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Health Week

1st July 2022 By francesstephenson

We have been so busy this week taking part in a variety of activities that support our physical and mental health.

Monday

We began the week with our Pro Strike fundraising activity. Thank you to everybody who sponsored the children! They were so excited to have their turn to try and get the quickest kick into the net.

Then the children did some cheerleading. Mrs Bryant and Miss Dawson were so impressed with how quickly they learned and confidently performed their cheerleading routine.

On Monday afternoon, the sun shone as we had a teddy bear’s picnic full of delicious, healthy goodies! We talked about the importance of a balanced diet and discussed which food we can have lots of, and which foods we should only have as a treat.

Tuesday

On Tuesday Reception participated in various games including parachute games, tennis and rugby.

Wednesday

Unfortunately our Sports Day was postponed due to the weather so on Wednesday we learned about water safety. The children now know some important rules for staying safe at the beach (or near any other open water).

Thursday

Reception loved this teeth cleaning activity following our oral hygiene discussions.

On Thursday afternoon Reception and Year 1 visited Deerness for an afternoon full of fun!

Friday

Reception class loved the inflatable obstacle course and huge space hoppers!

We are certainly ready for the weekend!

Filed Under: Blog Reception 2021-2022, Uncategorized

Lots of fun and facts for Health Week!

30th June 2022 By francesstephenson

Good morning everyone,

Year One have thoroughly enjoyed Health Week this week. We have been super busy this week taking part in lots of different activities and learning. Here’s a list of some things we have been up to:

  • Pro Strike
  • Cheerleading
  • Tennis
  • Tag Rubgy
  • Parachute activities
  • Gymnastics
  • Dodgeball
  • Learning how to make an emergency call (our homework is to learn how to use our parents’ phones when making an emergency call and to try and learn our home addresses!)
  • First Aid
  • Water and Sun Safety
  • Tasting lots of fruit in class and at the tuck shop (some we liked, some not so much!)

Check out our lovely pictures!

 

What a jam packed week! Hope you all have a lovely, restful weekend! Miss Walker and Mrs Days x

Filed Under: Blog Class 1 2021-2022

New Lunch Menu

23rd June 2022 By francesstephenson

As part of Bishop Wilkinson Education Trust, we now have new lunch caterers.

Please see the new menu:

Autumn-Winter Menu 2022-2023

Filed Under: News

Under the Sea

9th June 2022 By francesstephenson

Welcome to our final half term in Reception Class.

We have enjoyed some lovely warm weather this week and have enjoyed exploring holiday-themed activities including our travel agent role play, ice cream shop, lemonade stall and puppet show.

Our topic this half term is ‘Under the Sea’. We began the topic with a bit of a stink…

Our story this week is ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ by David and Ronda Armitage. In the story, the seagulls keep stealing Mr Grinling’s delicious lunch so Mrs Grinling has to think of a good plan to stop them. After a few unsuccessful ideas, Mrs Grinling makes some disgusting mustard sandwiches which does the trick!

Reception class made their own disgusting sandwiches using ingredients including mustard, sardines and olives. Yuck…

They then wrote instructions on how to make a sandwich.

Some children enjoyed the story so much that they decided to draw lovely pictures and retell the story to their friends.

We have been learning about the purpose of a lighthouse and are looking forward to making our own lighthouses next week.

 

The children visited the local library yesterday. They enjoyed a reading of ‘The Queen’s Knickers’ and other stories following the Platinum Jubilee last week. They made us so proud with their excellent behaviour and manners. Well done Reception class!

What a great first week back; we’re looking forward to more summer fun next week.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs Bryant, Miss Dawson & Mrs Morgan.

 

Filed Under: Blog Reception 2021-2022, Uncategorized

A lovely couple of weeks in Year One

9th June 2022 By francesstephenson

Good morning everyone!

Phonics

Well done to all of the Year 1 children who completed their Phonics quizzes a couple of weeks ago – we are very proud of you! Year One are fantastic using their sound buttons which really helped the children to not only read the words, but to also identify graphemes, digraphs, trigraphs and split digraphs.

Maths

Year 1 have been learning position and direction recently. We have been consolidating our directional and positional language such as ‘left’, ‘right’, ‘below’ and ‘above’. The children did a great job describing position during their Maths lesson.

PE

On Thursday, Year One have been continuing their topic ‘Games’. On Thursday, Year One enjoyed learning about the rules of dodgeball and absolutely loved playing the game!

Our visit to Lanchester Library

A couple of weeks ago, Year One walked down to Lanchester Library to enjoy some lovely books in celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee. The library staff read ‘Peppa’s Royal Party’, ‘The Queen’s knickers’ and ‘The Queen’s handbag’. The children LOVED all three books and especially loved learning about the different types of knickers the Queen wear to lots of special occasions! Year One were excellent and sensible and they loved our trip to the library!

We hope you all have a lovely weekend everyone. Miss Walker and Mrs Days x

 

Filed Under: Blog Class 1 2021-2022

A week with a difference…

27th May 2022 By francesstephenson

This week Class 2 have had a lot of fun creating their own glove puppets! They took inspiration from this term’s History topic of Seaside Holidays and the Punch and Judy shows which were very popular in Victorian times. Using their designs from last week, the children used a card template to carefully cut out shaped pieces of felt. Then they used a running stitch to join the two pieces of fabric together. The best part of the lesson was adding decorations by sewing on eyes, ears, buttons, mouths etc… The children have created wonderful, appealing puppets and they quickly gained confidence threading their own needles, though tying knots was the tricky part! Mrs Smith and Mrs Troy were very impressed by their diligent, careful work.  

We finished our history topic by asking when and how seaside holidays became popular. We learned that the Royal Family were very keen on trips to the seaside, especially King George III and holidays became popular and more accessible with the arrival of the train. Year 2 are very keen historians and love learning about the past!  

Finally, this week along with Reception Class and Year 1, Year 2 spent Tuesday afternoon learning German! They quickly mastered some basic phrases, including greetings and numbers to ten. They are looking forward to learning more German in the future. 

Have a relaxing and enjoyable half term holiday! 

From Mrs Smith and Mrs Troy and Jack. 

Filed Under: Blog Class 2 2021-2022

Friday 27th May

26th May 2022 By francesstephenson

Good morning everyone!

Maths

Year One have been learning about position and direction this week. On Wednesday, we practised our use of directions by directing our partner (who had their eyes closed) to their spot on the yard. We had to use language such as ‘take 3 steps forward, take 1 step backwards, turn one quarter to the left).

History

Year One had fun on the laptops by dragging Kings and Queens on to a timeline in the right order with the help of Miss Walker. We have also been learning about Grace Darling, a lady who lived in Northumberland who also made history by going out to the stormy sea with her father to save 9 sailors. The children loved learning about Grace Darling using BBC’s True Stories and had to listen out for answers to inform their fact file.

Art

Look at Year One’s beautiful collages inspired by the Rainbow Fish using different textures!

Enrichment Day

Well done to everyone for taking part in lots of activities during enrichment days this week! Well done to KS1 for their participation in rounders and for their lovely jubilee crafts that they did with Miss Walker.

Have a lovely half term break everyone! Miss Walker and Mrs Days x

Filed Under: Blog Class 1 2021-2022

Mental Health & Wellbeing Pledge

23rd May 2022 By francesstephenson

We are proud to have pledged towards the Schools & Education Settings Health & Wellbeing Framework.

We are committed to supporting the Health & Wellbeing of our children, young people and staff.

 

Filed Under: News

Creativity, thinking and having fun!

13th May 2022 By francesstephenson

This week Class 2 have been exploring the world of puppets during their Design Technology lessons. We started off looking at simple finger puppets, then we looked at a range of puppets made from different materials such as wood and metal. We discussed as a class how the puppets had been made, how they moved and which we preferred. We then examined puppets made from fabric and evaluated them following a set of criteria. The best part of this week’s lesson was designing our very own puppet! We are now looking forward to making them following our designs and trying to achieve a good finish….

On Monday this week, we continued to explore the theme of  ‘Opposites’ in our PE lesson. Based on the arrival of Spring, the pupils have now created a dance, incorporating the movements we have used so far this term.

In our history lesson this week, we became Victorians enjoying a holiday at the seaside. The pupils wrote postcards and letters home to friends and family members to describe their holiday on the coast. The pupils included lots of fascinating facts that we have learned about this term. Popular topics included bathing fully clothed, eating fish and chips and ice-cream and watching Punch and Judy Puppet Shows!

Here is some of the work produced by Albie and Emelie:

 

 

Finally, this week, the Year 2 children have finished their formal assessments in English reading and Maths. The pupils have all done their best and worked hard. Many enjoyed the tasks and asked if they could do more?!

Have a relaxing weekend!

From Mrs Smith, Mrs Troy and Jack, who has been an invaluable member of Class 2 over the past fortnight. Thank you for all your help Jack!

Filed Under: Blog Class 2 2021-2022

Friday 13th May

12th May 2022 By francesstephenson

Good morning everyone!

Maths

Year One have been counting to  100 this week as well as counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. We are fantastic mathematicians and enjoyed using cubes and counters to help us count in multiples. Miss Walker and Mrs Days are so proud!

English and Phonics

Year One have started a new book called ‘Small Knight and George and the Royal Chocolate Cake’. This week, we pretended to be the main character in our class book and wrote royal invitations to invite everyone to a special  party to welcome the King and Queen. We have also been reading and sorting real and nonsense words and applying all of our phonics sounds that we have learned in Year One.

Science

Year One have been learning all about seasonal changes between Spring and Summer. We discussed how the amount of daylight changes between Spring and Summer and discussed important events that happen between Spring and Summer such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Easter and even some of our Year One’s birthdays! We talked about what we wear between Spring and Summer and created a class bar chart. We compared our bar chart to others we have done in previous seasons to see how our clothes have changed across seasons.

DT and Art

Year One designed their very own castles over the Easter holidays and used their design plans to create their very own castles. Just check out their amazing work! Sadly, we couldn’t put pictures of everyone’s castles but we can honestly say that they were all brilliant! Mrs Days has also been teaching Year One how to print in the style of William Morris. On Tuesday, the children collected their own leaves and created their very own nature prints – look how brilliant they are!

 

Well done for a fantastic week, Year One! We hope you all have a lovely weekend. Miss Walker and Mrs Days x

Filed Under: Blog Class 1 2021-2022

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