Today marked the rebirth of our Outdoor Ed area! Thank you to everyone who supported us on the day and helped to make it such a success: the adults – Joan, Daniel, Kevan, Kay and Kevin, John, John, James and the PTA (who kept us hydrated and fed); the pupils (primary and secondary) for for…
A huge thank you to all of you who took the time to complete our uniform survey. There were a staggering 124 responses. Your opinion, along with our students, really does matter. Navy was the preferred colour of sweatshirts for secondary and jade green for primary, both with 21% of responses. 82.3% preferred black trousers…
As part of our Topic lesson, Birch have been learning about the Great Fire of Gateshead which happened on 6th October 1854. The fire started in a factory on the Quayside in Gateshead, just outside of St.Mary’s church. The group were met by Mr Simon Green, part of the churches educational staff and he was…
The Open the Book Christian Group came in to share the story of the crucifixion and resurrection. The story was told to us and we had members of Birch, Beech and Hazel take part in the play and they all did a fantastic job! It was a great to see so many of the children…
We went to check out Antony Gormley’s sculpture (Angel of the North) in Gateshead. Did you know… One person sees it every second! The wing span is wider than a Boeing 757 jet! It is as tall as 4 double decker busses! Below are some photos our wonderful students took.
In Science 11M have learned how to wire a plug and about the different types of wires, live, neutral and earth. Some pupils worked in groups and some worked independently to do this. We learned an electrical wire rhyme to help us – “The live brown bear, sat under the neutral blue sky, on the…
This week Maple have been looking at farm animals. We decided to go on a exciting trip to Hall Hill Farm. We got up to so many fun activities which we can’t wait to share with you. We took our school bus to the farm, and when we arrived we got to go on a…
Hazel class had an amazing day at Tynemouth Aquarium. We loved learning about all the different animals that live in the sea. We got to touch some starfish and learnt that they have 5 eyes, 5 arms and about 500 legs!! Another great fact we learnt was that a starfish is actually called a sea…