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Nelson Mandela Biographies in Year 5

Nelson Mandela Biographies in Year 5

This week Year 5 finished their class book Journey to Jo'burg, which was all about the apartheid laws in South Africa. After finishing the book, the children learnt a little bit more about the history behind the story in the book. They particularly focused on Nelson...

A B C D E rights of the child

A B C D E rights of the child

The Rights Respecting School Councillors conducted a walk around school to ensure that the school is promoting Rights Respecting effectively. They decided that the A B C D E rights of the child needed to be displayed more around school. We made posters and have now...

It’s Election Time in Tulips

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

Understanding Rights

A short animation explaining UNICEF's articles for Rights Respecting Schools [vimeo 289757731 w=640 h=480] ABCDE of Rights Windy Nook18 from Catherine Ramanandi on Vimeo.

We are Rights Respecting

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

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 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!

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!

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

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

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

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...