We had an amazing day on Monday dressing up as characters from our new Dimensions curriculum launch. The children and staff dressed up as navigators, pathfinders, adventurers or explorers. It was a great fun day to launch a curriculum that we are all very passionate about.
What an amazing day! It’s been so good having all the children back in and the school being able to operate normally again. We’ve had gymnastics, literacy, vocabulary work, tower building, daily mile, a full assembly and lots of fun. It’s going to be a good year.
26.08.21
Dear Parents/Carers,
In September, we are excited as a school to be starting a brand new Curriculum called ‘Learning Means The World’.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
On Monday 13th September we will be having a Launch Day and to celebrate this, your child can come into school dressed just like an explorer, or path finder, or adventurer or navigator!
This could be something as simple as them wearing their own clothes with a pair of binoculars/magnifying glass/ map to accessorise or they could even wear a exploration costume. Whatever works for you, you choose!
‘Learning Means the World’ is a curriculum that promotes independence, creativity and curiosity to help our pupils become collaborators, innovators and leaders.
At the heart of our curriculum are four core themes known as ‘The 4Cs.’
Our curriculum aims to give our children the knowledge, skills and experiences to equip them to become happy, confident and capable in an ever-changing world. They will learn about places, people and events through hands on, fun and engaging learning opportunities; Whilst developing confidence, resilience and collaborative skills.
It’s going to be exciting!
Thank you
Miss Swales
Curriculum Lead
25.08.21
Dear Parents and Carers,
This year has been a challenging one for everyone but I would like to say a massive thank you for your ongoing support and understanding throughout. We are excited to welcome the children back in September and looking forward to the coming school year.
I thought it important to write to you all to outline some of the things we will be planning to do in September. We are hoping to return to a near normal school day with some tweaks to what is expected and what we do in school.
Start and finish times
Due to government advice and the potential reintroduction of bubbles and staggered start times we have decided to continue with staggered entrance times to help keep us all safe.
|
Year group |
Entrance/Exit gate |
Drop off time |
Collection time |
|
Reception |
Main gate (car park entrance) |
9.00am |
3.15pm |
|
Year 1 |
Top gate (road) |
9.00am |
3.15pm |
|
Year 2 |
Burn gate (field) |
9.00am |
3.15pm |
|
Year 3 |
Main gate (car park entrance) |
8.45am |
3.15pm |
|
Year 4 |
Burn gate (field) |
8.45am |
3.15pm |
|
Year 5 |
Burn gate (field) |
8.30am |
3.15pm |
|
Year 6 |
Main gate (car park entrance) |
8.30am |
3.15pm |
RECEPTION PARENTS – please stick to your staggered start times for the first week
Siblings can arrive at the earliest start time and go to their class through the main entrance.
All children finish at 3.15pm and should be collected from their classroom yard exits. All 3 gates will be opened from 3.10pm (please don’t arrive early to avoid congregation) on entering the school to collect your child use the same gate that you used for morning drop off. If you have more than one child to collect, please collect the youngest child first.
Uniform
We will be expecting full school uniform from September but we have changed our uniform policy to make it more accessible, more affordable and comfortable for the children (please see the school website for details).
Children have to be in school uniform every day and are no longer coming into school wearing PE kits. They should have a PE kit in school.
School shoes can remain as trainers but they need to be plain black with no fancy designs or logo’s (a Nike tick or similar is acceptable), this is easier for children at playtime and taking part in the daily mile.
Other Key Information
Breakfast club will start on Wednesday 8th September at 8am. Breakfast club will now be in the hall so please make sure children come to the main entrance. Parent pay will need to be booked through the parent pay website.
After school clubs will be up and running in week 2 a list of clubs available will be sent out to you soon.
Hand hygiene
We will continue to ask children to wash hands regularly and will continue to provide hand sanitizer; the children and staff have got into good habits so we want this to continue through the winter months to reduce the risk of any viruses spreading.
Face coverings
Staff and adults, including family members are not required to wear a face mask on site.
I hope this clarifies the arrangements for September. If you have any questions, please get in touch
Enjoy the rest of the summer break and we will see you all very soon.
Thank you
Linsey Garr
Head teacher
Year 2 had the most wonderful trip to the seaside yesterday. They had games on the beach, ice creams and then Rockpooling with Nick from South Shields Surf School. We even located a ship wreck!
The children were incredibly well behaved and are a credit to their families and they really represented our school beautifully. Well done!
This year, being a little bit different, we couldn’t gather in our key stages to compete in sports day. We did however, all take to the tracks to compete in our bubbles.
There were various games competed in house colours including balancing a bat on a ball, bean bag shuttle, and the sack race!
It was such good fun for all year groups – everyone had a tremendous time!
Have a look below at some short videos of each year group enjoying their turn on the tracks.
This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Google Youtube” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.
🏆
This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Google Youtube” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.
🏅
This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Google Youtube” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.
🏆
This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Google Youtube” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.
🏅
This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Google Youtube” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.
🏆
This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Google Youtube” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.
🏅
Year 2 listened to the well known story of Elmer the Elephant by David McKee and talked about being unique. They made Their own bespoke elephants to reflect their own personalities and differences.
To celebrate International Pride Day, Year 5 have been learning about diversity and how important it is to be kind to everyone in our community. They have designed Pride T-shirts that they feel best represents the kindness and respect that they have for the LGBT+ community.
Year 6 had a Friday afternoon session on Diversity. They wrote what diversity meant to each of them, then created profiles about themselves to show how they are different from one another. They then found someone else in the year group that had their own special values.
Year 6 also spent time decorating their classroom door to show how inclusive and accepting their classroom is. They completed acrostics for the inside of the classroom and decorated bunting in bright colours for the outside.
We have also spent some time decorating our school gates with the rainbow flag and pictures and information about LGBT+ icons in different fields.
For their final text, Year 2 are reading The Tin Forest by Helen Ward. The story centres around the middle of a windswept wasteland full of discarded scrap metal lives a sad and lonely old man. In spite of his gloomy surroundings, he dreams every night of a lively forest full of trees, birds, and animals. When he finds a broken light fixture that looks like a flower, his imagination is sparked.
This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Google Youtube” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.
Year 2 have had a Cricket taster session by a visiting coach from Durham County Cricket Club.
He left a flyer about our fun session and information about booking future sessions for families should they wish to further their cricket interest. Good time had by all!
In Year 2 we are getting better with our mental arithmetic. Each week we do a test and our scores are improving and we are quicker at it too!
By default cookies are switched off for this site. You can enable them by clicking the green button.
By not enabling cookies some features of the site may not be visible to you. For example, facebook feeds, Google maps and embedded YouTube videos.
