Year 5 children have made links with our reception children and have created Nativity stories with dedications to each child. Both the younger and older children enjoy this project and it helps to build brilliant links between our children.
Our Key Stage 2 year groups held beautiful carol concerts this year at Westoe Methodist Church. The beautiful strong singers, clear readers and majestic tableau actors certainly left the audience feeling the Christmas spirit.
Here are a few photos from both sets of concerts.
Our School Direct trainees have completed their first assessed placement in one of our partner schools. All eight trainees are progressing brilliantly and whilst they are looking forward to the Christmas break, they are keen to begin their next assessed placement.
Well done to you all for an excellent start to the programme.
Here are a few photos from Y1’s Christmas party that was held this week.
The KS2 children had a fantastic time this morning when they watched a hilarious pantomime in our own school. Funded by the PTA, this was a lovely treat for the children and the children all recognised the story of Aladdin.
Well done Year 5, who collected money to buy pyjamas for poorly patients at Christmas. In total 17 sets of pyjamas were purchased for The Delerium and Dementia Outreach Team.
The scheme aims to ‘spoil’ an older person, who has no loved ones or friends, and make them too feel special at Christmas, where they will receive a wrapped gift with new nightdress or pyjamas on Christmas morning.
Well done Year Five for their huge effort and thank you to the Mrs Richardson for organising this project with the children.
On Friday 6th December, Year 3 took part in an Egyptian day with Egyptologists and historians from Durham University. Throughout the day, the children took part in a range of activities that allowed them to delve into the past and ask questions about their findings. They investigated x-rays of Egyptian (and Roman) mummies, created an offering table for the afterlife, got hands-on to identify artifacts and even took part in a ‘weighing of the heart’ ceremony, using drama to decide if a Pharaoh should be allowed to transcend to the afterlife.
Year 2 children recently visited Beamish as part of their history topic.
Here are a few photos from the day.
Here are a few photos from when Year 4 visited Jarrow Hall as part of their history topic on The Anglo Saxons and their geography topic on settlements.
