Year 5 climate change workshop with Beamish
Prior to our visit to Beamish after half term, the children in year 5 were lucky enough to have a visitor from Beamish come into school today to give them an introduction into what they will be learning about. The children learnt about how the average temperature in...
‘Taking 10’ to Read
As part of World Mental Health Day on 10th October, Key Stage 2 attended a live webinar by esteemed author, and founder of 'Power Thoughts,' Natalie Costa. During this live broadcast, the children were given opportunities to share ideas on how to find empowerment...
KS2 Cross Country
On Thursday, children from year 4 and 6 had the opportunity to take part in a cross country competition at Watergate Forest. In the lead up to the event, the children did some extra running of the mile and other drills with Mr Mawson. The children raced in age and...
Walk to School Month
October is national walk to school month and as part of that we are asking children to try and travel in an active way more often. This can be walking, biking, or scooting from home to school or even just parking a little bit further away and walking the final part to...
European Day of Languages
On Wednesday, children from Nursery to Year 6 looked at different languages across Europe. There were a variety of activities that took place such as guess the country and tongue twisters. The younger children then learnt to say hello in different languages whilst the...
Year 6 Girls Football
This afternoon, a team of girls from Year 6 went out to a football tournament at the Gateshead Power League. After multiple training sessions with Mr Mawson, the girls had improved their confidence and ability to work as a team. In their group, they played 4 matches...
KS2 Sports Assembly
This morning, KS2 had their sports assembly, where over 90 children and their parents gathered together to celebrate a great year of sport! Children received medals for a range of events that they have taken part in throughout the year and enjoyed looking back at...
Year 5/6 Orienteering
This week, children in year 5 and 6 took part in some orienteering in the nature park organsied by B Outdoors. Some of the year 6s and staff had done the course last year, so Andy from B outdoors ensured that he made it even more challenging than the year before! The...
School Games Day!
Yesterday, children across the whole school came together to celebrate School Games Day. Each class was assigned a country and came dressed in the colours of their countries' flags. This year's School Games Day was focused on Paralympic and disability sport. In the...
Athletics Superstars
On Friday, children in year 4 and year 6 took part in the Gateshead schools athletics tournament. Everyone worked super hard!! The children competed in a range of track and field events. Team Windy Nook ran their way into 10 semi-finals with all children competing in...
Learning about WWI at St Alban’s Church
This week children in upper KS2 had the chance to visit St Alban's Church as part of their WWI history topic. The children went up the church in search for some war graves. After a brief discussion about the timeline of WWI, the children were on the hunt to find the...
Saint Cuthbert Workshop in Year 4
This morning, the children in year 4 had a visit from Reverend Danie and Reverend Ken. The children were told the story of Saint Cuthbert. They were lucky enough to see a special replica copy of the Lindisfarne Gospels. This copy is so important that Reverend Danie...