Welcome to Robins
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School Bags: Children should bring their school bag every day.
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Toys: Please check that your child is not bringing toys into school.
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Reading Diaries: These should be brought in daily along with their ditty or reading book.
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Reading Rewards: On Fridays, we count how many times your child has read at home.
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3 times = 1 reward point
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More than 3 times = 1 reward point and a dip in the prize box
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Please make sure reading is recorded in their diary.
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Spellings: Children are given a set of spellings to learn each week.
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These are displayed on the classroom window and in homework books.
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Key Words: Your child has a set of key words to learn in their bag.
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Once they can read the words fluently, we celebrate their achievement and they are given the next level of words.
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Homework Books: Sent home on Fridays and should be returned by the following Wednesday.
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PE Day: Friday
Children should wear: -
Black shorts or joggers
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White t-shirt
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Trainers
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School jumper
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Labelling Clothes: Please ensure all jumpers, cardigans, and coats are clearly labelled with your child’s name.
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Lunch: If your child is having a school lunch, please ensure that payment is now done on Arbor. Please check Arbor for regular updates and information.
A visit from Angela’s Ark
This half term, KS1 have been learning about animals. We learned that scientists group animals based on different things. For example; what they eat, their body parts, their habitat etc. To help us with this topic, we had a visit from Angela's Ark. Angela brought...
Owls & Robins Homework w.e. 01.12.23
This week’s homework 01.12.23 for Year 1 is CGP Maths pages 10 & 11 Adding. Children to return completed for Wednesday 06.12.23 Thanks Mrs Short & Miss Thompson Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go...
Windy Winners!
Our latest Windy Winners awards: Class Top Growth Mindset Top Computer Scientist Dragonflies Polly Charlie Ladybirds Flynn Millie Owls Ayla Theo Nightingales Bluebells Sophie Bronx Tulips Kai Zak Snowdrops James ...
Anti Bullying and NSPCC Workshops
Last week, children across the school celebrated anti-bullying week by completing a number of activities to 'make a noise' about bullying. KS2 children also took part in Speak Out Stay Safe workshops delivered by volunteers from the NSPCC to learn about bullying and...
Road Safety Week
This week, children have been learning all about the dangers of the road and how to stay safe as pedestrians/cyclists. We had some workshops on Road Safety delivered by Tyne and Wear Safety, assemblies with Living Streets to learn about the importance of walking to...
Support for Families in Gateshead
Please click on the links below for some information regarding supporting families within the Gateshead area. Should you require a paper version then please just ask at reception. Early help leaflet offer Early help offer Gateshead family hubs offer Henry information...
Robins and Owls homework Y1
This week’s homework 24.11.23 for Year 1 is CGP Grammar Punctuation and Spelling page 46 - Compound Words Children to return completed for Wednesday 29.11.23 Thanks Miss Thompson & Mrs Short Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You...
Understanding tens and ones and partitioning in Year 1
Year 1 Owls and Robins have been looking at how numbers are made up of tens and ones. To support their learning they have been using dienes, number arrow cards to represent tens and ones as well as a part part whole model. Article 13: You have the right to find out...
Owls & Robins Homework w.e. 17.11.23
This week’s homework 17.11.23 for Year 1 is CGP Maths pages 4 & 5 Number and Place Value. Children to return completed for Wednesday 22.11.23 Thanks Mrs Short & Miss Thompson Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged...
KS1 have a visit from That History Bloke
What an amazing experience the children have had this week in history with a visit form That History Bloke. Linked to this half terms topic The Great Fire of Gateshead & Newcastle the children were able to find out lots of super facts of when and how it started...
Robins and Owls Y1 homework
This week’s homework 10.11.23 for Year 1 is CGP Grammar Punctuation and Spelling pages 2 & 3. (Forming sentences) Children to return completed for Wednesday 15.11.23. Thanks Miss Thompson & Mrs Short Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education....
Marvellous Music in KS1
We have been learning about the Great Fire of London in history this half term. During our music lesson, we composed a piece of music to retell the story. We chose instruments that were appropriate for different parts of the story. It was so much fun! Article 13: You...