What’s in the Cup?

31st March 2025Chloe Smith

In Science, we have been looking at the five senses. We talked about what they were, how we use them and which parts of the body are needed for each one. We used our senses to explore the season of Spring, describing what we could see, hear, taste, smell and feel. We then carried out an experiment, using our senses to describe 6 different mystery items, including:

Chocolate

☕️ Coffee beans

Washing up liquid

Yoghurt

Water

Lemon juice

We described their smell, what they looked like and how they felt before guessing what we thought it might be. Of course we identified the chocolate straight away! But some others like the coffee had us stumped!

Durham Cathedral

26th March 2025K Holtham

The children visited Durham Cathedral this week. They enjoyed walking around looking at all of different features of the Cathedral including the font, lectern, pulpit, stained glass windows and the high altar. They listened intently to Joseph and Kim, our tour guides, who told us all about the history of St Cuthbert and St Bede who are both buried at the Cathedral.

The children then took part in a workshop called ‘Expression of Beliefs’ where they got to hold and discuss a range of special artefacts from the Cathedral including candles, Bibles, communion bread, a chalice and a cross. The children said that Durham Cathedral was a very beautiful and interesting place.

Back at school the children wrote some fantastic recounts of the trip, including lots of lovely facts about the Cathedral.

 

Newcastle United – Carabao Cup Winners 2025

18th March 2025A Wilson

NEWCASTLE UNITED – CARABAO CUP WINNERS!

We thought it was really important to celebrate within class, a really special time in history that occurred on Sunday… Newcastle United winning a major trophy for the first time in 70 years!

We watched highlights from the football match, spoke about our favourite players, any other teams we supported and discussed what their win signifies… That through resilience and perseverance, you can achieve anything! Newcastle United didn’t give up – it may have took them 70 years but their fans continued to believe in them despite their losses and they finally did it! ⚽️

Class 5 completed facts, coloured in Newcastle United badges, some children had favourite players and got their photos took alongside them and we also designed our own football kits! ☺️

Turning Red Thoughts, Green!

12th March 2025A Wilson

This afternoon, we’ve had Natalie from the Healthy Minds Team in to teach Year 1 how to change their negative red thoughts, into positive green ones! ☺️

We found out about a boy called Adam today who had recently moved to a new school. He had lots of unhelpful thoughts such as ‘Why did things have to change?’ and ‘I really miss my old friends and teacher’. We helped him feel better by changing his thoughts, such as ‘My teacher will look after me!’ and ‘I’ll make new friends and I can still see my old ones on play dates!”.

We also learnt a new breathing technique – hot chocolate breathing! ‍

World Book Day

7th March 2025Chloe Smith

This year our theme for World Book Day was ‘careers’. We spent lots of time this week looking at different jobs we could do – some we didn’t even know existed! We looked at what skills we need for different jobs and talked about the importance of choosing a job which involves something we are interested in. On Thursday, we came to school dressed as what we would like to be when we grow up. We had some wonderful costumes including;

Paleontologist

✂️ Hairdresser

Police officer

Fireman

Cheerleader

Science teacher

and so much more!

Pancake Day Fun!

5th March 2025Chloe Smith

This week Class 4 celebrated pancake day. We read the story ‘The Runaway Pancake’ – which reminded us of another story we know very well! We talked about why we celebrate pancake day and looked at how people celebrate it around the world. After all that talk of pancakes, our tummies were rumbling so it was only right that we got to taste some ourselves! We designed our “perfect pancake” before creating our own using different toppings. They were absolutely delicious!

Measuring Masters

20th February 2025Chloe Smith

This week Class 4 have been looking at length and height. We used language like ‘taller’ and ‘shorter’ to compare heights.

We then used non standard measurements (cubes) to measure the length of items around the classroom.

Before using a ruler to measure items in centimetres (cm).

Happy Valentines Day

14th February 2025A Aldcroft

This week we have been writing all about everything we love!

We also performed an amazing Valentines show to our grown ups, all about St Valentine

 

 

and some gorgeous valentines wreaths

 

Safer Internet Day

12th February 2025Chloe Smith

This week for Safer Internet Day, Class 4 have been looking at how to stay safe online. We talked about what it means to be safe online and how we can make sure we are doing this.

We talked about sharing personal information online and how we need to be careful what we share, before sorting different types of personal information into ‘safe to share online’ or ‘not safe to share online’. We had a brilliant understanding of what we could and shouldn’t share and why.

Marvellous Maths in Y1 with our caregivers!

6th February 2025A Wilson

Our final PACT (Parent and Child Together) morning was for our Year 1s and their fab parents & caregivers! ✨

The Year 1 children loved showing their grown-ups how they learn and practise Maths with a range of resources – such as tens frames, our tens and ones and part whole models.

We will you keep all posted about future PACT mornings as we know you’ve all loved making special memories with your children in school.