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Puppets
Puppets in DT This half term, we have been busy bringing our creativity to life through an exciting Design & Technology project – making our very own hand puppets! We began by exploring a variety of different puppets, including hand, finger and string puppets. We...
A Visit from Adam Bushnell
A Visit from Adam Bushnell We were very excited to welcome the brilliant author Adam Bushnell into our class this morning to inspire our writing. With his treasure chest full of exciting artefacts and pirate flags, Adam took us into a world of adventure and...
Key Stage 1 Visit to South Shields
Key Stage 1 Visit to South Shields The children in KS1 have had a wonderful day in South Shields today. We explored the South Marine Park, including the band stand where we had our picnic. Then we headed over to the beach, it was windy and a bit chilly but it didn’t...
Measuring
Measuring In maths today, we used metre sticks, tape measures and trundle wheels to measure different lengths. We talked about what each piece of equipment would be best suited to measure and then set off around the classroom and outside measuring different objects...
Easter
Easter Class 3 have been busy learning all about the Easter story and the season of Lent. In English, they created wonderful Easter acrostic poems, showing off their creativity while enjoying some delicious hot cross buns. To finish their celebrations, the children...
3D Shape Models
3D Shape Models Class 3 have been exploring the properties of 3D shapes in their maths lessons. To show off their learning, they created fantastic 3D models, including cubes, square-based pyramids, triangular-based pyramids, and triangular prisms. The children worked...
Shape Hunt
Shape Hunt Class 3 have been busy learning all about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. To put their knowledge into practice, they went on an exciting shape hunt outside! The children explored the school grounds, spotting a variety of shapes in the environment and...
World Book Day
Science
Science In science this half term we are learning about plants and what they need in order to stay healthy and grow. We designed an experiment to investigate this which involved us planting seeds in different conditions, one with soil, one without soil, one without...
Painting
Painting In class 3 this week we have started our new topic in art which is painting. We are looking at LS Lowry’s paintings and eventually will produce our own Lowry inspired piece of art. In this lesson, we started looking at how mixing colours with white and black...
KS1 Visit to Beamish Museum
KS1 Visit to Beamish Museum The children in KS1 enjoyed a trip to Beamish. They were put to work doing household chores, ironing, washing and cleaning. They looked at lots of different types of transport. Some children were brave enough to go down the pit. We even...
Key Stage 1 Multiskills Festival
Key Stage 1 Multiskills Festival Key stage one children have thoroughly enjoyed participating in a superhero themed multi-skills festival. They competed for their house teams in lots of games using the throwing, catching and kicking skills they have been learning in PE.
Children in Need
Children in Need This Friday, class 3 have taken part in Children in Need. We dressed up in either yellow, spotty or football strips to raise money for the charity. We started our afternoon by learning about what Children in Need is, where the money goes and some...