Here are some examples of our children using computing effectively across the curriculum. 
What an inspriational day!
Today was career’s day in school and our children have been learning all about different professions. We were lucky enough to have six special visitors come into school and talk to us about their jobs and what they involve. The children found out about dressmaking, being part of British Airways cabin crew, childcare, teaching children how to swim, photography and being a Disney Princess!
We want to say a massive thank you to those involved for inspiring our children. They have had a wonderful day
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This term in Year 3 we have been been reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as part of our topic, Scrumdiddlyumptious and we are loving it!
Right at the start of the topic we visited a local supermarket to find out about the different types of food sold and to read signs and labels to find out where produce comes from. We chose a selection of fresh fruits and vegetables to bring back to school to ‘investigate’. (We had a lovely afternoon tasting it all)
We’ve had a fun term and produced some excellent work linked to our topic. So far we have written a recount about our visit to the local shop, designed a front cover for a book, sketched fruits and vegetables, designed our own sweets and packaging, learnt about the journey a banana takes before it arrives in our shops and so much more! We still have lots of fun and interesting things to come before Easter arrives and the summer term lands on us… Already! The year is flying by and the children are working so hard and having fun along the way.
Two happy teachers! 🙂
Year 3 have been taking part in Forest School this half term and we have loved it! This has contributed to our science, DT, art, SMSC and key skills.
We have made leaf kebabs, made friends with trees, made our own obstacle courses and so much more! It has been brilliant learning in the outdoors. 
Reading club was fab today! We all chose a book that we thought looked interesting and shared the stories with our friends. We discussed what happened and even made some predictions about what we thought might happen next. We have some amazing readers in Year 2! We can’t wait for next week! Well done boys! 👍
Welcome back and Happy New Year to you all! Firstly we would like to thank you all for the lovely Christmas wishes, cards and gifts we received. It was very kind and thoughtful and we hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your families.
This term we have a lot going on and we hope the children continue to show the same commitment and efforts in order to make the progress they are capable of.
In English this term we are reading ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ by Tom McLaughlin. Much of our work will be based around this story and we will be doing lots of drama, reading comprehension and grammar work in the hope to get some quality written work from the children. The children loved last term’s book, ‘The Imagination Box’ and it was lovely to see them so engaged and keen to listen and take part in the work based around it. We hope to see more of this over the next few weeks.
In Maths we are focusing on fractions, decimals and percentages with a big focus on the children being able to apply the skills they learn through problem solving and reasoning activities. The children are working hard in maths and learning that it is ok to make mistakes and in fact it just makes our brain grow!
Our topic this term is South America with a focus on Rainforests and we will be doing a lot of cross-curricular work within this. We will be doing some map work and finding out what lies within South America. We hope to find out about rainforest habitats, the animals that live there, the different plants and the structure of the rainforest itself. Within this topic we will be doing some reading comprehension work, some leaf sketches, animal paintings and hopefully be able to create our own mini rainforests along with some writing links in there too.
In Science the children will be studying ‘Properties and Changes of materials’, where they will look at states of matter, changes of state, reversible and irreversible changes and materials and their properties. There will be a lot of practical work and scientific investigation which we’re sure the children will love.
P.E this term will be a Wednesday afternoon with a gymnastics coach but it is advised that children have their kits in everyday in case we do other P.E activities linked to other subjects.
Computing will see the children working with a program called ‘Scratch’ on a counting machine. PSHE will focus on democracy where the children will learn about British values and the rule of law.
R.E is based around what we know about the Bible and why it is important to Christians.
Music the children are working through a scheme called Charanga where they are give the chance to explore music is many different ways.
In Art this term we are looking at Matisse, under water and sky pictures as well as many links to our topic South America.
We’d like to thank you for your continued support and like to remind you the door is always open if there is ever anything you feel you’d like to discuss. Here’s to a successful 2017 for all.
Many thanks
Miss Smith and Mrs Smith
Well done and thank you to all the year 5 pupils as they have started this academic year with a bang! They have returned to school engaged and ready to learn and we are so impressed with them. They are all working hard and proving they can do anything when they set their mind to it. Keep up the amazing work!
Special shout out to those parents who have connected to our fantastic new app Seesaw, the children love it and it is a great way to see what we get up to in the classroom.
Thank you all for your continued support.
After becoming South Tyneside Basketball Champions a few months back, a team of year 5 pupils won a place in the ‘Champion of Champions’ Basketball final held at Northumbria University. The final was played before the Newcastle Eagles game against 5 other schools. Unfortunately we didn’t win but our team played very well and had a fantastic night flying the Bede Burn flag. They did us all proud and we have some great photos of the night to share. Well done for being such good sports and representing our school in such a positive and honourable way. Well done!
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Welcome back for our final term in Year 5…Time is flying!
Our soon to be Year 6’s have lots on this term including trips, competitions, sports day, and of course our usual every day lessons.
In maths this term we are focussing on applying our skills and are tackling lots of investigations and problem solving activities. Mastery activities will include topics such as, money, fractions, percentages, measurements and working with Roman numerals.
Our English topic this term is Greek Myths, where children will take part in role play, planning a computer game (and writing instructions for the game), design travel guides, plan puppet plays and of course write their very own Greek myth.
All of this fabulous work will involve using figurative language, focus on grammar and punctuation, dynamic language and allow the children to think about audience and purpose of their writing.
Our topic this term is Africa where we will be focussing on its different countries and their culture. We will look at landscapes, poverty, illness and wealth and discover how each country faces different problems just like in every other continent.
In Science our topic this term is ‘Properties of materials’ where we will be finding out about, states of matter, in particular with reference to separating mixtures in different ways. Children will learn to appreciate irreversible changes that do not need heat and understand the role of heat in changing foodstuffs. We will also look at burning on different materials, iron and the causes and effect of rust.
In RE we are looking at religious communities in our local area. Pupils have opportunities to consider the concept of diversity and a diverse range of views about questions of living together, tolerance and respect. From the study of the religions in the local area and the wider region, pupils will be able to think about their own experiences and views in relation to questions of community cohesion.
Jammed packed this term. Lets go!
We are on fire in Year 5 this term, with more and more pupils completing the speed table in under 5 minutes.
Our previous record was beaten by Lexi who managed it in an impressive 2 minutes 32 seconds! However, Callum T has swooped in and taken the crown with only a 1 second gap, so our new record to beat is 2 minutes and 31 seconds!
Other speed table champions include, Jake with a personal best of 3;11, Amelia at 4:14, Rhian at 4:15 and Daniel at 4:57… Come on the rest of you, learn your tables!
