UNCRC Article 24 – Right to the best possible health.

Well done to our first aiders, who have completed their first aid course with Mrs Hill.

UNCRC Article 29 – Goals of education

Well done to all of the children this week who have worked extremely hard to earn their Headteacher Award, keep up the good work!

Class 1

Class 1 went right back to the stone ages and the children learned about how people used to live many, many years ago. We looked at mark making and places people would love – it was very different to our life today! We created fire torches to compliment our wonderful costumes 🐆

Class 2

Class 2’s theme was Kings and Queens, learning about the current British Monarchy.

Class 3

Class 3’s theme were the Romans and learnt about the way of life, what happened when Pompeii erupted and the differences between the regions of the Roman Empire.

Class 4

Class 4 dressed up as Vikings! We read a Viking story about a young girl named Tilda, uncovered Viking equivalent fractions using longship sails, discussed the Pagan gods and goddess the Vikings worshipped, created Viking shields and loved showing off our costumes.

Class 5

Class 5 learnt about the significant figures of history who sought out new countries and ventures of the world.

UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in artistic activities.

We were incredibly lucky to have a visit from the Mayor of Durham this afternoon, along with her bodyguards.

The children in Class 1 were fascinated at the jewels and clothing worn by the Mayor and were excited to perform her an action song using makaton signs. Class 2 performed a song in French that they have been practising this half term and Classes 3 and 4, performed; Three Little Birds using sign language. The children in class 5 ended the afternoon by sharing their work they have been doing with Durham Business Enterprise – she was blown away by the designs and detail put in and said she will pop by their market stall selling their products this weekend in Durham city. ✨

UNCRC Article 12 – every child has the right to be heard.

UNCRC Article 29 – Develop our talents

Class 3 and 4 have been working so hard over the past few months to learn how to play the ukulele. They have learnt so many new chords and songs and have been building their confidence every week. Today we performed to the rest of the school, playing and singing all of the songs we have learnt so far. They played so well and should be very proud of themselves! The year 4’s and 5’s have also been continuing to learn more songs on the violin and performed solos to everyone! They played amazingly and it is lovely to see the progress they have made.

UNCRC Article 29 – Develop our talents.

Today we announced our new artists of the half term, who both worked so hard at home to create some artwork, linking to our current artist ‘Piet Mondrian’. We could see the effort that Karen and Luke had put in to create this amazing artwork.

Well done Karen and Luke!

UNCRC Article 29 – Goals for education.

Today class 3 had a lovely visit from Lewis and Abi, who are both civil engineers. They talked about what an engineer was and how there are lots of different roles. They answered all of the children’s questions by telling them what they like about the job and showing examples of their work. The children then had the chance to take on the role by measuring different parts of the classroom, using the equipment and work out area and perimeter, which they absolutely loved!

UNCRC Article 29 – Develop our talents.

Our art ambassadors recently worked with local artist Ana, to develop and enhance their art skills. They enjoyed hearing about how Ana became interested in art and how she now is building her own business, this inspired lots of our children. They learnt how to draw flowers, before creating a background using a range of materials and skills. The children had so much fun and learnt lots of new skills that they can share with other children.

UNCRC Article 29 – Goals of Education

The children had a fantastic afternoon, celebrating Maths Day. Each class enjoyed two sessions, led by different teachers, taking part in a range of maths activities. A huge well done to all of the Maths Ambassadors who were a huge help in each class!

Class 1

Class 1 impressed Mrs Aspinall with their counting skills. They recognised numbers up to 10 and then practised their number formation1 Well done Class 1. And a massive thanks to the fantastic maths ambassadors for all of their help.

Class 1 enjoyed learning all about number and counting to 3 with Miss Grimes. The children were challenged to find objects around the classroom and then count them together. They then enjoyed completing some challenging maths questions with Chloe and Zander and were amazing at counting! Well done Class 1.

Class 2

Class 2 had a super exciting session with Mrs Morton where we practised our big body maths skills and got active with maths. She was very pleased to see how much our maths skills have progressed since being in Class 1! We then worked with the Maths Maths Ambassadors to solve conceptual word problems linking to number bonds – You have blown me away Class 2 🙂

Class 2 worked hard with Mrs Edwards to look at different ways of adding numbers! We first used our fingers to count to 10, 20 and beyond! Then, working with the Maths Ambassadors, the children began to add numbers together using number lines – starting from various points! Well done, Class 2!

Class 3

Class 3 worked wonderfully well with Mr. Graham to solve calculations using at least 2 different written methods. They then applied their skills to solve conceptual problems and explained their working out to their friends and class. A big thankyou to the Maths Ambassadors who worked very well as additional teachers – definitely potential careers in education.

Class 3 worked incredibly hard to explore ways of multiplying and dividing with Mrs Edwards and the Maths Ambassadors. We rehearsed the times tables we know before introducing the 3 times table into our calculations! Then, we discovered how many number sentences we could produce from one simple multiplication. To finish off, we had a scavenger hunt in the classroom to find physical representations of our calculations. Well done, Class 3!

Class 4

Class 4 worked super hard with Mrs Aspinall to show off their multiplication and division skills. They used their knowledge to solve mathematical problems. We finished off with a game of quick fire times tables work. Again a massive thanks to our maths ambassadors!

Class 4 worked fabulously well with Mr. Graham to enhance their multiplication and division skills using at least 2 different written methods to solve calculations. They then applied their skills to solve 3 conceptual problems and explained their reasoning skills to their groups. Well done to the Maths Ambassadors who shone through with their explanations and teaching skills.

Class 5

Class 5 worked with Miss Grimes to test their quick maths. They had lots of fun playing a game of countdown, with the help of Dallas and Karen. After choosing their team names, it was a competition to see which team could use all 4 operations to reach the number shown on the board. Miss Grimes was so impressed by their mental maths skills!

Class 5 took on a COJO mission with Mrs Morton right the way across the Saharan Sands. They had to practise communication, teamwork and show incredible determination to get across the self built obstacle course and solve the conceptual problems. It was wonderful to see the variance in their methods and the beaming smiles on their faces! Well done Class 5 🙂

UNCRC Article 29 – Develop your talents.

This half term, our talented artist is Dallas. Dallas created a beautiful piece of artwork using tracing paper and a variety of colours.

Well done Dallas!