It’s Election Time in Tulips
This afternoon in Tulips, the children have elected their new school council members. Eleven children stood in front of the class and read their speeches explaining why they would make an excellent school council member. All children spoke confidently and had some...
Understanding Rights
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We are Rights Respecting
In LKS2 the children have been learning about their rights linked to the UN convention of the child. We have already created class charters where we decided which rights were important to us in school. Today we learned about this in more detail. First, the children...
Geography Week – The Ripple Effect
We have teamed up with Northumbrian Water to find out what the Ripple Effect is and as a school how we can make some small changes to make a big difference. Water is vital for all life on this planet. It is a precious resource that is essential for the environment...
Bluebells Pop into Easter
Bluebells enjoyed a Pop Art themed Easter celebration today. Children had a fun-filled day of art tasks to use some of the key ideas of Pop Art (bold colours, contrast, comic strip) and apply them to Easter. Afterwards, children completed a Pop Art quiz to see what...
Easter fun in Nightingales!
To celebrate Easter in Nightingales, the children made some Spring coloured Easter baskets. We also sorted instructions in English to work out how to make chocolate nests and then made them as a class. The children all had a lot of fun and went home with a tasty...
Happy Easter!
This week, we have focused on the Easter Story and why Easter eggs are a tradition at Easter. We made some Easter nests using Weetabix and chocolate, which we enjoyed eating during snack time today. We also listened to the story, We're Going on an Egg Hunt. We were...
Easter Food Bank Appeal
This Easter we are collecting donations of food and toiletries for the local food Bank. We will be collecting at the school office before school from Tuesday 23rd March until Tuesday 30th March. URGENTLY NEEDED FOOD ITEMS INCLUDE: Tinned Potatoes Long Life Milk...
Owls say Konnichiwa from Japan
Today the Owls have had lots of fun learning about Japan and taking part in Olympic themed activities. We created our own Japanese flags and wore red and white clothes, designed our own Olympic torches and created medals! Take a look! Article 24 - Every child...
Images from the Ancient Maya Civilisation
This week UKS2 have been learning about Frederick Catherwood. He was a famous British artist and architect, who travelled to Central America to see the ruins of Copan. He made very detailed sketches and drawings of many aspects of Mayan life. Here are some of our...
Tutankhamun Rediscovered
Year 3 and Year 4 have been learning all about Ancient Egypt since Christmas and they have been hard at work in and out of school to show their understanding of the topic. In Year 3, children in school took on the task of recreating Tutankhamun's tomb. Children...
Mayan cooking in UKS2
Next week UKS2 will be learning about which food types the Mayans ate. Maize was a very important food crop, it made up to 80% of their diet - they used it to make a variety of different foods. With that said, next week we will be making tortillas both in school and...