ARB1 Children made their school very proud today by doing a litter pick on our local beach. As a reward the children then went searching for hidden treasures!
Reception have had a fun filled first half term. The children have been learning all about Autumn and Harvest time. They have experienced their first PE class, forest school session and have learnt how to word build in phonics. The children have been learning new mathematical language and concepts through their play. They have particularly enjoyed repeated pattens, comparing quantities and capacity. We are incredibly proud of their achievements for their first half term.
Year 4 have thoroughly enjoyed their first term in year 4 with lots of learning and fun activities to help them to understand their Stone Age topic.
Making our own fossil to help us to understand the fossilisation process.
We designed and built Stone Age homes using our knowledge of the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic time periods. We are so proud of the detail we put into our builds as we showed how they lived as we build the scene around the homes.
As part of our Stone Age topic, the children first decided to make a Paleolithic, Mesolithic or Neolithic home. They thought carefully about the materials that they would need and drew their design, concentrating on the features that would be evident in each home. They then worked collaboratively to make their home using lots of techniques and working efficiently with each. We were over the moon with their creative attempts.
The children in Year 3 were transported back in time to the Stone Age where they took on the role of a ‘Hunter Gatherer’. They used joining techniques to make a stick frame to represent when the hunters used to stretch the animal skin. Next they went on a woodland walk, looking for foods to gather, and then made a stone axe to practise their hunting skills. They also used the charcoal from the fire to complete some cave art.
Covid response under the National School Breakfast Programme
Our school has signed up to receive free healthy breakfast food as part of the Covid response offer, under the National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP), which is being delivered by the charities Family Action and Magic Breakfast.
Child Safety Week, 1st – 7th June 2020 – Safety Makes Sense
South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership are pleased to inform you that we will be supporting Child Safety Week again this year.
This year Child Safety Week runs from 1st June until 7th June 2020 and looks very different due to the COVID 19 pandemic. None the less the messages of how to keep children safe from accidents remain the same. Our homes are accident hotspots for younger children which is a scary prospect at the best of times and sadly less traffic doesn’t mean we can completely switch off about road safety.
Throughout the week we will be sharing a range of top tips on how to keep children safe from accidents during lockdown (these can be found on our Twitter feed @STSafeguarding), as well as providing links to some excellent resources from the Child Accident Prevention Trust.
We would encourage you to share the links and resources across your own networks and have attached the 2020 family activity pack.
Further information can be found at
Some information for our children aged 10 years and over to support with mental health.
