | Nov 3, 2025 | Beeches, Bluebells, Computing, Elms, Health and Well-Being, News, Oaks, Safeguarding, Snowdrops, Tulips

Helping Children Navigate Online News Today’s children are surrounded by online news — from TikTok and YouTube to social media feeds. While this helps them stay informed, it can also expose them to upsetting or misleading stories. A new Internet Matters report,...

LKS2 Computing – Sequencing Movements and Sounds

by Mr Brown | Oct 23, 2025 | Bluebells, News, Snowdrops, Tulips

This half term, Bluebells, Tulips and Snowdrops have been using Scratch Coding to program various algorithms. Our focus has been sequencing commands linked to movements and sounds. Children have created sprites and backdrops, and then coded these animations to move...

Marching Through History! Y3/4 Visit to Segedunum

by ryanhill | Oct 17, 2025 | Bluebells, Events and Visits, History, Newsletters, Snowdrops, Tulips

Today, our class had the incredible opportunity to visit Segedunum Roman Fort in Wallsend — a site rich in history and bursting with stories from Roman Britain. From exploring the remains of the ancient fort to climbing the viewing tower and discovering Roman...

Roman Tiles in Lower KS2

by ryanhill | Oct 12, 2025 | Art, Bluebells, History, Snowdrops, Tulips

This week, Lower Key Stage 2 have been diving into the world of Ancient Rome through art as part of our History topic. After learning about Roman designs and patterns, the children became Roman artists themselves! They sculpted their own clay tiles, carefully carving...