Year 5 had a fantastic time celebrating Diversity Day! The class toured different classrooms around the school, each transformed into a window to another culture. They explored the vibrant traditions of South Africa, discovered the rich history of Greece, experienced the beauty of China and learned all about life in Australia. A busy journey around the world – without even leaving the school!
During Diversity Day, year 6 having been learning about cultures in China, South Africa, Australia and Greece.
Year 6 had an action packed day on Thursday at Shiremoor Adventure playground. A great trip with our reception buddies!
In Year 1, we have been learning about Rosh Hashanah as part of our RE topic ‘Judaism’. In lesson today, we have been making our own shofar horns.
Year 4 practised for Sports Day this week as part of our P.E. learning. We practised the various events including: egg and spoon, skipping, sack and hoop relay. Check out some of our in action photos!
Year 5 explored Expressionism by creating and capturing different facial expressions, discovering how emotions are shown through art.
Year 6 practised for Sports Day this afternoon. We practised the various events including: skipping, egg and spoon, hoop relay and the sack race. Check out some of our in action photos!
As part of our topic ‘On the Beach’, Reception has been learning all about crabs and we found out so many crabby facts – we even found out that the biggest crab, a Japanese spider crab has a leg span of up 4 metres!
We made our own crabs and wrote some of our most interesting facts
Year 6 carried out a series of experiments to determine what happens to light as it passes from one transparent material to another. They discovered that because water is denser than air, the light slows down and changes direction as it hits the surface of the water.
As part of their Light Theory science topic, year 6 investigated how light behaves when reflected off a variety of mirrors: plane, concave and convex.
