LKS2 Quad Kids
Yesterday, 20 children from years 3 and 4 participated in a quad kids athletics event. All children participated in four events: the 50m sprint, howler throw, 400m run and the standing long jump. One of our teams came 5th out of 21 teams. The children showed fantastic...
Cricket Taster Sessions
Before half term children across KS1 and KS2 got the opportuni9ty to take part in crocket tasters with Mr Mawson who came on behalf of Durham Cricket Club. He did a range of cricket activities to give them an idea of what clubs outside of school may be like. Felling...
A visit from Professor Brainstorm
Throughout science week, all of the children had a visit from Professor Brainstorm. He explained and demonstrated lots of different investigations focusing on various scientific areas. Professor Brainstorm was very knowledgeable and the children learned some new...
A fantastic visit from Angela’s Ark
Throughout science week, the children enjoyed an exotic animal workshop with our expert visitor Angela from 'Angela's Ark'. Angela introduced the children to all of her different animals these included skinny pigs, snakes, bearded dragons and rabbits to name just a...
Inclusive PE Staff Training
This week all teaching staff and some support staff took part in Inclusion in PE training. The co-head teacher at Cedars Primary came in to talk to us about a range of resources and gave some advice on individual scenarios. He then set up some practical activities to...
Year 6 Fun Run!
Today year 6 had a fantastic opportunity to attend the Gateshead Fun Run. Around 3500 children from a variety of schools around Gateshead came together for a brilliant event. The children ran, walked or wheeled a gruelling 1 mile race course. They all tried their best...
Hydrogen Home Workshop
On Thursday afternoon, our school councillors met with two representatives from Northern Gas, after a whole school assembly. They took part in a workshop called Hydrogen Home and learned about how we can be more energy efficient both at home and at school. The...
A fantastic family learning session!
This morning, Michael from family learning came into work with the children in Early Years with their parents. The children and their parents enjoyed a fun packed morning with various craft activities linked to King Charles III Coronation. Article 3 All...
School Councils Combine
This afternoon three representatives from our school council met at Caedmon Primary school with children from various primary schools from Gateshead. The children discussed what school council looks like in their school and what they want to achieve as school...
Celebrating the Kings Coronation
What a fantastic day we all had celebrating the Kings Coronation. The children came to school dressed in red, white and blue. They made some flags and crowns to wear when they had a coronation picnic and a whole school disco at the end of the day. They had a visit...
Crank It Up Launch Session!
In year 5, children have the opportunity to take part in a very exciting engineering project called 'Crank it Up'. This project is ran by Beamish and challenges children to make a functioning toy crane using k'nex pieces. The children in year 5 will work in 2 teams in...
Year 3/4 at Discovery Museum
This week, Years 3 and 4 enjoyed a lovely trip to the Discovery Museum in Newcastle. The trip was an excellent opportunity to re-cap lots of our topics from this year such as, bridges, the River Tyne and electricity. The children explored the many superb exhibits and...