Year 5 have had a brilliant time today baking Victorian sponge cakes as part of their 'Victorians' topic. They followed the recipe excellently well, worked very sensibly as part of a group and best of all, got to taste their Victoria sponge cakes which I can...
Both Year 5 classes enjoyed a brilliant trip to Beamish yesterday to learn all about life during the Victorian era. They enjoyed taking part in a lesson in the Victorian school; visiting the coal mine; taking a ride on the steam train; and exploring lots of...
Year 5 have been learning many essential life skills in their First Aid training today. They looked at DRABC (Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing and Circulation); how to perform CPR; what a defibrillator is, how to use it and where it is located in our school;...
Year 5 have enjoyed an excellent morning/afternoon with Mr H today. They made a house for Dobby, used tools to create their very own magic wand, completed some orienteering where they had to search for characters from Harry Potter and finally played Mr H's game...
This morning, Years 5 and 6 had a visit from the community police officers. They came into school to speak to the children about lots of important issues, including knife crime, safeguarding, anti-social behaviour and the potential dangers of social media. The children all engaged...
Last week, Year 5 visited Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens. They looked around the museum and they took part in an art workshop learning how to sketch different rainforest leaves. The children were so well behaved and had a great day! A huge thank to...
Year 5 have had a great time learning outdoors over the past few days! They have taken part in lots of orienteering activities, have worked collaboratively to create Tudor maps and portraits and have also created their own Tudor-inspired pomanders. ...
The children in Year 5 have been working very hard this half term during their science lessons when studying 'Properties and Changes of Material'. They have tested and compared materials based on their properties, investigated dissolving, investigated separating mixtures and also learned about reversible and...
Last week, on Friday, the children in Year 5 took part in a fantastic Tudor workshop delivered by That History Bloke. The children learn lots about the Tudors and had lots of fun whilst doing so! ...
All of our Year 6s looked lovely today ahead of their Christmas party. They had a great time dancing, playing games and spending time with their friends. I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year and I will see you all...